{"id":103957,"date":"2024-08-29T18:29:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=103957"},"modified":"2024-08-29T23:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:35:00","slug":"103957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=103957","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati gas station clerk shoots, kills alleged would-be robber<\/a><\/p>\n

PADDOCK HILLS, Ohio (WKRC) -A man who allegedly attempted to rob a convenience store in Paddock Hills is dead after the clerk apparently shot him.<\/p>\n

The incident happened just before 3 a.m. at the BP station on the corner of Reading Road and Tennessee Avenue. Police are saying very little other than a man was shot there at about 2:50 a.m. Paramedics arrived and tried to save him, but were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

The details that Local 12 dug up came from the people who work at the store, radio traffic, and court documents. The first call came in at 2:49 a.m.<\/p>\n

Surveillance video from the Gold Star across the street showed police arriving within two minutes. Inside the BP, 57-year-old Dana Bruenton lay on the floor, dying from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

\u201cChannels, clerk saying he just shot someone,\u201d said one policeman.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, it\u2019s extremely life-threatening,\u201d said the policeman. \u201cSounds like they\u2019re going to transport possibly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruenton would be taken to UC Medical Center, but was pronounced dead shortly after.<\/p>\n

Clerks at the BP station said that Bruenton came in demanding money. They said that their co-worker opened the register, but when Bruenton demanded the clerk get on the ground, he refused, and a struggle ensued. They said that the owner keeps a gun behind the counter. The clerk then grabbed it and shot Bruenton.<\/p>\n

JJ Wilbon is a BP patron who said she normally hangs out with friends into the early morning hours in the parking lot there.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally, I’m here, but I wasn’t here [this time],” said Wilbon.<\/p>\n

She said that the clerk involved in the shooting is a good-natured guy.<\/p>\n

\u201c[A] sense of humor. Pretty much minds his business,\u201d said Wilbon.<\/p>\n

Local 12 asked her if the clerk was someone she would think would be involved in something like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot at all,\u201d said Wilbon. \u201cNot at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruenton, on the other hand, has a rap sheet dating back to the 1980s, including at least two crimes that sent him to prison: an aggravated robbery in 1992 and an assault in 2007. Then, a month ago, police arrested Bruenton for allegedly attacking someone with a wrench. Three weeks ago, officers arrested him for allegedly attempting to steal groceries from a Kroger.<\/p>\n

Wilbon said that she thinks the clerk was justified in shooting Bruenton.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you gotta pick and choose your battles,\u201d said Wilbon.\u00a0\u201cAnd this time he chose to battle,\u201d Local 12 said.\u00a0“He chose to battle,” said Wilbon.<\/p>\n

Local 12 then asked her if she thought that it was the right decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do. I do,\u201d said Wilbon. \u201cI hate for someone to lose their life like that, but it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police aren’t confirming the clerk’s rendition of what happened. The owner of the store told us that his employee was questioned by police after the incident and then released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati gas station clerk shoots, kills alleged would-be robber PADDOCK HILLS, Ohio (WKRC) -A man who allegedly attempted to rob a convenience store in Paddock Hills is dead after the clerk apparently shot him. The incident happened just before 3 a.m. at the BP station on the corner of Reading Road and Tennessee Avenue. Police … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103958,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103957\/revisions\/103958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}