Police Say Suspected Robber Killed By Store Worker

Mobile Theodore Another man is charged with robbery.

by Steve Alexander

Published: Mon, May 04, 2009 - 9:32 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, May 04, 2009 - 9:51 pm CST

Mobile Police said a store employee shot and killed a man who tried to rob his business.
They also charged another man in the robbery.
The shooting happened outside the Cash N A Dash store on Old Pascagoula Road shortly before 3pm Monday.
Police said the dead man tried to rob the store and was shot and killed by a store employee.
They are not identifying either man.
Police said the body of the man shot was found about 200 feet away outside the Paws of Purrfection Store in the Oaks Shopping Center.
Authorities also arrested 18 year old Derrell Smith.
Smith was detained for questioning outside the Super 8 Motel about two blocks away and later charged with first degree robbery.
Terrie Atchison works across the street from where the shooting happened.
She said, "Me and a girl were standing outside, heard about five gunshots and dropped down real quick. We weren't sure if it was firecrackers or gunshots and, the next thing we know, the cops are going everywhere. We were scared half to death."
Michelle Walker said she drove past the scene shortly after the shooting and was scared.
Walker said, "We've seen everybody running."
Cindy Ballis works at a medical supply store in the Oaks Shopping Center.
She said, "I heard five shots. I saw somebody run back and forth and I immediately locked my door."
When Ballis went outside, she found the window of her SUV shattered by a bullet that was later picked up by police.
She said the bullet went through a box filled with foam.

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JonNConi Says:

Tue, May 05, 2009 at 10:55 pm

Hopefully every shop owner will pack a gun under the counter and take a page out of this shop owner’s book. Kill them before they rob and kill you. People are sick and tired of this and finally have decided to take a stand. Getting some backbone!

macanic Says:

Tue, May 05, 2009 at 4:30 pm

Give the man a medal, If they had done that to the trash that threw his kids off the bridge, we wouldn’t be wasting tax dollars on him!!

You go Shop Owner. Look at all the money you saved us.

Hate-it Says:

Tue, May 05, 2009 at 2:52 pm

Maybe they should rename the store “Cash/Run and die”. Way to go, saves us half the tax dollars anyway.

SamRock Says:

Tue, May 05, 2009 at 1:39 pm

Yea…“The pre-wasted man tried…”

Surf Says:

Tue, May 05, 2009 at 1:34 pm

“Police said the dead man tried to rob the store and was shot and killed by a store employee.”

Just a thought, but exactly how did a “dead man” try to rob a store?

cmb1 Says:

Tue, May 05, 2009 at 7:14 am

If more store owners would do this, the burglary would slow down.

BamaBob Says:

Tue, May 05, 2009 at 6:01 am

This guy sure picked the wrong store to try and rob!

ickthus Says:

Mon, May 04, 2009 at 11:38 pm

You would think so but the U.S.att.gen. Mr. Holder does not share this view. The courts are not on your side. He is so anti gun he does not even know the laws that are on the books. He went as far saying the U.S. should share information of any U.S. gun owner with another country. He up set a lot of Law enforcement with that one. There are laws on the books now to protect the U.S. citizen from personal information being given out to another country. Now and he wants to break the law? Lou Dobbs was busting him up. I can’t wait to see how Mr. Gibbs is going to spin this one. I guess Gibbs getting laughed at will be a daily thing now.

seniorguy302 Says:

Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:04 pm

one more for the good guys. keep them guns handy and use em. one day the thugs will learn we dont go down easy.shoot em, get to swallow coke, its all good