From the Florence Morning News of June 23, 2005
Florence robbers leave gun behind
The two men who attempted to hold up a Florence pawn shop at gunpoint earlier this week remain at large.
Police said one of the robbers left a gun behind while fleeing the scene after a shootout in which a local man was injured.
The suspects initially entered the Ivey’s Pawn Shop on 130 N. Dargan St. posing as customers about 3 p.m. Tuesday. They purchased a couple of items before one of them jumped the counter and fired two shots at close range at a man identified as J.P. Costas, a friend of the store’s proprietor, hitting him once in the abdomen, Florence police investigators said.
“Meanwhile, (Ivey’s) owner Kenneth Alvin Davis retrieved a pocket pistol and returns fire, in self-defense, shooting at the individual holding the gun on him,” Lt. Ron Swaggard said.
Costas is expected to make a full recovery. Officers do not know whether the suspect Davis shot at was wounded, but they did recover his gun, Swaggard said.
“It has similar characteristics to the weapon used in a recent Florence County robbery, so (sheriff’s deputies and city police) are trying to establish a connection between this one and theirs,” he said.
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