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January 14, 2015, 1:19 PM
HARTFORD — A woman shot a would-be armed robber in the North End early Wednesday, police said.
The shooting happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. in a building at 180 Earle St., Sgt. Steven Kneeland said.
According to Kneeland, police were flagged down and told that two men — one armed with a rifle — tried to rob two people in a hallway.
A female victim took a handgun from her purse and fired at one of the men, shooting him in his arm, Kneeland said.
At the same time police were being flagged down, one of the would-be robbers showed up at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center to be treated for a gunshot wound to the arm.
The rifle turned out to be a BB gun, Kneeland said.
The woman had a pistol permit , he said.
HARTFORD — A woman shot a would-be armed robber in the North End early Wednesday, police said.
The shooting happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. in a building at 180 Earle St., Sgt. Steven Kneeland said.
According to Kneeland, police were flagged down and told that two men — one armed with a rifle — tried to rob two people in a hallway.
A female victim took a handgun from her purse and fired at one of the men, shooting him in his arm, Kneeland said.
At the same time police were being flagged down, one of the would-be robbers showed up at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center to be treated for a gunshot wound to the arm.
The rifle turned out to be a BB gun, Kneeland said.
The woman had a pistol permit , he said.