Food Lion Security Guard Assassinated For His Gun

By Bob Owens

A 51-year-old security guard was confronted and them murdered in a Greensboro, NC, Food Lion Saturday night, for no apparent reason other than the suspect wanted the guard’s gun.

A security guard from Winston-Salem is dead after being shot inside a grocery store Saturday night, Greensboro police said. No arrests have been made.

Anthony Smith, 51, died at the hospital after being shot around 7:20 p.m. at the Food Lion at 2316 E. Market St. near South English Street. He died of a single gunshot wound to the head, police said.

Smith worked for Guard One and was on-duty at the store at the time of the shooting, police said. Smith was in the store when the armed suspect confronted him and shot him at close range, police said.

The suspect took Smith’s gun from his holster and fled the scene on foot, police said. He was last seen heading south on South English Street, police said.

There were no signs of the suspect trying to rob the store or any customers, police said. No disturbances involving Smith were reported or observed inside the store before the shooting, police said.

Police released surveillance images of the suspect on Monday and described the suspect as …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms