Warrington Police. Photo by James Short.
The gun fired inside crowded store, bullet lodged in refrigerated food case
A Wayne, Pennsylvania man was charged this month by Warrington authorities with 10 counts of misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person after the .40-caliber Glock in his backpack discharged and lodged in a refrigerated food case in the center of Wawa earlier this spring.
On March 11, 2025, at 1:50 p.m., police responded to the Wawa at 550 Easton Road for reports of shots fired, according to the affidavit.
Upon arrival, police made contact with Jordan Blake Busby, 29, of the 400 block of Strafford Avenue, Wayne, who was exiting the store with his hands up, police said. Busby told police he had a Glock in his backpack and it discharged while inside the store, according to the complaint.
The store was open with numerous patrons and nine Wawa employees inside, police said.
Police recovered a “personally manufactured” firearm from Busby’s backpack, which was a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson polymer 80 model PF940Vs plastic frame/receiver and a Glock slide and barrel.
The gun was not in a holster when it was in the backpack, police said.
A subsequent investigation by Warrington Police and Bucks County detectives found that poor engagements of the firearm’s internal mechanism, due to the poor manufacturing of the 80% polymer receiver, resulted in a malfunction, according to the complaint. The malfunction caused the unintended discharge of the firearm without intentional trigger contact, police said.
Busby is not jailed in the incident. A preliminary hearing is set for July 28 at 9:15 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Stacy Wertman.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
