Posted on 05/12/2016 8:36:18 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
RIVERVIEW (FOX 13) - A would-be robber was himself shot and killed moments after bursting into the back of a liquor store Tuesday afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies said it happened just after noon, at Ace Beverage Castle on Highway 301 in Riverview.
A masked man came up to an employee, who was cleaning out a freezer in the back of the store. The suspect pulled out a handgun and asked for money, but that employee didn't have any.
When the firs target had nothing to hand over, the gunman took the employee to the front of the store, where he demanded money from the store clerk.
That's when the store's owners, a father and son, came out from the back office.
One of them pulled out his own gun -- which he was licensed to have, deputies pointed out -- and shot the would-be robber several times.
The suspect, later identified by deputies as 24-year-old Joel Alberto Torres of Brandon, was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he died.
Meanwhile, employees at the store said they were still shaken by what happened, and worried for their employer who pulled the trigger.
"The owner's son was very upset, like, 'Why are you doing this, man? Why'd you make me do this? Why'd you make me do this?'" employee Keith explained to FOX 13 News.
No, he was a robber, period.
“was” as you said.
At least he died doing what he loved.
Just robbing the liquor stores Americans won't rob.
Maybe this is what needs to be done in Denmark, concerning the article shared after this one.
I feel awful for that family. Pulling the trigger on a human, violent criminal or not, is not easy...
Can shake even the most stoic of us...
oh those fighting Amish...
I worked under plenty of counters in liquor stores as an alarm technician. Always looked for the gun first.
Now that’s gun control.
Anything worth shooting is worth emptying your weapon into and Ammo is Cheap, Life (yours) is Precious
Glad to see they didn't shoot him in the foot and then render 1st Aid.
Mennonite...
Priors: GT Firearm, GT 3rd deg, Armed Burglary, Felon w/firearm, etc.
If Obama had....
Off topic perhaps, but was in a liquor store in Chicago once, where the workers sit behind bullet proof glass, and slide your purchases to you through a trap door.
This could happen in more and more places in stores prone to being held up.
That left ear looks Vulcan to me.
Damned shame, he was planning on turning his life around with the proceeds of the robbery...
What was that? Being stupid?
Guess he won’t be doing that again.
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