Crime & Safety
Convenience Store Employee Fatally Shoots Armed Robber: Police
The suspected robber was pronounced dead at the scene.
CONCORD, CA — A person who was allegedly trying to rob a convenience store in Concord was shot and killed on Friday night by a store employee, Concord police said Saturday morning.
The person, who police did not identify, was allegedly armed with a shotgun when they entered the store in the 3200 block of Willow Pass Road at about 11:30 p.m.
The suspected robber allegedly told an employee to open the store's safe, before another employee shot the person, according to a Facebook post from the Concord Police Department.
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They were pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing, and police asked anyone with information to contact Detective Justin Wilson at 925-603-5859.
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