PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- A holdup suspect shot by a Swampoodle shopkeeper Wednesday night during a gun duel that left an employee badly wounded was charged yesterday with attempted murder, robbery and weapons offenses, police said.

Deshon Hairston, 39, was listed in fair condition yesterday at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital.

Police said that Hairston drew a handgun when he and another man entered Corosito's Grocery at 24th Street and Indiana Avenue about 9 p.m. and that he started shooting as the owner, Jose Mata, 34, and an employee, Juan Duran, 29, were closing the store. Duran ran behind the counter, got a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol, and returned about five shots, wounding Hairston in the chest. One of Hairston's bullets struck Duran in the chest, police said. As gun smoke filled the air, both holdup men fled. Arriving officers rushed Duran to Temple University Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition.

Police checking hospitals for the wounded gunman arrested Hairston, of the 2800 block of North 28th Street, as two men drove him onto hospital property in a black Cadillac for treatment. The two men were later released without charges. The other gunman in the robbery was sought yesterday.

NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed, without profit, for research or educational purposes. We do our best, as well, to give credit to the original news source who published these Guns Save Lives stories out of respect and appreciation for their willingness to spread the word that Guns Save Lives -- and when an original link is available, we ALWAYS send all our visitors to read the original article on the original site where it was posted. God Bless the Americans that publish these stories - for assisting Americans in hearing the truth about guns saving lives.