Daily News | 3 men arrested in fatal shooting of 67-year-old man working at Tacony gas station
Philadelphia police investigate the shooting death of a store clerk at an Exxon station on the 7100 block of Torresdale Avenue on Jan. 17.Three men have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 67-year-old gas station clerk during a robbery earlier this month in the city’s Tacony section, police said Wednesday.
Siboram Patro, of Northeast Philadelphia, was working at the Exxon station on the 7100 block of Torresdale Avenue around 4 a.m. on Jan. 17, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by responding medics. All three men then forced their way into the secured area behind the register, stealing the machine and fleeing with it, police said.Patro, known as “Pat,” was survived by his wife of 26 years, Rashmi, and a son, Sachin,Patro was born in a small town in India and immigrated to the United States in 1988. He previously worked at the DoubleTree Hotel in Philadelphia as well as a restaurant in the city. He also worked at a rental-car service in Palmyra, N.J., and at several gas stations.
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