La Mesa CA, police investigators gather evidence

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La Mesa police investigators gather evidence after a suspected robber was fatally shot at Travel Wizard on University Avenue near Lee Avenue Tuesday.
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Police investigate an armed robbery and shooting at a La Mesa travel and coin shop during which a suspected robber is killed and two store owners are hurt.

LA MESA: One man was fatally shot and two people were injured yesterday afternoon in an armed robbery at a travel agency and foreign currency exchange/coin shop, police said.
The robbery occurred about 1 p.m. at Travel Wizard on University Avenue near Lee Avenue.

the robbery suspect died and the store owners, a 59-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman, were injured. Their names were not immediately released.

police received a 911 call from the business. When officers arrived, they found the robbery suspect lying on the sidewalk about 50 feet from the front door with gunshot wounds. Efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful and he died at the scene, Bond said.

A handgun and a satchel of money were found nearby, he said. U.S. and foreign currency was taken, he said.

the male owner was shot multiple times and the woman was shot twice. The male owner, who came out of the store covered in blood, was airlifted to a hospital, and the woman, who was found in the store's back office, was taken to a hospital by ambulance, Bond said.

bigmansam88

So... was it the coin shop owner who shot the robber?

Hope the owners of the shop are alright.

speety

Sometimes justice comes swifter than other times...

I hope the shopowners are alright!

nutz4coinz

Man, showdown at the OK Corral. Not making light of it, but holy crap! 2 people firing away, all 3 getting hit multiple times...man, thats just scary. I hope the man and woman make it, as that POS robber got what was coming to him.

19Lyds

Ditto!

19Lyds

Corrected link.

coindeuce

Gathering what evidence? Maybe that the shop owner stood outside his shop and provoked a passerby? Case closed.

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mnmcoin

<< <i>Gathering what evidence? Maybe that the shop owner stood outside his shop and provoked a passerby? Case closed. >>



Yeah, that and the story calls the perp a "victim?!" Whats up with that?

morris

Coxe

Hungry San Diego ambulance chasers are lining up for a wrongful death suit no doubt.