Man with concealed carry permit shoots and kills robbery suspect inside Chicago cell phone store
Would-be robber shot by concealed carry holder inside cell phone store in Chicago
A man on the scene shot the robbery suspect in the chest and abdomen, police said. It is not clear if the man was the owner, employee, or another customer. Police said the shooter had a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
CHICAGO - A man was shot and killed while trying to rob a cell phone store in Chicago on Saturday, police said.
The would-be robber entered the cell phone shop on the 3400 hundred block of West Chicago Avenue in Humboldt Park around 7 p.m.
A man on the scene shot the robbery suspect in the chest and abdomen, police said. It is not clear if the man was the owner, employee, or another customer.
Police said the shooter, 29, had a valid concealed carry permit.
The robbery suspect was transported in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police confiscated the robbery suspect's gun and the gun belonging to the concealed carry permit holder.