Fort Myers, Florida

From Fort Myers’ ABC-7.com of June 10, 2007

Supermarket gunfight ends with one dead

Fort Myers police officers say two men were shot by a business manager after they allegedly tried to rob the Discount Supermarket located at 2130 Ford Street.

Officials say when the two alleged robbers entered the store just before 12:30 p.m., one of them had a sawed off shotgun and the other had a handgun. They say one of the men started shooting at the manager – but the manager returned fire.

The manager shot one of the suspects in the head and one of them in the chest, according to police. They say the man shot in the head was already dead when they arrived at the scene.

"They fired one shot in the store. The store manager returned fire and shot one person in the head. He died immediately at the scene," said Shelly Flynn of the Fort Myers Police Department.

About 30 minutes after the shooting took place, police received word that a person with a gunshot wound to the chest was being transported from Lehigh Regional Medical Center to Lee Memorial Hospital.

Police say they believe that gunshot victim may be the second alleged robber. But they are still waiting to talk to him.

From the Fort Myers News-Press of June 11, 2007

Store manager fights back

Teen robber killed, boy, 14, wounded

The Neighborhood Discount Supermarket is a mom-and-pop shop that’s served its Fort Myers community for years.

Customers drop by for a pack of cigarettes, a gallon of milk or a bag of chips.

“They’re real, real good people,” Bob Ward, 55, said of the owners, David R. and Nancy Hutto, and the people who help them run the store.

The store manager had the right to defend himself when two masked, gun-toting teenagers tried to rob him Sunday, Ward and others said.

One suspect, 16-year-old Damione Massey, of 5047 Centennial Blvd. in Lehigh Acres, was shot in the head and died, face down, in front of the counter.

The second suspect, 14-year-old Devon Gallagher, also of 5047 Centennial Blvd., fled, wounded.

It was not known whether the two suspects were related.

The pair had a sawed-off shotgun and a handgun when they entered the store at 2130 Ford St. shortly before 12:24 p.m. and shot at the manager, said Fort Myers police Detective Sgt. Bill Musante.

The manager fired back with a pistol, police said.

The manager, whose name wasn’t released, wasn’t hurt, police said.

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