Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Joliet, Illinois



From the Suburban Chicago Herald News of January 7, 2004



Joliet store owner fends off knife-wielding man



A West Jefferson Street store owner may have fended off a would-be robber armed with a kitchen knife when he threatened to shoot him, police said.



The store owner told police a man wearing a red cap, gray ski mask and gray cap walked into Mexcom, his 901 W. Jefferson St. business, shortly after 9 p.m. Monday.



The store was closed when the man walked in, police said, and the owner and his wife were shutting it up for the night.



The masked man reportedly told the owner he had something for him, and when asked what that might be, he replied that he had gold to sell.



The owner told police he noticed the man was holding a kitchen knife, and he and his wife started to back away.



The masked man repeatedly told him not to move, the owner said, and this frightened him.



The owner told the intruder that he would shoot him if he did not leave, police said, and the masked man ran out of the store. He then fled east on Jefferson Street.

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