Trial delayed in murder of Chester Rite Aid manager

The family and friends of Jason Scott McClay will have to wait a bit longer for justice.

The trial for the suspects in his murder, due to start today, has been delayed.

McClay was the manager of the Chester Rite Aid store who was gunned down during a holdup last September.

Three of the suspects in the deadly holdup are expected to go on trial this morning at the Media Courthouse.

David Wiggins, Tariq Mahmud and Christopher Parks, all of Philadelphia, are facing second-degree murder charges.

Another suspect, Rita Pultro, will go on trial separately later this week.

Police believe Pultro and Wiggins entered the store about 10 p.m. on a Friday night and asked McClay for help in the diaper aisle. They then allegedly announced the robbery. A struggle ensued and McClay, a Navy veteran, was shot in the head.

Police believe Parks was the getaway driver. Mahmud was a former Rite Aid employee who gave inside information on the workings of the store.

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