Would-be Robbers Shot by Store Owner

justben · #1 ● 01-11-2016, 10:43 PM

Two would-be robbers who were fatally shot at a liquor store in the Gresham neighborhood Saturday night have been identified as a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy.

Keshawn, 15, and William, 17, of the same address, were pronounced dead on the scene.

Autopsies Sunday determined both died of multiple gunshot wounds and their deaths were classified as homicides, the office said.

The two were shot to death by a store employee about 8:30 p.m. when they tried to rob Z&S Food & Liquor.

Authorities said 2 people walked into the store, and one of them hopped over the counter.

That person hit the clerk standing behind the counter, while the other remained in front of the counter, authorities said.

Meanwhile, a relative of the store owner heard a commotion upstairs and saw the robbery suspects from a stairwell, authorities said.

He pulled out a gun and opened fire on the two, killing them, authorities said. At least one of them was armed with a gun.

Investigators were trying to determine if the teens had robbed at least 2 other stores in the area not long before trying to rob the liquor store.

Bruce Jones said he was sitting in a van across the street while his nephews bought drinks inside the store. He said he heard shots and ran into the store, where he saw both robbers lying on the floor "bleeding out."

"Greed and being thirsty, that's what gets you killed," Jones said. "You just can't go taking people's stuff."

The store was the site of a previous robbery in which a suspect was shot to death in a struggle for a gun and a clerk wounded by a second robber on Aug. 11, 2011.

A group of bystanders stood talking loudly outside the store, which had a sign banning guns from the premises.

"They don't play, and I don't blame them," a woman said of the storekeepers. "This (has) happened to them before."

Someone at the liquor store in the immediate aftermath of the shooting had taken a photo of the two bodies: one whose face is visible, eyes and mouth open; another in blood-spattered jeans next to a thick pool of blood. A gun lies on a mat next to racks of pork rinds and bottled water.

When some police personnel came out of the building, a few bystanders crossed the police tape to approach them.

“Where were y’all at?” yelled one man.

That's when someone showed William's mother the photo. Her face crumpled, and she began to cry.

William's older sister, said that the teen had stopped by their mother's house on Saturday night, changed clothes, then headed back out. Later that night, a friend came knocking on the window asking if she had heard from the teenager, then told her about the shooting at the liquor store a few blocks south.

She said she and her boyfriend hustled to the scene, and before long, saw the photos of the 2 boys lying dead that had been disseminating on social media.

"I saw his face and I recognized William's clothes," she said. "He had my boyfriend's jacket on. I just went numb."

She acknowledged her brother had been in trouble before but did not specify what that entailed. She said he and his buddy were "always together," and that he recently had received his GED and enrolled in College.

"He showed me his class schedule, filled out his FAFSA and everything," she said, referring to a form for student aid. "He didn't even get a chance to start. I'm just lost. I'm just numb that I won't see my brother again."

Looks like they might have been on the way to Christian youth group.

justben · #2 ● 01-11-2016, 10:44 PM

I know there's not much gore. But a heartwarming story nonetheless

Daveroo · #3 ● 01-11-2016, 11:04 PM

"He showed me his class schedule, filled out his FAFSA and everything," Brandon said, referring to a form for student aid. "He didn't even get a chance to start. I'm just lost. I'm just numb that I won't see my brother again."

thats a comment made by one of the thugs sister,he wasted his own "chance at life"...no one did it to him...im so tired of hearing how sweet and innocent the boy was,,,after he just tried to violently jack someone up...

dogleg818 · #4 ● 01-11-2016, 11:07 PM

Good!

CuriousGeorge420 · #5 ● 01-11-2016, 11:08 PM

US content is much rarer so thnx!

Riddla · #6 ● 01-11-2016, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by Daveroo ↗

"He showed me his class schedule, filled out his FAFSA and everything," Brandon said, referring to a form for student aid. "He didn't even get a chance to start. I'm just lost. I'm just numb that I won't see my brother again."

thats a comment made by one of the thugs sister,he wasted his own "chance at life"...no one did it to him...im so tired of hearing how sweet and innocent the boy was,,,after he just tried to violently jack someone up...

Agreed! I bet he would have dropped out anyways. So they saved us the financial aid burden and our tax payers money that would ve required for his housing needs.