{"id":175908,"date":"2023-02-09T09:28:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T14:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=175908"},"modified":"2023-02-09T09:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:16:20","slug":"store-owner-shoots-back-when-attacked-by-masked-robber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/store-owner-shoots-back-when-attacked-by-masked-robber\/","title":{"rendered":"Store Owner Shoots Back When Attacked By Masked Robber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A masked robber was shot and killed last week when a Connecticut clothing store owner defended himself by shooting back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a bold display of bravery, a store clerk at Humble & Paid Co. fought back against two would-be robbers,” East Hartford police reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident occurred at 10:30 p.m. in a \u201cvery decent area\u201d according to one neighboring store owner who was interviewed by Fox 61<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police told local media that two suspects entered the store with the intent to rob it. This led to a struggle between the store clerk and one of the suspects who shot the clerk in the back.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the clerk had two legally licensed firearms<\/a> and fought back, returning fire and striking one of the suspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite life-saving measures being administered on the scene, the injured suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jashar Haslam from Hartford, was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second suspect reportedly ran from the scene and has not yet been located<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store clerk received treatment for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower back and was later taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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