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Originally posted in the Arizona section. Anyone who is not carrying- open or otherwise on South Sixth Avenue is a fool IMO.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/crime/277607
Apparent robber shot dead at store
By Alex Dalenberg
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 01.27.2009
An employee at a South Side convenience store shot and killed one of two men trying to rob the store Monday and was himself wounded in the brief shootout, police said.
Two men walked into the Grand Market, in the 6200 block of South Sixth Avenue, sometime before 5:30 p.m., said Sgt. Mark Robinson, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
They shot at an employee, a man in his early 50s, who fired back, Robinson said.
The employee shot one of the would-be-robbers, an 18-year-old, who ran outside into the parking lot where he collapsed and died. The other robber ran away, and police are still looking for him, Robinson said.
The employee was also shot. He was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Robinson said.
Witnesses described the missing suspect as in his mid-20s to early 30s. He was wearing a black-and-white football jersey and a red bandanna, Robinson said.
Margarita Grajeda lives in the area and drops into the Grand Market from time to time.
Grajeda wasn't surprised that someone could get shot trying to rob the market. She said the store had been robbed before, and it was only a matter of time before someone at the store was forced to shoot.
"I knew somebody was going to get shot someday," she said.
As for the store owners, she said she hoped they were all right.
Originally posted in the Arizona section. Anyone who is not carrying- open or otherwise on South Sixth Avenue is a fool IMO.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/crime/277607
Apparent robber shot dead at store
By Alex Dalenberg
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 01.27.2009
An employee at a South Side convenience store shot and killed one of two men trying to rob the store Monday and was himself wounded in the brief shootout, police said.
Two men walked into the Grand Market, in the 6200 block of South Sixth Avenue, sometime before 5:30 p.m., said Sgt. Mark Robinson, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
They shot at an employee, a man in his early 50s, who fired back, Robinson said.
The employee shot one of the would-be-robbers, an 18-year-old, who ran outside into the parking lot where he collapsed and died. The other robber ran away, and police are still looking for him, Robinson said.
The employee was also shot. He was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Robinson said.
Witnesses described the missing suspect as in his mid-20s to early 30s. He was wearing a black-and-white football jersey and a red bandanna, Robinson said.
Margarita Grajeda lives in the area and drops into the Grand Market from time to time.
Grajeda wasn't surprised that someone could get shot trying to rob the market. She said the store had been robbed before, and it was only a matter of time before someone at the store was forced to shoot.
"I knew somebody was going to get shot someday," she said.
As for the store owners, she said she hoped they were all right.
