(WA) Jeweler shoots armed robber 02-21-04

Store owner shoots robber

SEATTLE < A jewelry-store owner shot an armed robber yesterday
afternoon in the 4200 block of Southwest Alaska Street.

Investigators said the robbery occurred at 4:19 p.m. when two masked men
pointed their handguns at the store’s owner and an employee, said
Seattle police spokeswoman Deanna Nollette.

During the robbery, the 42-year-old store owner pulled out his own
handgun and shot one of the men in the chest, police said.

The men fled the store in a green Jeep Cherokee and pulled into
Harborview Medical Center, where one of them was treated for a gunshot
wound, Nollette said. His condition was unknown last night.

Police are looking for the second man.
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The Seattle Times: Store owner shoots robber
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