Frye said it wasn't immediately clear whether the person the man was arguing with was among the victims.NORRISTOWN - A Philadelphia man faces several years of court supervision and was ordered to stay away from a Walmart store in Cheltenham Township after police said he entered the store and made threats while brandishing a handgun, at one point allegedly stating, “I will shoot up this place.”Īli Shafeeq Chapman, 25, of the 6300 block of Green Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 11½ to 23 months in the county jail after he pleaded guilty to charges of firearms not to be carried without a license and terroristic threats in connection with a March 2021 incident at the Walmart store in the 1000 block of South Easton Road in Cheltenham. In addition, a pregnant woman was taken to the hospital after a fall, he said. Two women in their 40s and a man in his 40s were wounded in the legs and another person had a graze wound, while a fifth person later went to a hospital with unspecified injuries. (Photo Credit: CBS Philly)įrye said the gunfire started after some type of altercation between customers in separate lines near the cash register, when "words were exchanged" and the suspect pulled a gun from his female companion's waistband and fired "at least 10 shots." Tuesday in the crowded store at the Cedarbrook Plaza Shopping Center, Cheltenham Township Chief of Police John Frye said. (AP) - A man pulled a gun during a dispute with another customer in Walmart checkout lines near Philadelphia and opened fire, wounding several people before fleeing but was later arrested after crashing into a police vehicle, police said Tuesday night.Īll victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the gunfire reported just after 6 p.m.
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