Stockton, California

From the October 4, 2005 Stockton Record:

STOCKTON -- A wounded liquor-store owner shot a would-be robber around 9:30 p.m. Monday after being shot in the buttocks.

Steven Groce of Stockton was shot while closing his El Dorado Liquor store, on El Dorado Street near Churchill Street, Stockton police said. He and the man he shot were taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center and San Joaquin General Hospital, authorities said.

The two men's conditions were not immediately available.

One or two people remain at large as of late Monday, according to Stockton police.

Police said men with bandannas pulled over their faces entered the store armed with handguns, one of them a long-barreled revolver.

The bad guy won't try this again. From the October 5, 2005 Stockton Record:

STOCKTON -- The man who attempted to rob the El Dorado Liquor store around 9:30 p.m. Monday died after a shooting exchange with the store owner, police announced Tuesday.

Police found Stockton resident Edward Preciado, 34, with gunshot wounds in the store parking lot at 4106 N. El Dorado St.

He died late Monday at St. Joseph's Medical Center, according to the Stockton Police Department.