CCW permit holder fatally shoots 18-year-old suspect during attempted robbery in Linden
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An 18-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday night by a man who has a concealed carry license after the teenager tried to rob him, according to Columbus police.
Officers were called to the E&E Food Market in the 700 block of East Hudson Street in the Linden area around 7:25 p.m.
When officers arrived, they found 18-year-old Kiran Hill shot. He was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital in critical condition, where he later died.
Police said Hill and 17-year-old Josiah Cocroft tried to rob a 33-year-old man at the market.
Police said Hill pulled a gun on the man and then the man, who has a CCW permit, pulled out his own gun.
Hill was shot when he and the man exchanged gunfire, police said.
The man who shot Hill stayed at the scene.
Police arrested Cocroft, who detectives said was with Hill, and charged him with murder.
Man Shoots Robber Who Was Holding Up Woman At Gunpoint In Calumet Heights
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was holding up a woman at gunpoint in the Calumet Heights neighborhood late Tuesday when another man stepped in and shot the robber, police said.
At 5:59 p.m., the 39-year-old woman was on the street in the 9000 block of South East End Avenue when the robber walked up, took out a gun, and demanded her property, police said.
Then another man approached both the robber and the victim, took out his own gun, and shot the robber, police said.
The robber was wounded in the right leg and found his own way to Jackson Park Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
Area Two detectives were investigating late Tuesday.