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Store employee kills robber
WECT TV Wilmington, N.C. ^
Posted on 11/29/2004 8:52:09 AM PST by azhenfud
Store employee kills robber
An attempted robbery has turned deadly in Lake Waccamaw.
Authorities tell News 6, an employee at Hills Supermarket on Old Highway 74/76 shot and killed a man trying to rob the store.
Police say the 911 call came in around 9:45 Sunday night, just before closing time at 10:00pm. No customers were inside the store at the time.
According to Chief Scott Hyatt, the would-be robber was rounding up three employees into the office area when one of the employees shot the man. He died at the scene.
As of early Monday morning, police were still trying to identify the robber. They say he is a black man in his late 20's or early 30's. His body has been taken to the Columbus County hospital.
Police are still investigating whether there were possible accomplices to the robbery, perhaps waiting nearby with a get-away vehicle.
At this time, no information is being released about the employee that shot the robber.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; columbuscounty; hillssupermarket; lakewaccamaw; robbery; selfdefense
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posted on
11/29/2004 8:52:10 AM PST
by
azhenfud
To: azhenfud
Score one for the good guys.
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posted on
11/29/2004 8:53:28 AM PST
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: azhenfud
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posted on
11/29/2004 8:53:39 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(The whole world has gone crazy. Their beebers are stuned and there's no turning back.)
To: azhenfud
Another story with a happy ending.
4
posted on
11/29/2004 8:53:57 AM PST
by
coloradan
(Hence, etc.)
To: azhenfud
Another story with a happy ending!
5
posted on
11/29/2004 8:54:31 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Eccl. 10:2)
To: azhenfud
Look for jesse the jackass and al the simpleton to start screaming racisim.
6
posted on
11/29/2004 8:55:12 AM PST
by
Trepz
To: coloradan
I thought my computer had hiccupped, but then I saw that yours was a different post from mine.
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posted on
11/29/2004 8:55:24 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Eccl. 10:2)
To: azhenfud
BIG Christmas bonus for this employee!
8
posted on
11/29/2004 8:55:48 AM PST
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: azhenfud
Good shooting. May have saved the lives of all the other employees.
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posted on
11/29/2004 8:56:31 AM PST
by
Protagoras
(People who have abortions are murderers)
To: azhenfud
Yeeeeeehhhhhaaawwww!!! Give that guy a raise!!
10
posted on
11/29/2004 8:57:59 AM PST
by
sandydipper
(Less government is best government!)
To: azhenfud
...the would-be robber was rounding up three employees into the office area when one of the employees shot the man. Sounds like the employee prevented an execution of the other employees and himself, but I'm sure that won't keep his employer from firing him and the DA from prosecuting him for killing an honors student.
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posted on
11/29/2004 8:59:45 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: azhenfud
I'll bet ol' Hill's Supermarket gets passed by the next criminal out looking to rob a store.
12
posted on
11/29/2004 8:59:51 AM PST
by
cowboyway
(My Hero's have always been cowboys.)
To: All
Hill's is owned by Dewey Hill, D-NC House
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posted on
11/29/2004 9:00:10 AM PST
by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: azhenfud
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posted on
11/29/2004 9:01:02 AM PST
by
cynicom
(<p)
To: DTogo
Pathetic thing is, he'll probably get fired for carrying a gun and fighting back.
I just love stories with happy ending, especially permanent endings.
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posted on
11/29/2004 9:01:20 AM PST
by
cyclotic
(Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
To: azhenfud
Lead Poisoning, always a good cure for armed robbery suspects!
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posted on
11/29/2004 9:05:56 AM PST
by
xander
To: azhenfud
How many years will the store employee get, was he taken away in chains, has the aclu been notified yet?
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posted on
11/29/2004 9:09:02 AM PST
by
keysguy
(Trust the media as far as you can throw them)
To: azhenfud
Same kind of robbery here locally about a year ago with a different result. Bad guys rounded up the employees, shot and killed one of them and haven't been caught yet.
Illinois still denies the right of citizens to protect themselves though.
To: azhenfud
Ah, the feel good story of the day.
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posted on
11/29/2004 9:12:00 AM PST
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
To: azhenfud
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posted on
11/29/2004 9:12:05 AM PST
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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