Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002
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Store owner guns down suspected burglar
Savannah Morning News

A Chatham County business owner shot a male teen-ager Friday morning,
whom he suspected of burglarizing his convenience store.

Jeremy Yates, 17, was shot once around 4 a.m. during a scuffle with
David Bledsoe, who owns El Cheapo Convenient Mart at the 1000 block of
John Carter Road.

Yates was at Memorial Health University Medical Center Friday in serious
condition.

He will face burglary and battery charges after he is released from the
hospital, police said.

Detectives are not planning to charge Bledsoe with any crime.

Evidence — including whether or not Yates was armed — will be turned
over to the district attorney’s office, said Sgt. Mike Wilson.

Bledsoe, 52, had been burglarized several times before Friday’s
incident, police said.

When he heard the sound of glass breaking from his home near the store,
Bledsoe armed himself with a small-caliber handgun and walked to the
front of the store.

There, he saw a man wearing camouflage and a ski mask walking out of the
store, police said.

The man scuffled with Bledsoe after he screamed for him to stop, police
said.

Bledsoe received cuts and scratches during the struggle.

Jason Cannon, who police say was involved and left the scene, was
arrested and charged with burglary.

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