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Storeowner shoots suspect in attempted robbery

by Erin Kozak - May. 12, 2008 08:22 PM
The Arizona Republic

A Phoenix storeowner foiled an attempted robbery on his business Monday evening after waiting for the right moment to fend off the suspect.
Phoenix Police Lt. Darren Viner said a suspect entered Soccer City, located near 35th Avenue and McDowell Road around 5:30 p.m., took out a handgun after a customer left and then demanded all the money.

The owner handed over the money. Then, the suspect locked the store door, used his cell phone to call someone and ask the person whether or not to shoot the storeowner, police said.

The owner waited until the suspect turned away, and then jumped on the suspect's back and wrestled the gun away, Viner said.

After the suspect fumbled with his belt and pockets, the storeowner shot the suspect.
The suspect was taken to a local hospital. His injuries do not appear to be life threatening, Viner said.

 

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Happened Here Too..

At the liquor store down the road from me..........
Suspect killed in Inver Grove Heights liquor store robbery
By MARY LYNN SMITH and JIM ADAMS , Star Tribune

May 2, 2008

Fearing he would be shot if he let the liquor store robber tie him up, Matt Huerta made a grab for the gun.

As the two men struggled for control of the weapon at Trail Liquors in Inver Grove Heights Thursday morning, it fired several times. The suspect was hit in the chest and died several hours later. Huerta was able to call 911 for help and is recovering at a St. Paul hospital.

Minutes before the scuffle, the suspect had walked into the store and demanded money from the cash register.

The suspect then walked Huerta, the store manager, to a back room and demanded he open the safe.

Huerta, the only employee in the store at about 10:30 a.m., told the man he didn't know the combination.

"The robber wanted to tie Matt up, and Matt thought if he was tied up, he could be shot,'' said Kathleen Schneider, the store's co-owner. When the man put the gun in the top of his pants, Huerta went to grab it, she said. That's when the scuffle began. The gun apparently discharged several times, she said.

Shots hit the suspect in the chest and the manager in the leg, according to investigators.

The manager then called 911 to report an armed robbery, said Lt. Jerry Salmey, a spokesman for the Inver Grove Heights police.

Huerta, 57, of Rosemount, was listed in good condition at Regions Hospital in St. Paul on Thursday. He declined requests for interviews.

The suspect's name won't be released until family members are notified, the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's office said Thursday night.

Huerta is in "disbelief" over what happened, Schneider said. "He said it probably all happened in 15 minutes, but it felt like 15 hours."

"You just never think something like this is going to happen,'' Schneider said. "It's so tragic to think that someone would try to do this for a couple hundred dollars."

Police collected evidence Thursday afternoon from the store, nestled in a grove of trees at 9740 S. Robert Trail, also called Hwy. 3. Police obtained warrants to search the store and the suspect's sedan.

Salmey said video from a surveillance camera inside the store should help investigators more fully understand what happened inside Trail Liquors.

 

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That great,your guy probably saved his own life by taking action.......................

Can you imagine [1st story] the a-hole on the cell phone asking the other party if he should shoot you or not?

 

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Glad to see the non-impact of these two events on Sportsmen...

 

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Glad to see the non-impact of these two events on Sportsmen...

Sorry you can't see it.....Guns,Bullets,etc. duh?