Crime And The Comic Book Shop

The owner of a hobby shop in Roselle, Illinois shot and killed a robber on Friday. The owner was wounded in the arm by return fire. The assailant was a 40-year-old man who was on parole for an armed robbery 12 years ago. The owner was treated and released from an area hospital. Some extra good news: the police decided after looking at what the man was carrying (duct tape and handcuffs) and reviewing the security film that the use of force in the incident was justifiable, and declined to charge the store owner. The shop owner's gun was properly registered.

As a nod to a gentler time, a near-40-year-old that picked up three mainstream superhero comics from a Tom Thumb in a Dallas suburb without paying for them received a citation for shoplifting. The confrontation between store employee and the shoplifter proved non-violent.
 
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