Saturday, April 16, 2005

Charlotte, North Carolina

From the Charlotte Observer of March 3, 2005
Food Mart employee shoots, kills robber

A convenience store clerk who shot and killed a robber Wednesday night had a relative who was shot and killed while working at a different store a few months ago.

Around 11 p.m. Wednesday a clerk at Midtown Food Mart on Berryhill Road near the intersection of Freedom Drive shot and killed a suspected robber.

According to police, Jamie Mareno, 26, had just robbed the store when the clerk shot him. Mareno died on the way to the hospital. Investigators say so far the clerk has not been charged.

According to a police report, Mareno was armed with a handgun.

A clerk working at the store Thursday said the owner and his son were working during the robbery. He was not sure which one pulled the trigger.

He also told us about the relative who was shot during a robbery in January at the Midtown Food Mart on Shamrock Road. He said the relative died after spending a month in the hospital.

"They aren't hurting anyone. They're doing a good thing having a store in the neighborhood,” one regular customer of the store said Thursday. “With their uncle being shot, they're just fed up.”

"Who wants to be robbed? They could have been killed,” said customer Latoya Graham. “You can't trust people with guns."

Police are still looking for a suspect in the January incident where the clerk was shot and killed. It will be up to the DA to decide if charges should be filed in Wednesday’s shooting.
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