During a shootout last week, the owner of a clothing store in Connecticut fatally shot a suspected robber while also receiving gunshot wounds, according to the police.
The store clerk and one of the suspects, who pulled a gun, got into a brief struggle, according to the East Hartford Police Department. Although NBC Connecticut reported that the store owner was on the property working late that night, police identified the employee as a clerk.
Just after 10:30 p.m., two men wearing black ski masks walked into Humble & Paid Co. on Thursday with the intent to rob the store, according to a press release from the police.
After one of the suspects shot the store owner in the back, he was able to fire back with two of his legally owned firearms.
Suspected Robber Was Shot And Killed By A Store Owner In Connecticut(Photo: Yahoo)
One of the suspects was hit repeatedly by the store owner, while the other allegedly fled during the initial struggle, according to the police.
The injured suspect, identified as 26-year-old Hartford resident Jashar Haslam, was attended to on the spot before being taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later declared dead.
Navdeep Singh, manager of the nearby store Bruno’s Liquor, told Fox 61 that aside from this, “it’s a very decent area. This is like the first time I know anything like this happened here.”
The store owner was also given medical attention on the spot for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower back before being taken to a nearby hospital.
