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TywinLannister
01-11-2013, 02:53 PM
An attempt to rob a Madera pharmacy of cough medicine Tuesday night ignited a short but deadly gunfight between a gang member and a store owner who is a competitive pistol shooter.

Police Chief Steve Frazier said Thursday that it appeared the store owner, Bryan Lee, had little choice but to return fire when Aquilla Bailey, 31, burst into the Almond Avenue Pharmacy firing a .45 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol at Lee and his mother, Sophie. Lee, an Army veteran, returned fire with a 1911-model Colt .45.

Frazier said Bailey shot six or seven times, with one round hitting Sophie Lee in the leg. Lee fired five back, mortally wounding Bailey and also apparently shooting Bailey's fellow Dogpound gang member Jonte Harris, 27, twice in the leg.

Lee's actions won praise from a number of writers on local news blogs, but the soft-spoken pharmacist, who quickly returned to work, didn't appear to take to heart comments that he was a hero.

"We just did what we had to do to survive," he said. "They were going to murder us."



http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/01/11/3129344/bandit-opened-fire-at-pharmacy.html


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