A security guard now faces murder charges after she shot and killed a homeless man inside a Center City IHOP restaurant , Philadelphia police announced.

The incident occurred on Saturday, Oct. 11, around 11:10 p.m. inside the IHOP on 1320 Walnut Street. Police said a 43-year-old man who was unhoused was causing a disturbance inside the restaurant. As he was being escorted out by security guards, the man then turned and spat at one of the guards, identified by investigators as 39-year-old Yahaira Melendez.

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Melendez then took out her gun and opened fire, shooting the man in the head, police said. Responding officers took the man to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:35 p.m. that night. Polic

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