Modesto store clerk shoots and kills robber

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

A liquor store clerk shot and killed one of two armed, masked men who tried to rob the shop on Tully Road late Friday night, Modesto police said today.

Police arrived at the Super Liquors store in the 1600 block of Tully Road to find one of the robbery suspects with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital and died later in the night. This evening, police identified him as Kyle Johnson, 20, of Modesto.

A second suspected robber fled the scene after struggling with a second clerk, police said. They said this evening that the suspect, a 17-year-old boy, had been arrested and will be booked into Juvenile Hall on charges of homicide and attempted robbery.


http://www.modbee.com/2010/03/20/1095586/modesto-store-clerk-shoots-and.html

[proteus_lives]

1. Criminals take the risk.

No tears for felons preying on people.

[shadowrider]

3. And without looking

I'm willing to bet your paycheck these guys have rap sheets. They weren't angels, that's for sure.

[WVRICK13]

2. Well, That Sure

stops repeated offenses. I am opposed to the death penalty since courts can get it wrong but when you kill a thug in the act I think it is swift and immediate justice without a question of guilt. We need to lock violent criminals away for life and forget about prosecuting many of the victimless crimes.