Connecticut armed robbers shoot store owner who pulls out legal firearms and kills suspect: cops

[Reptile]

Connecticut shootout happened just after 10:30 pm while clothing store owner was working late​

A Connecticut clothing store owner fatally shot a suspected robber during a shootout last week, but was wounded in the exchange of gunfire, according to police.

"A brief struggle took place between the store clerk and one of the suspects who pulled out a firearm," the East Hartford Police Department reported. Police identified the store employee as a clerk, though NBC Connecticut reported it was the store owner who was on the premises working late that night.

Two men wearing black ski masks entered the clothing store Humble & Paid Co. just after 10:30 p.m. on Thursday with the intention of robbing the store, the police said in a press release.

Connecticut armed robbers shoot store owner who pulls out legal firearms and kills suspect: cops

The owner of a Connecticut clothing store used two legally owned firearms to fatally shoot a suspected armed robber who opened fire on the owner and hit him in the back, police say.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Fixxah]

What a shame he got hit and only vented one.

 

[SKumar]

Those white trump mega mega republicans causing no good again.

 

[PATRON]

What a shame he got hit and only vented one.

Yea,but the owner shot the guy a few times, and I guess dead is dead so he won.

 

[MaxStravinsky]

Glad the owner is going to be ok

 

[Sf Becket]

Hope the owner survives in civil court

 

[Tartakovsky]

The injured suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jashar Haslam of Hartford, was treated at the scene and then transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Poor guy was just about to turn his life around too

 

[Agnotology]

The injured suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jashar Haslam of Hartford, was treated at the scene and then transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Poor guy was just about to turn his life around too

He made a decision to take an exit on the highway of life.

 

[pupchow]

From that article:

"The incident was included in the Heritage Foundation's Defensive Gun Use Tracker, which keeps a tally of instances across the country where legal firearms are used in self-defense.

"This man used BOTH guns. Unclear if he engaged in a shootout and ran out of ammo in the first gun, or if he double-fisted two handguns at the same time," the Defensive Gun Use Tracker said of the incident on Twitter."

 

[Palladin]

Those white trump mega mega republicans causing no good again.

no, no.....it's the redheaded Irish kids !!!

 

[mothybee]

This is why dems want to outlaw legal gun ownership. They lost another voter last night.

 

[Bodhisattva]

He’ll still find a way to vote…..

 

[180 GRAIN FMJ]

This is why dems want to outlaw legal gun ownership. They lost another voter last night.

They lost nothing

 

[ReluctantDecoy]

Two men wearing black ski masks entered the clothing store Humble & Paid Co. just after 10:30 p.m. on Thursday with the intention of robbing the store, the police said in a press release.

Wonder where they got those ski masks.

 

[hunt4riches]

What a shame he got hit and only vented one.

Where I come from we call that "a good start".

 

[mac1911]

He’ll still find a way to vote…..

he will definitely vote now

 

[paul73]

was just about to turn his life around

it`s my wife`s absolute favorite say.
oohh, he was JUST about to turn his life around.

 

[LakeTrout]

If this dude double fisted pistols and took out the bad guy that’s the most badass thing that’s ever happened in CT.

 

[mu2bdriver]

CT, and the world, will be less fortunate without hearing the future musical talents of aspiring rapper Jashar Haslam. This tragedy is made worse by the untimely passing of Burt Bacharach.