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Liquor store owner fatally shoots would-be robber
Fox13 ^ | May 10, 2016 | Crystal Clark

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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
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1 posted on 05/12/2016 8:36:18 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

No, he was a robber, period.


2 posted on 05/12/2016 8:36:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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“was” as you said.


3 posted on 05/12/2016 8:41:59 AM PDT by meatloaf
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At least he died doing what he loved.


4 posted on 05/12/2016 8:42:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Mr. Mojo
The suspect, later identified by deputies as 24-year-old Joel Alberto Torres

Just robbing the liquor stores Americans won't rob.

5 posted on 05/12/2016 8:46:06 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Chuck Norris finally met his match in Donald Trump.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Maybe this is what needs to be done in Denmark, concerning the article shared after this one.


6 posted on 05/12/2016 8:50:17 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("You'd see a different game if nobody wore a helmet". NY Rangers' Barry Beck 1983)
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To: Mr. Mojo

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...


7 posted on 05/12/2016 8:50:56 AM PDT by Syncopated
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To: Lazamataz

oh those fighting Amish...


8 posted on 05/12/2016 8:53:29 AM PDT by brivette (no tagline)
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To: brivette

I worked under plenty of counters in liquor stores as an alarm technician. Always looked for the gun first.


9 posted on 05/12/2016 8:59:26 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Now that’s gun control.


10 posted on 05/12/2016 9:01:35 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: Mr. Mojo
and shot the would-be robber several times

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.

11 posted on 05/12/2016 9:03:49 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: brivette
Torres

Mennonite...

12 posted on 05/12/2016 9:05:28 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Mr. Mojo
The decedent.

Priors: GT Firearm, GT 3rd deg, Armed Burglary, Felon w/firearm, etc.

13 posted on 05/12/2016 9:06:46 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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If Obama had....


14 posted on 05/12/2016 9:08:30 AM PDT by dfwgator
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So once again gun control laws- FAILED- Felon had a gun. Conceal and Carry LAWS - SUCCESS
15 posted on 05/12/2016 9:19:21 AM PDT by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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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.


16 posted on 05/12/2016 9:20:48 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

That left ear looks Vulcan to me.


17 posted on 05/12/2016 9:21:30 AM PDT by JPG (Go Trump!)
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To: dfwgator

Damned shame, he was planning on turning his life around with the proceeds of the robbery...


18 posted on 05/12/2016 9:22:57 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: dfwgator

What was that? Being stupid?


19 posted on 05/12/2016 9:26:45 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Guess he won’t be doing that again.


20 posted on 05/12/2016 9:29:11 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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