Wauconda Store Robbery Ends With Clerk Fatally Shooting Suspect
(CBS) -- A store clerk shot and killed an armed robber Sunday night in northwest suburban Wauconda.
Wauconda Police Deputy Chief Thomas Bender said a masked robber walked into Kwick Shop Liquor, at 112 E. Liberty St., in Wauconda, and pointed a gun at a store clerk and customer shortly after 9 p.m.
"The patron had an opportunity to flee, and he fled. Then he also called 911. The store clerk was able to retrieve a handgun, and shot the offender," Bender said.
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The unidentified suspect, believed to be in his early 20s, was taken by Wauconda Fire District personnel to Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, where he was pronounced dead at 9:42 p.m.
Bender said there is no security video of the incident, but the 24-year-old clerk has been very cooperative.
Bender said investigators are still looking into whether the clerk's gun was registered. He said it appears the clerk did nothing wrong.
