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Robber gets more than he bargained for

KYW News:

Delaware – [...] in Bristol Township on Wednesday night, a would-be robber got more than he bargained for.

Police say the bandit walked into the Windsor Pharmacy, on Haines Road in Levittown, pulled a knife, and announced a robbery.

One of the two employees behind the counter pulled out a gun and shot the suspect.

The suspect was admitted to the St. Mary Medical Center in critical condition.  His identity was not immediately released.

No charges have been filed against the drug store employee who fired the shot.

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No charges for SC pizza man who killed attacker
March 12, 2009 – via WBTV

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a South Carolina pizza delivery man will not face charges for shooting a man who attacked him on his route.

Lexington County Sheriff James Metts said Thursday that Pizza Hut delivery driver Christopher Steven Miller acted in self-defense when he shot and killed 17-year-old Paul Andrew Sturgill Jr. last week.

Authorities say Sturgill and two other men chased Miller when he arrived to deliver pizza, and Miller fired while being beaten by 1 of them.

Authorities say Miller has a concealed weapons permit and had been robbed while delivering pizzas before.

Two suspects have been arrested and charged with robbery and criminal conspiracy.

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Store clerk won’t be charged for killing the robber
By Steve Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune
03/12/2009

A convenience-store clerk who shot and killed a robber during a struggle in Centerfield on Sunday will not face criminal charges.

The Sanpete County Attorney says he will not seek to penalize the woman who shot Antonio E. Ramos to death using his own weapon.

Sanpete County sheriff’s deputies said Ramos, 42, approached one clerk as she was taking out the garbage near closing time Sunday in the town just south of Gunnison.

Holding a .22-caliber rifle, Ramos forced that clerk back inside the store, where he took a second clerk hostage and demanded money from the women. During the robbery, police said one of the two clerks got hold of the man’s rifle. It discharged and hit Ramos in the head.

County Attorney Ross Blackham said he reviewed the store’s security footage, spoke with police officers and interviewed the two clerks and decided he would not hold the clerk responsible for the robber’s death.

“A reasonable belief existed that deadly force was necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury to another person and/or the commission of a violent felony,” Blackham wrote in a news release. “The deadly force against Mr. Ramos was therefore justified under Utah law and is an exoneration from any criminal responsibility for his death.”

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