Four people shot during robbery-gone-bad at Shawnee gun store [View all]

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Source: Kansas City Star

01/09/2015 2:55 PM | Updated: 01/09/2015 3:55 PM

Four people were shot and another was punched in the face Friday afternoon during an attempted robbery of a Shawnee gun store, police said.

The gunfight broke out after four robbers entered She’s A Pistol, at 57th Street and Nieman Road, about 2:10 p.m.

One robber struck the store’s female co-owner in the face, police said. The shooting started after that. Police didn’t know who fired first or how the gun battle unfolded, but it left the other co-owner and two robbers with critical gunshot wounds. A fourth person had less-serious gunshot injuries.

Two of the robbers fled the store, shedding some of their clothing as they ran, police said. They tried to get inside a nearby home and ended up hiding in the screened-in porch. The resident, who had heard the gunfire, already had dialed 911. ... Police arrested all four alleged robbers.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article5700804.html

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Gee, holding up a gun store seemed like such a good idea at the time. I mean, what could go wrong?

I read years ago about someone who held up a runners' equipment shop (you know: running shoes, shorts) and tried to escape on foot. The owner simply locked up the shop and took off after him. The robber did not get away.