An armed store owner in California shot and killed one of three armed men who tried to rob his tobacco store Tuesday morning.
KTLA Television report Around 9:00 a.m., three thugs entered the Classic Tobacco Shop on the corner of Firestone Boulevard and Studebaker Road in Norwalk.
He was acting in self-defense.
The group was armed, and the store owner was also armed and opened fire on them, hitting one of them in the chest.
The three reportedly jumped into a getaway car and attempted to flee, but the car became trapped in a parking lot.
The robbery suspect, who had been shot in the chest, was later found by police in a nearby alley and taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The two other suspects tried to flee into a residential area on Elmcroft Street near Lakeside Middle School, where school was not in session at the time, according to KTLA.
Police set up a cordoned off area and, with the help of a SWAT team, were able to take the two suspects into custody around 11:30 a.m.
The store owner was not injured and told investigators he acted in self-defense.
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Norwalk is a city of about 107,000 people located just 17 miles southeast of Downtown Los Angeles.
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