From the Journal-Sentinel of June 3, 2009
Security guard kills would-be robber, police say
A security guard shot two men who were trying to rob a check cashing business on Milwaukee's northwest side Wednesday afternoon, killing one and injuring the other, police said.
Ronald Reed, 24, was shot in the back and collapsed in an alley behind the building at 3906 N. 76th St., where he was pronounced dead, police said.
His cousin, Vidal Mason, 22, turned up at a hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was in critical but stable condition late Wednesday.
The men were identified by family members at the scene.
Reed and Mason were arrested in 2005 for committing an armed robbery together, Assistant Police Chief James Harpole said. Both were convicted of two counts of armed robbery in 2006, according to online court records.
The men were armed with guns when they entered Check Into Cash about 3:40 p.m. and ordered everyone to the floor, including the security guard, according to Harpole and a statement from the Police Department.
One man told the other to shoot the guard, who got up and fired shots at both men, according to the statement.
"He felt that he was going to be shot or that someone else was going to be shot, so he took defensive action," Harpole said.
Reed ran from the store and collapsed in the alley, Harpole said.
Mason also ran from the store and wound up at a hospital.
No one else inside the store was injured, Harpole said. Money taken during the robbery was recovered, said the department's statement.
The security guard, who is in his 20s, was being interviewed by police, Harpole said. The preliminary investigation suggests the guard was properly licensed to carry a gun on the job, he said.
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