Tuesday, February 7, 2006

Manchester, New Hampshire

From the February 6, 2006 WMUR channel 9:
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Two people were arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a Manchester market in which the store's owner wrestled a gun away from a man who was pointing the weapon at his wife.

Police said that Patrick Shiner, 22, of Deerfield, N.H., pointed a gun at Zohra Lakbiri, who was working as a clerk at the Orange Street Market, during a robbery attempt on Friday.

Police said Lakbiri's husband, Matti Kenzou, was able to sneak up behind Shiner and grab the shotgun, pointing it toward the ceiling. The two wrestled while police were called. Two friends entered the store and helped Kenzou subdue the man.

"I couldn't think, especially when I saw my 4-year-old son yelling, 'Don't kill my daddy. Don't kill my mommy,'" Kenzou said. "That was it, and beside that, I was lucky."

Investigators said that Shiner and his girlfriend, Dorothy Collins, were going to use the money from the robbery to get an apartment.

The two were staying at a Manchester motel. Police said that Collins was supposed to be Shiner's getaway driver, but she fled when she realized that something was going wrong.

Police tracked Collins down to the Manchester Inn and recovered a second shotgun under the bed. Both of the weapons had the serial numbers removed, and police said that Collins told them she was planning on selling them after the robbery.

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