Convenience store employee stabbed to death in Philadelphia robbery

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A supermarket employee was stabbed to death during a robbery in Center City Friday night, according to Philadelphia police.

Police responded to a reported robbery at a convenience store in the 100 block of North Broad Street around 11 p.m. Friday. Authorities said SEPTA police found a man there with a stab wound to his arm.

According to preliminary police investigations, it is assumed that the suspect went into the supermarket, pulled out a carpet knife and asked an employee to open the cash register.

After the suspect took an unknown amount of money – according to police – and tried to escape, he was confronted by another store employee. The suspect then stabbed the employee twice in the arm and fled, according to police.

According to police, the supermarket employee was taken to Jefferson Hospital in critical condition.

A suspect matching the description of the man involved in the robbery and stabbing was later found by SEPTA police underground at 1500 Market Street.

Police said the suspect had been positively identified and that further information would be provided once the prosecution process was completed.