Man with concealed carry permit shoots and kills robbery suspect inside Chicago cell phone store
CHICAGO – A man was shot and killed while trying to rob a cell phone store in Chicago on Saturday, police said.
The would-be robber entered the cell phone shop on the 3400 hundred block of West Chicago Avenue in Humboldt Park around 7 p.m.
A man on the scene shot the robbery suspect in the chest and abdomen, police said. It is not clear if the man was the owner, employee, or another customer.
Police said the shooter, 29, had a valid concealed carry permit.
The robbery suspect was transported in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police confiscated the robbery suspect’s gun and the gun belonging to the concealed carry permit holder.
Driver shoots man during attempted Denver carjacking; witness shares account
DENVER — A man allegedly involved in two Denver carjackings was shot by one driver he was trying to rob, according to the Denver Police Department.
It started around 6:30 a.m. Thursday with a carjacking at Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue. The man who was involved in the carjacking then tried to carjack another driver in the area of Buchtel Boulevard and Downing Street, according to police. The driver at the second location shot and wounded him.
The injured man took off in the original car taken from Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue, police said. Officers found him around 8 a.m. in the 2100 block of S. Ash Street in Denver.
Alex Valdes witnessed the initial carjacking at the intersection of Speer and Colfax. He said he chose to call 911 after seeing other bystanders drive away,
“I just witnessed a carjacking [and] I see nobody reacting. It takes no energy to call 911.”
The man who was shot was taken to the hospital. The investigation is ongoing.
String of armed robberies ends with suspect shot at corner store in Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A string of armed convenience store robberies that started in Victor ended on Thurston Road in Rochester Wednesday night, when an employee of Angelo’s Grocery Store shot the suspect.
That’s according to Rochester police, who say the suspect — a 25-year-old Rochester man — is in custody.
Investigators say the suspect began by robbing a Kwik Fill in Victor and then robbed a FastTrac on West Ridge Road and a Family Dollar on Dewey Avenue. They say the suspect was shot while attempting to rob Angelo’s Grocery. The timeline is as follows:
3:38 p.m.: robbery at Kwik Fill in Victor (a suspect and vehicle description was broadcast to RPD)
6:49 p.m.: robbery at the FastTrac at 375 W Ridge Road
7:07 p.m.: robbery at the Family Dollar at 706 Dewey Avenue
7:26 p.m.: attempted robbery at Angelo’s Grocery and Deli at 579 Thurston Road
While attempting to the last of the robberies, RPD officials said the store owner produced a legally owned hand gun and fired at the suspect, striking him. The store owner stayed on scene until police arrived.
“The first sergeant on the scene was by herself but did a great job taking the male suspect who had been shot into custody, as well as detaining the two clerks from the store,” said RPD Captain Naser Zenelovic. “She recovered two handguns, one from each person. You can imagine how stressful that was.”
Rochester police say the suspect is being treated at Strong Memorial Hospital and is expected to recover. The investigation is ongoing.