A clerk and a suspected robber died in a shootout at a convenience store in the Florida Panhandle.
Escambia County Sheriff's officials say a man entered AC Grocery near Pensacola late Monday afternoon and attempted to rob it at gunpoint.
The Pensacola News Journal reports the clerk pulled out a gun during the robbery and shot the suspect. The man then fired at the clerk.
According to a sheriff's office release, the clerk died at the scene. The suspect ran from the scene but collapsed nearby and was taken to a hospital where he later died.
The names of the clerk and the suspect have not been released.
2 dead in Pensacola store shooting
Suspected robber, convenience store clerk die in shootout
Published On: Apr 24 2012 10:57:16 AM EDT
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