Crime & Safety
Store Employee In Hartford Shoots Suspected Robbers: Reports
Hartford police are investigating a botched robbery Tuesday morning that badly injured one of the suspects.
HARTFORD, CT — City police are investigating a reported botched robbery Tuesday morning in which one store employee shot at and critically injured a suspect trying to rob it.
According to WFSB Channel 3, Hartford police report that two suspects rushed into the store and pistol-whipped one of the employees, who then fired shots at the suspects.
WFSB reports one suspect was critically injured and the other fled on food.
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WTNH Channel 8 reports the incident was at a clothing store on Park Street, identified as "Exquisite Pressure."
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