(PA) Robber killed, another wounded in shootout 12-30-01

March 1st, 2012

Address:http://www.dominionpost.com/a/news/2001/12/30/ae/ This article
appeared in the Dominion Post Newspaper on December 30,
2001.
Police: Man killed during robbery attempt
The Dominion Post

A man was killed during a shootout while attempting to rob a Fayette
County, Pa., apartment, the Pennsylvania State Police said. Charles
Lennburg Lendell, no age or address given, died from a single gunshot
wound outside of the Lemonwood Acres housing area in North Union
Township, police said.

According to reports, Lendell and two other men, one of them a juvenile,
burst into an apartment at the complex, demanding money and possessions.
Several people were in the apartment at the time, and a shootout ensued.
Lendell died trying to flee through a back door, police said. A teen-age
boy was also shot in the leg, but survived his wound.

The robbery attempt happened around 8 a.m., police said.

Trooper David A. Davison is investigating.

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