Greensboro, North Carolina

From Winston-Salem's WXII12.com of September 1, 2005

Boy, 13, Dies In Greensboro Store Robbery

Greensboro police are searching for two men they say took part in a deadly convenience store robbery.

The incident happened just before 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Mini Marker on McConnell Road.

Investigators say the men went in firing shots as a father and son were behind the counter.

Phi Nguyen, 13, died on the scene, police said. He was an eighth-grader at Mendenhall Middle School. His father, Tam Nguyen, is recovering at Moses Cone Hospital.

Police said the father grabbed a gun and returned fire and that the father said he was pretty sure he hit one of the suspects.

Not always a happy ending.