Posted on 06/29/2009 9:02:37 AM PDT by marktwain
A Kansas City, Kan., corner-store clerk fought back when two men tried to rob him tonight, shooting and killing one suspect and critically injuring the other, police said.
Officers were called to the 5th Avenue Convenience Mart at Fifth Street and Quindaro Boulevard shortly before 7 p.m., Officer Mike Golden said.
The clerk told them two men with long guns entered the store and demanded money, Golden said. When one of the suspects fired a shot, the clerk grabbed a handgun from behind the counter and shot both suspects.
One ran halfway up the block before collapsing, dropping a gun in the middle of Quindaro. An ambulance took him to a hospital, but he died before arriving, Golden said.
The second suspect made it slightly farther and went to the hospital in a private vehicle.
The clerk, mildly injured in the scuffle, was checked by paramedics at the scene.
Detectives and crime-scene technicians were on scene investigating the incident — the sixth homicide in five days for Kansas City, Kan.
“It’s been a very busy week,” Golden said. “We don’t have an answer for why.”
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
Sounds like the clerk needed a little more range time. Both perps should’ve gone out in body bags.
Good shootin’ tho maybe a bit more practice should be called for (or, a larger caliber).
I was going to fault the writer for calling a self-defense incident a homicide, but after I thought about it - the surviving robber will be charged with murder because a person died as a result of his robbery attempt. I guess that is homicide after all.
Spreading aroudn this news story as much as possible will keep others safe as the bad boys will think one more time about confronting a potentially armed citizen.
There are lives saved due to this store clerk.
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