A man threw a softball-size concrete rock at the guard, who then fired.
An altercation at a North Philadelphia gas station ended with an armed security guard firing a gunshot.Police say a 39-year-old man approached the security guard with a large concrete rock about the size of a softball.
"They were involved in some sort of verbal altercation, and that's when the 39-year-old male - who was holding the rock - threw it at the security guard," said Chief Inspector Scott Small.Police arrested the rock thrower for simple assault and reckless endangerment.Action News reported back in December that the owner of KARCO gas stations had
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