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04-26-2007, 09:21 AM
Clerk says he shot man trying to rob store
By DAN X. McGRAW
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
FOREST HILL - A store clerk who fatally shot a man Wednesday evening told police officers that the man had tried to rob him at gunpoint, interim Police Chief David Miller said.
The 23-year-old clerk, who was not identified Wednesday night, told police that two men broke into Fabulous Urban & Sportswear in the 3300 block of Mansfield Highway after the store closed, Miller said.
The clerk said he shot one of the intruders in the chest and leg with a gun kept at the store before calling police about 9:20 p.m., Miller said.
The man was pronounced dead at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth at 9:56 p.m., Miller said.
The store's manager, who identified himself as the clerk's uncle, said the robbers' weapons appeared to be Uzis. The man who was shot put his weapon to the clerk's head, he said.
"He did what he had to do," said the manager, who declined to give his name. "It was self-defense."
The manager said he moved to the area because of Hurricane Katrina. Since then, the store has been broken into at least four times, but this was the first armed robbery, he said.
Police were questioning the clerk late Wednesday and had not decided whether to charge him, Miller said.
The second robber was arrested, he said.
Dan X. McGraw, 817-390-7359 dmcgraw@star-telegram.com
By DAN X. McGRAW
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
FOREST HILL - A store clerk who fatally shot a man Wednesday evening told police officers that the man had tried to rob him at gunpoint, interim Police Chief David Miller said.
The 23-year-old clerk, who was not identified Wednesday night, told police that two men broke into Fabulous Urban & Sportswear in the 3300 block of Mansfield Highway after the store closed, Miller said.
The clerk said he shot one of the intruders in the chest and leg with a gun kept at the store before calling police about 9:20 p.m., Miller said.
The man was pronounced dead at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth at 9:56 p.m., Miller said.
The store's manager, who identified himself as the clerk's uncle, said the robbers' weapons appeared to be Uzis. The man who was shot put his weapon to the clerk's head, he said.
"He did what he had to do," said the manager, who declined to give his name. "It was self-defense."
The manager said he moved to the area because of Hurricane Katrina. Since then, the store has been broken into at least four times, but this was the first armed robbery, he said.
Police were questioning the clerk late Wednesday and had not decided whether to charge him, Miller said.
The second robber was arrested, he said.
Dan X. McGraw, 817-390-7359 dmcgraw@star-telegram.com