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Liquor store owner shoots, kills a robber (FL)
The Miami Herald ^ | January 9, 2007 | EVAN S. BENN and DAVID OVALLE
Posted on 01/09/2007 8:57:42 PM PST by DaveLoneRanger
Liquor store owner Pedro Agudelo fights hard to protect his West Gables business.
Outside, a handful of surveillance cameras are in plain sight. Inside, Agudelo keeps a loaded gun handy.
He used it tonight, shooting dead a would-be robber.
And it's not the first time he's shot someone trying to steal from his store.
On a weekend afternoon in 2001, Agudelo opened fire on a gunman just outside LeJeune Liquors, 930 SW 42nd Ave. The would-be robber, who was never named by police, survived and Agudelo never faced any charges.
Agudelo said at the time: ``I'm just a working guy, a victim of a crime, and I fought back, and that's all.''
About an hour before closing time tonight, Agudelo, 63, fought back again when a man walked into his store, pulled out his gun and demanded cash. Agudelo opened up the cash register, but instead of handing over the money, he pulled out a gun from behind the counter, Miami-Dade police said.
Agudelo then called 911, but the would-be robber was dead at the scene. Police have not released the identity of the dead man or said how many times he was shot.
Florida's new Stand Your Ground'' law allows anyone who feels threatened to shoot -- even if they don't see a gun.
''It's self-defense. He's not going to be charged,'' said Miami-Dade Det. Roy Rutland, a police spokesman.
The most recent public records show Agudelo had a concealed weapons permit that expired in 2005. It was unclear tonight if Agudelo had renewed his gun permit.
Attempts to reach the Agudelo family after the shooting were unsuccessful.
A half-hour after the shooting took place, Bernadette Spade pulled up in front of the liquor store to meet Pedro Agudelo and his wife Silvia.
She described her friends as animal lovers and great people, and defended Agudelo's decision to shoot at the robber.
''I think he has a right to protect himself. Absolutely,'' she told WFOR-CBS4. ``You can't just go running over people like that.''
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IDF forces detain 30 wanted operatives in WB
Published: 01.10.07, 06:16
IDF forces arrested 30 wanted operatives across the West Bank Tuesday night. Two Tanzim operatives and 17 Hamas operatives were detained near Bethlehem.
Three Hamas operative and an additional operative were arrested near Nablus. Three Islamic Jihad operatives were detained near Jenin and two near Jericho. One Hamas operative was arrested in Ramallah, and another was detained near Hebron. (Ynet)