SEPTA worker shot during holdup in Strawberry Mansion talks to Action News
STRAWBERRY MANSION (WPVI) -- A SEPTA worker is recovering after being shot during a holdup in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section.
The victim, 47-year-old Robert Wongus, was confronted while walking to catch a bus for work along the 3100 block of Ridge Avenue around 4 a.m. Tuesday.
"He demanded for me to give him what I had on me at the time, and as I was backing away from him I see an oncoming car going northbound and I ran toward the car," Wongus told Action News by phone on Tuesday.
Wongus said that's when he was shot in the leg.
The suspect fled east from Ridge Avenue onto Susquehanna Avenue and remains on the loose.
A Good Samaritan came to Wongus' aid.
"I was laying in the middle of the street and he was driving past, and I asked him can he give me a ride to the hospital because I've just been shot. He was a Good Samaritan, he helped me in the car, and took me to Temple Hospital.
The suspect is described as a black male in his late 20s or early 30s with a slender build. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
Police were checking to see if surveillance cameras in the area captured any part of the incident.
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