Police: Kmart shooting suspect commits suicide

Man allegedly shot store manager during argument with girlfriend

Joseph Kaczmarek / AP

Police investigate the crime scene inside a loading dock area of a Kmart store Tuesday in Philadelphia, where a gunman shot a store employee.

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updated 10:35 a.m. ET Dec. 3, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia man suspected in the shooting of a Kmart manager on a store loading dock committed suicide, police said.

A gunshot went off in a second-floor bedroom as officers entered Daryl Anthony Birch's home at about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, a Philadelphia police spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said 30-year-old Birch shot himself in the head.

Officers had been searching for Birch since Tuesday morning's shooting.

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Police said Birch shot a 35-year-old Kmart manager three times. Investigators said the gunman was arguing with his girlfriend, a Kmart employee, and opened fire, striking the manager as he intervened.

The manager was reported in critical condition at a hospital and was expected to survive.