Thursday, May 24, 2012

South Knox store clerk shoots teen in botched robbery attempt

Via Guns Save Lives

A store clerk at the South Side Market in South Knoxville told police he shot a man in the chest after he and two others attempted to rob the Maryville Pike store on Wednesday.

A botched holdup attempt today sent three would-be robbers running and left one shot in the chest, police said.

The shooting happened just after 10:45 a.m. at the South Side Market, 1316 Maryville Pike, near the Montgomery Village housing project, Knox County E-911 records show.

A store clerk told police three men in masks tried to rob him. He pulled a pistol and shot one of them in the chest, Knoxville Police Department Capt. Nate Allen said.

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