Suspected thief dies after being shot by store employee at Walgreens in south suburban Chicago

Suspected thief shot by store employee at Walgreens in south suburban Chicago

CALUMET CITY, Ill. -- A store employee with a concealed carry license shot a thief who pulled a gun on him at a Walgreens in south suburban Calumet City early Sunday, police said.The suspected thief later died.At 2:10 a.m., Calumet City police were called for a theft at the Walgreens drugstore in the 500 block of Torrence Avenue. They received a report of shots fired and a vehicle that had fled west from the scene, police said.

This man was taken to an area hospital and died there.Police said the man, along with a 48-year-old woman, had shoplifted from the Walgreens separately a short time earlier.Store employees got the stolen items back from the woman, who ran off, police said. But when the man was approached, he pulled a handgun, and the store employee—who has a concealed carry license—fired his weapon and shot the man, police said.

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