VIDEO: Gun battle erupts after store employee returns fire on would-be robbers [Store employee killed one of the armed robbers]

Fox 10 Phoenix ^ | May 4, 2022 | Alexa Mae Asperin

[grundle]

COMPTON, Calif. - Authorities are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with an attempted armed robbery of a smoke shop in Compton that resulted in the death of a man.

It happened Tuesday evening at the "Smoke Shop" located in the 1500 block of S. Wilmington Avenue.

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, four suspects entered the shop and pointed their handguns at an armed security guard inside. That's when the security guard withdrew his handgun and a shootout between the suspects and the guard ensued, officials said.

The suspects fled the scene and about 30 minutes after the "botched robbery," one of the suspects was dropped off at a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound injury sustained during the shootout, authorities said. That suspect died at the hospital.

The security guard sustained gunshot wounds to his face and neck but was treated at a hospital and released, according to officials.

A second suspect was arrested the following day, authorities said.

The two outstanding suspects have been identified as Kahlel Lundy, 23, and Keith Rachel, 21. They are wanted for murder, according to authorities.

Keith Rachel (left) and Kahlel Lundy (right) / LASD

Anyone with information is asked to contact the LASD's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. You can also call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

[kiryandil]

The Nuffin brothers...

[Fai Mao]

Killing these thugs at the scene is getting to be the only way to stop them.

[lightman]

With sistuhs Dindoo Nuffin and Dinsee Nuffin.

[2banana]

For snizzle

[KarlInOhio]

Too bad felony murder is only a misdemeanor in Kookifornia.

[anton]

I’d want to shoot those two punks before they tried to rob the store on general principles.

[Viking2002]

“Forget it, Jake. It’s Compton.”

[Mark]

A mother should not lose her son......

[Kartographer]

"Catch and Release"

[Tupelo]

Another case of having a different culture from Anglo-Saxons.
So, the authorities simply must make allowances.

[Georgia Girl 2]

They were just trying to turn their lives around. 🙄

[TribalPrincess2U]

What happened?They were such good boys. obama types.

[Mr. K]

Were any of them ‘aspiring rappers’?

[Disambiguator]

Were any of them ‘aspiring rappers’?

One of them possibly became an expiring rapper.

[Big Red Badger]

Fo Rizzle, yo dog.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

The link says the guard was killed. No, he wasn’t. Idiot reporters reporting what they WANT to happen.

[mabarker1]

It says nothing about the Guard being killed.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

"That's when the security guard withdrew his handgun and a shootout between the suspects and the guard ensued, officials said."

Who writes this stuff?