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Clerks kill two would-be robbers at KC convenience store
By JOHN SHULTZ
The Kansas City Star
Two store clerks in an east Kansas City convenience store turned the tables on a pair of armed robbers, shooting and killing both masked men Monday night, police said.
The robbers -- both armed with guns -- burst into the store about 7:45 p.m., police Sgt. Tony Sanders said. One of them jumped over the counter of Robert's Super Market in the 4500 block of Truman Road.
A clerk shot that man, who was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The second robber began struggling with a second clerk. During the scuffle, that robber also was shot, apparently by the first clerk.
The wounded man made it out of the store and fled. He later turned up at a hospital, where he died of his wounds.
Police were investigating whether the man drove himself to the hospital or whether a third person was involved.
Neither clerk was injured, and neither of the robbers was identified Monday night.
Police separated the two clerks and took them in for questioning, Sanders said.
Though the investigation was in its early stages Monday night, the circumstances suggested self-defense, Sanders said.
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By JOHN SHULTZ
The Kansas City Star
Two store clerks in an east Kansas City convenience store turned the tables on a pair of armed robbers, shooting and killing both masked men Monday night, police said.
The robbers -- both armed with guns -- burst into the store about 7:45 p.m., police Sgt. Tony Sanders said. One of them jumped over the counter of Robert's Super Market in the 4500 block of Truman Road.
A clerk shot that man, who was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The second robber began struggling with a second clerk. During the scuffle, that robber also was shot, apparently by the first clerk.
The wounded man made it out of the store and fled. He later turned up at a hospital, where he died of his wounds.
Police were investigating whether the man drove himself to the hospital or whether a third person was involved.
Neither clerk was injured, and neither of the robbers was identified Monday night.
Police separated the two clerks and took them in for questioning, Sanders said.
Though the investigation was in its early stages Monday night, the circumstances suggested self-defense, Sanders said.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/news/4803664.htm
