The comments at the end of the story are interesting. It sounds like these shopowners are definitely not the type to suffer fools (or criminals) lightly.
As for the perp...it’s sad to see someone throw their life away, but that is the price he paid for choosing to prey upon others rather than to pursue a life of honest work. It’s no one’s fault but his own.
“It sounds like these shopowners are definitely not the type to suffer fools (or criminals) lightly.”
You got that right. My local coin shop owner wears a .45 on his hip.