I wonder if the customer will convert to obtaining a CCW and carrying a firearm daily? http://www.freep.com/article/20100315/NEWS02/100315016/1322/Party-store-customer-swipes-masked-mans-gun-kills-him
Police are still looking for two armed robbers after a party store customer shot and killed their accomplice Saturday night.
Three men were robbing the Super Y party store at the corner of Middlebelt and Ecorse roads at 9:30 p.m. Saturday when the customer, 37, and his fiancee, 35, both from Highland Park, walked in, Romulus Police Chief Michael St. Andre said.
The couple made a random stop at the store as the robbery was taking place, St. Andre said.
“They were ambushed and the female was ordered to the ground at gunpoint,” St. Andre said. “He began pleading with the suspect not to shoot her.”
Instead, one gunman pointed his weapon at the man, who grabbed it. They struggled, and the witness shot the gunman twice, according to investigators. The gunman then stumbled out the front door, collapsed and died, St. Andre said.
The two other robbers, who were in the back of the store forcing a store employee to empty the safe at gunpoint, escaped out a back door. Investigators on Sunday afternoon arrested one of the suspects, St. Andre said. Police are still searching for the third robber, the getaway driver and their car, a black, four-door 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix with license plate CCR0052, Sadler said. It was last seen heading north on Middlebelt.
Anyone who spots the car should call 911, as the suspects are believed to be armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information about the robbery can call Romulus Police at 734-941-8400.
