Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Los Angeles, California



From Los Angeles' NBC4.tv of May 24, 2004



Store Owner's Son Protects Mom, Kills Would-Be Robber



Police say a potential holdup at a Colton convenience store Monday ended with one of the would-be robbers dead and two others wounded after the owner's son pulled out a handgun and began firing.



Lt. Robert Miller says Colton police received the call of a robbery at the store at 10:15 a.m.



Three men entered the store and one of them pointed a handgun at the store's owner and demanded she empty the cash register, said Miller.



Miller said the owner's son took quick action, pulled out a handgun from underneath the register and opened fire.



One suspect died at the scene. The second was found in the parking lot and taken to a hospital.



Miller says a third suspect also was shot. Police arrested him at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.

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