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Customer shot, killed suspected robber at Gaston County store<\/a><\/p>\n

M<\/span>OUNT HOLLY, N.C. (WBTV) – A man died after he was shot while attempting to rob a convenience store in Gaston County earlier this week.<\/p>\n

The shooting happened Tuesday night at Will\u2019s Food Store on Hickory Grove Road in Mount Holly,\u00a0Gaston County Police<\/b><\/a>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

The man, Victor Almodovar Jr., allegedly entered the store with a gun and demanded money from the cashier. A customer who was also inside the store shot Almodovar. He was taken to the hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n

Police said nobody else was hurt and the customer was not arrested.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the shooting, the customer\u2019s mother came to the store and said he drove away after the shooting. Others called him a hero.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy that saved her and the customers…he wouldn\u2019t have hurt anybody, but he saved people,\u201d one woman said. \u201cWhatever [Almodovar\u2019s] intentions were was robbing somebody and try to get away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police are continuing to investigate the shooting and ask anyone with information to contact Detective M. Rheinson at 704-866-3320, or Crimestoppers at 704-861-8000.<\/p>\n

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