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23rd March 2011, 12:05 PM
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Would-be robber killed in Pearl business shooting
Store manager fires upon 2 heavily armed men
9:51 PM, Mar. 22, 2011
PEARL — One alleged would-be robber is dead and another is critically injured after a store manager shot them during an attempted robbery of the business Tuesday afternoon.
An employee of Gold & Silver Extravaganza III at 3040 U.S. 80 East called police around 5:45 p.m. to report two men had entered the store and tried to rob it.
A store manager opened fire, killing one of the men while the other received "a very critical head wound."
Both men were dressed as women, even down to the painted fingernails and feminine underthings, Lt. Butch Townsend said.
"The deceased subject has a moustache," he said.
The names of neither the alleged robbers nor the store personnel had been released by press time Tuesday night.
Police said there was an attempted armed robbery at the same store two weeks ago. They said they believe one of the men in Tuesday's attempt also was involved in the earlier attempt. That person was driving a maroon vehicle parked outside the business Tuesday night.
Most alarming, Townsend said, is that the two men were heavily armed, carrying "several, several weapons" - most of them handguns.
"They didn't come to play," he said.
Whether the men took shots at store employees is unknown, Townsend said. There were no customers in the store.
"I'm not sure if the suspects discharged the weapons, but I can tell you there are plenty of weapons around," he said.
The deceased suspect was killed inside the store. The other man was lying in the parking lot when an ambulance arrived. He was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Local business manager April Lowery saw the man when she happened upon the scene.
"I thought, 'He's dead. Somebody shot him,' " she said. "It was scary."
Resale shop owner Pam McCrory said what happened shocked her, considering her business is not far away. "I will be getting me a gun," she said.
Townsend said while the investigation is in the early stages, the state castle law should work in favor of the business manager. The 2006 law allows Mississippians to use deadly force when they believe they are in imminent danger.
"As a business person, I see it as you've got to do it. You've got to protect yourself and your customers that come in," Lowery said.
Would-be robber killed in Pearl business shooting
Store manager fires upon 2 heavily armed men
9:51 PM, Mar. 22, 2011
PEARL — One alleged would-be robber is dead and another is critically injured after a store manager shot them during an attempted robbery of the business Tuesday afternoon.
An employee of Gold & Silver Extravaganza III at 3040 U.S. 80 East called police around 5:45 p.m. to report two men had entered the store and tried to rob it.
A store manager opened fire, killing one of the men while the other received "a very critical head wound."
Both men were dressed as women, even down to the painted fingernails and feminine underthings, Lt. Butch Townsend said.
"The deceased subject has a moustache," he said.
The names of neither the alleged robbers nor the store personnel had been released by press time Tuesday night.
Police said there was an attempted armed robbery at the same store two weeks ago. They said they believe one of the men in Tuesday's attempt also was involved in the earlier attempt. That person was driving a maroon vehicle parked outside the business Tuesday night.
Most alarming, Townsend said, is that the two men were heavily armed, carrying "several, several weapons" - most of them handguns.
"They didn't come to play," he said.
Whether the men took shots at store employees is unknown, Townsend said. There were no customers in the store.
"I'm not sure if the suspects discharged the weapons, but I can tell you there are plenty of weapons around," he said.
The deceased suspect was killed inside the store. The other man was lying in the parking lot when an ambulance arrived. He was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Local business manager April Lowery saw the man when she happened upon the scene.
"I thought, 'He's dead. Somebody shot him,' " she said. "It was scary."
Resale shop owner Pam McCrory said what happened shocked her, considering her business is not far away. "I will be getting me a gun," she said.
Townsend said while the investigation is in the early stages, the state castle law should work in favor of the business manager. The 2006 law allows Mississippians to use deadly force when they believe they are in imminent danger.
"As a business person, I see it as you've got to do it. You've got to protect yourself and your customers that come in," Lowery said.