Cleveland, Ohio



From Cleveland‘s ActionNewsNow.com of December 17, 2004

Claiming self-defense, Cleveland grocer kills suspected robber



The operator of a grocery store shot and killed a suspected robber three nights after a gunman killed a clerk and customer at another deli in the city.



Jessie Buchanan, 19, of Lakewood, walked into a grocery Thursday evening with a gun, demanded money and threatened the five people inside. Nadim Shalamy, 71, of Lakewood, shot the robber in the head, police said.



The robber had fired at least one shot, witnesses said.



"He shot a shot, and he missed, and my father didn't miss," said Jeff Shalamy. "If my father didn't shoot him, he would've killed all of them."



Police arrested two men who were waiting in a suspected getaway car. Their names weren't immediately released.