St. Louis cellphone store employee shoots smash-and-grab burglar - STLtoday.com
LOUIS • A cellphone store employee arriving for work Friday morning shot a man burglarizing the business with two other men. The attempted burglary happened at the Boost I-Mobile store at 5001 Union Boulevard. An employee arrived to start work about 9 a. m. and saw two men in a Mitsubishi Diamante drive into the front glass door of the store. The men then entered the store carrying bags, followed by a third man who had exited a Jeep Cherokee. Once inside the store, the men began to smash out the glass on the counters where cellphones were stored. The employee retrieved a firearm and began shooting at the burglars, hitting one. The trio dropped the bags and ran from the store. Police said that both vehicles used in the burglary had been stolen. Source: www.stltoday.com
