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A Chicago jewelry store employee with a concealed carry permit opened fire on an alleged robber just before 11 a.m. Saturday morning, striking him with at least two bullets. CWChicago reported the alleged 27-year-old robber walked to a jewelry case near the store’s front door and allegedly swung at it, in order to smash the glass. As this was happening, “a man behind the counter draws a pistol, racks the slide, and fires as the [alleged] thief appears to be turning toward the door.” The alleged robber then falls out of the door, but quickly reaches back inside to pick...

A jeweller in Italy has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for shooting dead two crooks who robbed his store and tied up his daughter, prompting a fierce debate on the limits of self-defence. Mario Roggero shot at three thieves in Grinzane Cavour on April 28, 2021 after they entered his store, bound his daughter's hands behind her back, threatened to kill his wife and helped themselves to expensive jewellery and watches. Fearing for his life, Roggero was seen on CCTV chasing them out of the shop and shooting at least five times. Andrea Spinelli and Giuseppe Mazzarino died...

Twenty-six-year-old Fares Alhazmi was arrested for allegedly shooting 23-year-old Romel Carey in the head, killing him during an alleged robbery attempt on Wednesday at the Top Shelf smoke shop. PIX 11 reported that Carey was shot around 12:20 a.m. and that he allegedly “attempted to rob the Bronx store before he was shot. The New York Post noted that Carey had allegedly brandished a gun and “tried to rob” the Top Shelf store at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, only to flee when Alhazmi allegedly displayed a gun of his own. Carey is accused of returning less than an hour later and...

A single mom of two in the Chicago suburbs was killed Saturday at a Chase Bank ATM. Police on Saturday afternoon in Worth, Illinois, responded to a Chase Bank branch and located a woman who had been fatally shot, according to FOX 32. Two suspects who are linked to multiple armed robberies around the Chicago area were taken into custody by police. Family members of the woman identified the victim as Jonnie Angel Kleins, who was a single mother to a 15-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl. She was also her mother's caretaker. "She worked tirelessly to provide for her...

A California cop punched a female suspected shoplifter in the head while arresting her for allegedly stealing $2,000 worth of goods from a mall, according to a now-viral video. The 50-second video, which has more than 780,000 views on TikTok, opens with the end of a car chase in Vallejo on Friday, when officers were attempting to cuff the suspect, who allegedly shoplifted with an accomplice from the Gateway Plaza shopping mall. The officer walks up to the driver, who had not been identified, and pulls her out of the car as she resists him. The officer then slams her...

In an event that could pass as a comedy skit, Atlanta police are actively searching for a man whose attempted robbery of a nail salon was largely ignored by the salon’s patrons and employees. The incident took place on July 3 at the Nail First salon located at 2625 Piedmont Road, according to Atlanta News First. However, the robber’s criminal ambitions were thwarted not by a show of force or an activated alarm system, but rather, an unexpected wall of apathy. The man entered the salon and demanded that patrons surrender their money and get on the ground. Bizarrely, as...

A 65-year-old man fatally shot an apparent armed robber, 32, in Queens early Wednesday, authorities said. The younger man displayed an “unknown object” as he approached the older pedestrian around 2 a.m. on 82nd Avenue near Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens, in what investigators believe may have been a robbery attempt, cops said. The 65-year-old then pulled out a gun and shot the other man multiple times in the chest, police said. The gravely wounded man was pronounced dead at the scene by responding EMS workers, cops said. His name was not immediately released, pending family notification. The gunman was...

* Keshondra Turner, 53, was cooking in her soul food truck at 1pm on Tuesday when a man attempted to hold up the business and fire his weapon at her. * The assailant's gun jammed allowing Turner time to reach for her firearm and shoot several rounds at the criminal. * The 23-year-old would-be robber was declared dead on the scene and Turner was taken to a local hospital for a panic attackA Texas grandma with a gun took down an armed robber Tuesday who had attempted to hold up her family-owned soul food truck. The woman, Keshondra Howard Turner,...

A Dollar General store clerk in Monroe, Louisiana, shot and killed an alleged armed robber Monday and was subsequently charged with manslaughter. FOX News reported Monday’s robbery made six times the store had been targeted since August. The News Star noted clerk Rafus Anderson shot the alleged robber Monday, and police found the suspect collapsed and “lying on the money he had taken from the store.” Anderson told police he feared for his life and shot at the suspect but was not sure he hit him “because he continued to run.”

Honolulu police have opened a first-degree robbery investigation after three male suspects allegedly robbed a visitor in Waikiki. Police said the suspects approached the victim, 23, in the 400 block of Ena Road brandishing knives and a handgun and demanded money at about 2 p.m. Wednesday. The suspects fled on foot with money taken from the victim. No injuriies were reported.

An elderly retired firefighter in Chicago with a concealed carry license fatally shot a robber in broad daylight, according to police. The unidentified 77-year-old man was in a parking garage in the West Chesterfield neighborhood of Chicago at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The robber, who was also armed, pulled into the garage and demanded the elderly man fork over his possessions. The man then produced his firearm and shot the robber in the head and chest, killing him, according to police. Chicago police said the man had a valid Firearms Owner Identification Card and a Concealed Carry License. The Chicago...

FBI: Bank robber arrested after giving teller his state ID for “withdrawal” January 27, 2021 CWBChicago Citywide Edner Flores | CPD A Chicago man is facing federal bank robbery charges after he allegedly complied with the teller’s request to see his ID during a hold-up this week. According to an FBI agent’s complaint, the robber wrote “$10,000” “No die packs” and “armed” on a deposit slip and handed it to a teller at PNC Bank, 3337 West North Avenue in Humboldt Park, around 11:45 a.m. Monday. The teller tripped a silent alarm and then told the robber that he needed...

Do they even hear themselves ? Are they serious? “ You have to look at it from every child’s point of view that was raised in the hood. You have to understand, how he gonna get his money to have clothes to go to school? You have to look at it from his point of view.” “I don’t care if she have her gun license or any of that. That is way beyond the law, way beyond. He was not supposed to die like this. He had a future ahead of him. Trevon had goals. He was a funny guy,...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A suspected robber is dead after opening fire on a clerk who wouldn't let him pass a counterfeit $20 bill at a north Houston food store, police say. Houston police say they responded to a robbery in progress call around 10 p.m. Monday at Fulton Street. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the suspect had been shot. Police say the suspected robber tried to buy something with a counterfeit $20 bill. When the store clerk told the suspect the money was no good, the suspect showed his gun and opened fire once. Fearing for...

An 88-year-old liquor store owner was arrested for shooting a robbery suspect. Owner May Boyce was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a man allegedly lunged at her while trying to steal from her. “I did what I had to do, and I hope word gets out on the street that I’m fed up and I’m not taking it anymore,” May Boyce told the New York Post after she was released on $10,000 bond. “You’ve got to stick up for yourself sometimes.” Boyce said that she has been robbed multiple times while working at her shop, Murfreesboro...

An accused, six-time bank robber who’s become the face of all that’s wrong with New York’s new bail-reform law is now finally in jail - thanks to federal prosecutors, who have seized control of his case and done what no state judge was free to do. Gerod Woodberry turned himself in at the Manhattan Criminal Court building on Centre Street around 4 p.m., Friday - 18 days after his alleged spree began. “I’m Woodberry,” he told a court worker. “I’m the one that’s been robbing banks.” The feds promptly scooped him up, arguing that Woodberry, 42, had been arrested, then...

The Dallas Police Department is investigating the shooting death of an alleged armed robber that occurred late last night in west Dallas. Officials say a homeowner was hosting a social gathering in the front yard of a house when three suspects robbed the party at gunpoint. One of the individuals at the party, who police say is a licensed handgun carrier, produced his weapon and shot one of the robbers. One robber was shot and two others fled the scene. The injured robber was transported to the hospital and pronounced deceased.

Video of a customer ending a robbery. Click here => https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/thief-didnt-expect-customer-to-be-packing-heat-and-he-pays-the-ultimate-price/Pretty brutal. Don't watch if you're squeamish.

Boston man Jean-Paul LaPierre, who caught a Blue Line train Sunday morning to the Chicago Marathon, said he didn’t hesitate to act when he heard someone was robbing people on the train. “I don’t like people that strike fear in people like that,” he said. “I don’t like bullies.” A man boarded the train about 5:50 a.m. and showed a handgun to passengers while demanding their money in the 5800 block of North Cumberland Avenue, Chicago police said. “He was very quietly robbing people,” LaPierre said. “I went up front and said to him, give me the gun and we...

A security guard at a Walgreens on FM 1960 opened fire on two armed, masked teens who were preparing to enter the store, critically wounding one of the suspects. He later died at the hospital. The double shooting happened around midnight on Saturday night at the Walgreens at FM 1960 and Ella Boulevard in northeast Harris County, just west of Interstate 45. Lt. L.R. Rush of the Harris County Sheriff's Office told Metro Video that two cousins, ages 18 and 16, approached the store in what authorities believe was a planned robbery. They did not see the security guard, who...