Store Owner Kills Second Burglar Seven Years After Similar Incident?

A message board thread claim about this news brief concerning a shop owner that shot at two men in his business at 3:30 AM September 1 with the intent of robbing it, killing one, connected the story to the Lancaster, California retailer Bases, Cards and Comics. What makes this even more compelling than usual -- and it is compelling; you not only have the human drama but like many small business owners I would imagine it's possible for comic shop owners to debate the wisdom and morality of waiting on a suspected future criminal act with gun at one's side from now until the end of time -- is that if these connections prove solid going forward the owner of the named business shot and killed a 40-year-old man in a similar circumstance in 2003, after which no charges were pressed.

There are a number of additional potential complications, story points and items of note, even in the rudimentary reporting thus far. While the 2003 victim seemed to come to Lancaster from a different community, the 28-year-old killed last week seems to have friends and even family -- including a daughter -- in the area. Some of the LA-based blogs reported the crime as happening at 3:30 in the afternoon, which would be an odd time for a comic book store to be closed, and one guesses could potentially lead to confusion and even suspicion from the victim's family and friends that information is being kept or altered. One suspect is apparently still at large, with, one guesses, their own story to tell. Also, it looks like the deceased suspect was found outside of the store with wounds in the back of the head as opposed to dying within the store in a fashion that would more conventionally resemble the 2003 incident where the victim reportedly brandished a tire iron. I don't mean to imply anything with that last sentence other than to note the potential difference in public narratives, and would imagine any information which pertains to the matter in any way that actually counts will get processed by investigators on the scene.
 
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