Weekend Robbery Turns Deady When Victim Pulls Gun

Published On: Oct 14 2011 02:15:20 PM EDT  Updated On: Jan 25 2005 11:53:32 AM EST
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

Police have arrested three teenagers after they said a robbery turned deadly when the victim pulled a gun and shot at the suspects Saturday morning.

Neighbors heard gunfire at the Paradise Island apartment complex near the Avenues Mall about 5:30 a.m. When police arrived, they found a 16-year-old dead.

Investigators said that boy and three others tried to rob a man at gunpoint in the parking lot, but he pulled his own gun and began firing.

Aaron Muhammad, 17, was wounded in the shooting. He, along with Oren Louder, 18, and a 15-year-old WJXT is not naming because of his age, are all charged with armed robbery.

Police believe these suspects had also burglarized numerous vehicles in the complex.

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