Smoke Shop Worker Shoots At Fleeing Robber In Virginia

By Bob Irwin

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USA –-(Ammoland.com)- WVEC TV 13 News Now reports 07-18-18 in Chesapeake, Virginia, a suspect who robbed a store at gunpoint Tuesday morning seemed to get more than he expected when a worker followed him out of the store and shot at him.

Chesapeake Police Department spokesman Officer Leo Kosinski said four people pulled up to Smoke Shop in the 3100 block of Western Branch Boulevard in a red car shortly before 11 a.m.

One suspect got out of the car with his face covered. He had a gun. That suspect went into the store and grabbed some merchandise.

The suspect ran out of the business and got into the car. A worker with a gun followed him out of the store and took a shot at the car as it left. Police don’t know if the bullet hit the car or anyone inside it.

A witness in an adjoining business said “Only one shot was fired. He walked with a mask covering his face …Read the Rest

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