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But it took detectives roughly a month to fully untangle the case, which at first might have appeared as a simple robbery gone wrong. Torres was leaving Burger Point on West Mill Street just after ...
Shortly before trial, George Koumbis, a local gun store owner and the husband of a defense witness, was murdered in his own store in an apparent robbery-gone-wrong. Corpus Christi police concluded that the robbery was targeted. [12] [13]
Due to the large number of injuries and rounds fired, equipment used by the robbers, and overall length of the shootout, it is regarded as one of the most intense and significant gun battles in U.S. police history. [4] Combined, the two robbers had fired approximately 1,100 rounds in total, while approximately 650 rounds were fired by police. [5]
A similar armed robbery involving a silver SUV took place about three hours before the Main Street crime, just a block away on Slater Street, police said. $1.7 million for extra police walking patrols
The man and an accused drug dealer planned the ambush of a drug buyer, the sheriff’s office said.
Police believe the attack was a robbery "gone awry", though the motive of the shooting has been a matter of debate. [7] The five deceased victims were: [5] Jennifer L. Bishop, age 34, of South Bend, Indiana; Carrie Hudek Chiuso, 33, of Frankfort; Rhoda McFarland, 42, of Joliet (the store manager); Sarah T. Szafranski, 22, of Oak Forest; and
A Texas teenager was shot and killed during a robbery gone wrong, and now the man accused of putting him up to it is charged with murder, officials say. ... Investigators say 18-year-old Larry ...
He committed a series of burglaries, including one in July 1982 in which he stole 24 revolvers and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition from a gunsmith's shop. From then on, Martin carried two guns wherever he went. He committed several armed robberies with the stolen guns, including one in which a security guard was shot.