CA - Jewelery Store Clerk Shoots & Kills 2 Robbers

[Kevlar]

A jewelry store clerk shot and killed two suspected robbers during an attempted heist Friday morning, authorities said.

According to investigators, two suspects walked inside the Monaco Jewelers in the Capistrano Beach shopping Center on Doheny Park Road at 11:30 Friday morning and demanded cash and jewelry while a third suspect waited outside.

"At some point in the robbery inside the store, one of the employees opened fire with a handgun, striking two of the three suspects,'' Sheriff's Lt. Steve Doan said, noting that all of the bandits were wearing masks and gloves.....

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-deadly-jewelry-heist,0,6384967.story

A third suspect fled on foot.

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Deputies seized a silver Toyota they believe the suspects drove to the jewelry store, and authorities interviewed Monaco employees and watched surveillance camera tape, Doan said.

This wasn't Monaco's first brush with criminals. On July 4, 2009, someone broke into the store through the roof, escaping with $6 million in merchandise, according to KTLA. It was believed to be the largest burglary in Orange County history at the time.....

http://sanclemente.patch.com/articles/shooting-at-monaco-jewelers

Officials said that the robbery was connected to holdups on Jan. 20 at Pacific Park Jewelers, 27271 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel and Feb. 1 at
Rita's Jewelry, 24451 Alicia Pkwy, Mission Viejo.

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It wasn't immediately clear if the hold-up was connected to three other jewelry store heists in the past several months in south Orange County, Doan said.

Robbers stole about $150,000 in valuables from Jared Galleria of Jewelry, 28241 Marguerite Parkway, in a takeover-style robbery on March 5.

In the Rita's Jewelry heist, the store's owner was pistol-whipped, and in the Pacific Park heist, a co-owner ran after a suspect and opened fire.

http://lagunaniguel.patch.com/artic...n-capistrano-connected-to-laguna-niguel-heist

 

[Kevlar]

When a robber from Los Angeles shoved his pistol into the stomach of a San Juan Capistrano jewelry store manager early Friday, the store's owner drew a gun and opened fire, killing the would-be thief and one of his accomplices, authorities revealed Monday.

"At this point it looks like self-defense," said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.

Left dead was 39-year-old Robert Earl Avery, who reportedly brandished his weapon after being buzzed into Monaco Jewelers and holding the door open for accomplices Desmond Brown, 39, also from L.A., and a third man who fled after the shooting.

The armed store owner, "thinking his fellow employee was about to be harmed," fired his first shot at Avery, Amormino said. When Brown then advanced toward the owner—whose name was withheld—the jeweler gunned him down too, firing at least one other shot.

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In a statement released to the media by attorney Bonnie N. Fine, of Palm Desert-based Fine & Woliung, who represents Monaco Jewelers, said the owner’s wife and 19-year-old son were forced to the floor at gunpoint after the robbers entered the store. The owner's "dear friend and manager was assaulted and a gun was held to his head," prompting the owner to shoot, the statement said. “Though [the owner] regrets the loss of life, he is thankful that his family and employees are alive.".....

http://sanjuancapistrano.patch.com/articles/robber-held-jeweler-at-gunpoint-when-shooting-broke-out

 

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[Radtekk]

I'm sorry, but I am SOOOOO f-ing tired of this… SUSPECTS? Really???? Masks, gloves, a gun? PLEASE!!! Bad enough we are in the finical situation we are in, yet allow ILLEGALS to register for college, but we call scumbags like this SUSPECTS??? I bet they were ALLEGEDLY committing a crime by carrying a handgun and forcing people to lie on the floor, so they could help themselves to their pick of the jewelry they were deprived of due to their unfortunate upbringing.

Just tell me where to send a check to replace this guy's ammo...