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Football star shot holding up storeDundalk High player is killed by clerk in liquor outlet
By Dennis O'Brien and Stephanie DesmonSun StaffOriginally published March 14, 2002A 17-year-old college-bound football star at Dundalk High School was shot and killed yesterday morning when he tried to hold up a liquor store a few blocks from the school.Derrick Lemell Breedlove, a senior who planned to attend a Virginia university on a football scholarship next fall, was killed inside Modern Discount Liquors in the 6900 block of Holabird Ave.Baltimore County police said he entered the store armed with a pellet gun and was shot by a clerk after taking a bag of cash.Police said they were questioning another Dundalk student last night who might have been waiting outside the store in a getaway car. Police found the vehicle in the parking lot at Dundalk High and towed it away as part of the investigation.No charges have been filed against the clerk, said Cpl. Vickie Warehime, a police spokeswoman, who noted that the store had been held up at gunpoint twice last month."We're looking at the possibility that this robbery might be connected to the two other robberies," she said.At Dundalk High, Breedlove was known as a bright kid with a bright future."When I got the call, I thought it must be a mistake, it has to be a mistake," said Kim Stephanic, the school's principal. "Derrick was supposed to be in his first-period class and instead he was robbing a liquor store. I can't understand it. ..."I'm devastated. Derrick was a kid with a promising future. Of course, I could never defend his choice and, to be quite honest, I can't explain it."Warehime said that Breedlove walked into the store shortly after 9 a.m., displayed the pellet gun and demanded money from a clerk behind the counter. A second clerk, Richard Kosinski, 50, who lives near the store, was in a back room and witnessed the robbery, she said.Kosinski retrieved a handgun, walked out a side door and re-entered through the front door, Warehime said. He confronted Breedlove and shot him twice in the upper body.Breedlove was a 6-foot 2-inch, 251-pound tight end and defensive end for Dundalk High and had planned to attend Hampton University, in Hampton, Va., on a football scholarship next fall.A woman at Breedlove's home who identified herself as an aunt said yesterday that the family was in shock and is convinced that he was "hanging with the wrong crowd."Dundalk High senior Steve Nadeau, who played right tackle next to Breedlove, said he believed his friend's talent and brains would have taken him somewhere."He was good in school and great in sports," Nadeau recalled yesterday. "When we were in 10th grade, he had colleges looking at him. I was, like, he's going to be the real deal."Nadeau said he is sure Breedlove "wouldn't have harmed a soul."But Nadeau said he worried about his classmate, who came from a family with very little money."We're not a bunch of Dulaney [High School] kids. We don't have the rich kids. We don't have a lot of money," Nadeau said. "When you struggle like that ... anybody would break."Breedlove had worked at the McDonald's in the 2200 block of Dundalk Ave., but quit about a month ago, saying that he had found a better job, according to a worker at the restaurant.Warehime said the results of the police investigation will be turned over to Baltimore County State's Attorney Sandra A. O'Connor for review.Breedlove, who was pronounced dead at the scene, did not fire any shots, Warehime said.She also said that when he was shot, Breedlove was holding a bag of stolen money and a pellet gun that bore a "striking resemblance" to an automatic handgun."If you looked at that gun, there's no way you could tell the gun was not a semiautomatic until you held it and disassembled it," she said.Police say Modern Discount Liquors clerks had reported armed robberies at the store Feb. 5 and Feb. 22. Neighbors said those robberies had put the working-class community on edge in recent weeks."It had everybody worried. It's not the kind of thing that happens that often around here," said Jim Clarke, who runs the Express Shoe Repair shop next to the store.Sonny Brown, the owner of the liquor store, did not return phone calls last night.But Clarke said that after the store was held up at gunpoint Feb. 22, the clerk who was on duty quit out of fear that there would be another robbery.Neighbors expressed concern yesterday about what they see as an increase in crime in the community.George Yeager, who lives near the store, said his home was burglarized about a year ago and he purchased two guns for protection recently because of a rash of break-ins at neighborhood shops and homes. "It seems like everybody around here's been robbed at least once," Yeager said.Sun staff writer Linda Linley contributed to this article. http://www.sunspot.net/news/custom/guns/bal-te.md.robber14mar14.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
Cops: Homeowner Shoots Intruders One suspect dead, second suspect wounded VTS Email This Story Print This Story (KYW) (Philadelphia) Mar 11, 2002 11:59 am US/Eastern Police say when two men broke into a house on the 2500 block of Robinson Street in Southwest Philadelphia, the homeowner opened fire.According to authorities, one suspect was shot and killed and the other wounded when they attempted to rob a man's home just before 7 p.m. Sunday. No charges have been filed against the homeowner. The wounded suspect was taken into custody. http://kyw.com/news/StoryFolder/story_505530676_html
Shopkeeper's sword sends a message 03/12/02Martin Stolz Plain Dealer ReporterAkron - A would-be robber nearly got himself killed by a convenience store owner with a samurai sword, police say. Mark A. Wilson, 42, a U.S. Postal Service worker from Akron, has been charged with kidnapping and aggravated robbery after the incident at Portage Service and Beverage store near Highland Square. Wilson is accused of entering the store while wielding a broken bottle. Chang Lee, 39, the store owner, said the man grabbed his 6-year-old son and threatened to harm the child unless he was given money from the cash register. But Lee reacted swiftly, putting a long sword he conceals behind the counter to Wilson's chest. The man fled without cash or injury. Lee followed him, shouting and swinging his samurai sword. A passer-by, LeBron Jones, 50, of Akron, dropped his dry cleaning and chased Wilson across Portage Path, nearly getting struck by a car in the process, said Kevin Hastings, owner of the Portage Path Cleaners. Jones tackled and then tussled with Wilson, who was swinging the broken bottle. Jones restrained Wilson and sat on him until police arrived. Jones, who weighs 75 to 100 pounds more than Wilson, sustained a small cut. Akron Police Chief Michael Matulavich commended Jones' bravery but would not encourage anyone to imitate it. "He did quite a job out there, no doubt about it," he said. If convicted, Wilson could face 20 years in prison. Wilson, who had no criminal record, is being held at the Summit County Jail on a $5,000 bond. Jones is a good man and hero, said Chang, an immigrant from South Korea. "I'm thankful he's protecting us," he said. Contact Martin Stolz at: mstolz@plaind.com, 330-908-0367 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/summit/10159290232092238.xml
Employee shoots suspect during robbery attemptBy MIKE GLENNCopyright 2002 Houston ChroniclePolice are investigating a robbery at a southwest Houston liquor store this morning that sent the suspected gunmen to the hospital. The robbery occurred shortly before 11 a.m. at a liquor store in the 6100 block of Glenmont at Rampart. The employee fired at the suspect, apparently striking him at least once. He fled the scene and eventually showed up at the Bayou City Medical Center in the 4200 block of Portsmouth, police said. The man will be under guard as the investigation continues, police said. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1287678
Man shot at Wilkes mobile home later diesShooter says two men tried to rob him By Jim SparksJOURNAL REPORTERBOOMERDetectives are investigating the death of a man who was shot early yesterday at a mobile home in southwestern Wilkes County. The shooter told authorities that the man and a companion had tried to rob him after binding his hands with an electrical cord, Sheriff Dane Mastin said.The shooting happened about 4 a.m. at the home of Roy Chatham and his son Jason Chatham, 25, at 528 Old Orchard Road off of Russell Gap Road and N.C. 18 South.Roy Chatham, a newspaper carrier for the Winston-Salem Journal, was working at the time of the shooting.Deputies and emergency personnel went to the scene after Jason Chatham called 911 and told sheriff's dispatchers that he had shot an intruder.When deputies arrived, they found Chatham at the place where the emergency call had been made: a relative's mobile home several hundred yards away from where the shooting had taken place."He was standing in his boxer shorts, with his hands still bound in front of him with the cord of an electric hair trimmer," Mastin said.Mastin said that Chatham turned over a .32-caliber pistol.Back at Chatham's mobile home, deputies and emergency personnel found a man who had been shot in the neck lying on the living-room floor.Emergency personnel took him to Wilkes Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.Mastin identified him as Ted Marley Baker, 20, of Mulberry Creek Road in North Wilkesboro.Pathologists at Wake Forest Baptist University Medical Center in Winston-Salem ruled that Baker bled to death after a bullet severed an artery in his neck.Mastin said that Jason Chatham told investigators that the incident began when Baker and Kenneth Dale Church, 32, of Rock Quarry Road, east of North Wilkesboro, showed up at his door shortly before 4 a.m.They said that their car had broken down and that they needed to use the phone and borrow a flashlight.Chatham told investigators that because he knew Church, he let the men enter the mobile home. He did not know Baker.He said that once inside, the two men grabbed him and held him in a headlock at knifepoint while they bound his hands.They then forced him to lie down on a couch.What the men didn't realize was that he had a pistol stashed there.Chatham said that while the two men began pillaging the house for valuables, he was able to find the gun, which he grabbed and aimed.He fired when he saw Baker reaching for what he believed was a weapon, he said.He then took off outside, running barefoot up the gravel road to get away."He said he was scared to death," Mastin said.The investigation into the case is continuing, the sheriff said.Authorities have charged Church with kidnapping in the case.Church had not been arrested last evening. He is white, about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He has a medium build, medium skin tone, blonde hair, hazel eyes, a pierced left ear and a tattoo on his left arm. Jim Sparks can be reached in Wilkesboro at (336) 667-5691 or at jsparks@wsjournal.com http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/news/MGBQ6RTXKYC.html
By Dennis O'Brien and Stephanie DesmonSun StaffOriginally published March 14, 2002A 17-year-old college-bound football star at Dundalk High School was shot and killed yesterday morning when he tried to hold up a liquor store a few blocks from the school.Derrick Lemell Breedlove, a senior who planned to attend a Virginia university on a football scholarship next fall, was killed inside Modern Discount Liquors in the 6900 block of Holabird Ave.Baltimore County police said he entered the store armed with a pellet gun and was shot by a clerk after taking a bag of cash.Police said they were questioning another Dundalk student last night who might have been waiting outside the store in a getaway car. Police found the vehicle in the parking lot at Dundalk High and towed it away as part of the investigation.No charges have been filed against the clerk, said Cpl. Vickie Warehime, a police spokeswoman, who noted that the store had been held up at gunpoint twice last month."We're looking at the possibility that this robbery might be connected to the two other robberies," she said.At Dundalk High, Breedlove was known as a bright kid with a bright future."When I got the call, I thought it must be a mistake, it has to be a mistake," said Kim Stephanic, the school's principal. "Derrick was supposed to be in his first-period class and instead he was robbing a liquor store. I can't understand it. ..."I'm devastated. Derrick was a kid with a promising future. Of course, I could never defend his choice and, to be quite honest, I can't explain it."Warehime said that Breedlove walked into the store shortly after 9 a.m., displayed the pellet gun and demanded money from a clerk behind the counter. A second clerk, Richard Kosinski, 50, who lives near the store, was in a back room and witnessed the robbery, she said.Kosinski retrieved a handgun, walked out a side door and re-entered through the front door, Warehime said. He confronted Breedlove and shot him twice in the upper body.Breedlove was a 6-foot 2-inch, 251-pound tight end and defensive end for Dundalk High and had planned to attend Hampton University, in Hampton, Va., on a football scholarship next fall.A woman at Breedlove's home who identified herself as an aunt said yesterday that the family was in shock and is convinced that he was "hanging with the wrong crowd."Dundalk High senior Steve Nadeau, who played right tackle next to Breedlove, said he believed his friend's talent and brains would have taken him somewhere."He was good in school and great in sports," Nadeau recalled yesterday. "When we were in 10th grade, he had colleges looking at him. I was, like, he's going to be the real deal."Nadeau said he is sure Breedlove "wouldn't have harmed a soul."But Nadeau said he worried about his classmate, who came from a family with very little money."We're not a bunch of Dulaney [High School] kids. We don't have the rich kids. We don't have a lot of money," Nadeau said. "When you struggle like that ... anybody would break."Breedlove had worked at the McDonald's in the 2200 block of Dundalk Ave., but quit about a month ago, saying that he had found a better job, according to a worker at the restaurant.Warehime said the results of the police investigation will be turned over to Baltimore County State's Attorney Sandra A. O'Connor for review.Breedlove, who was pronounced dead at the scene, did not fire any shots, Warehime said.She also said that when he was shot, Breedlove was holding a bag of stolen money and a pellet gun that bore a "striking resemblance" to an automatic handgun."If you looked at that gun, there's no way you could tell the gun was not a semiautomatic until you held it and disassembled it," she said.Police say Modern Discount Liquors clerks had reported armed robberies at the store Feb. 5 and Feb. 22. Neighbors said those robberies had put the working-class community on edge in recent weeks."It had everybody worried. It's not the kind of thing that happens that often around here," said Jim Clarke, who runs the Express Shoe Repair shop next to the store.Sonny Brown, the owner of the liquor store, did not return phone calls last night.But Clarke said that after the store was held up at gunpoint Feb. 22, the clerk who was on duty quit out of fear that there would be another robbery.Neighbors expressed concern yesterday about what they see as an increase in crime in the community.George Yeager, who lives near the store, said his home was burglarized about a year ago and he purchased two guns for protection recently because of a rash of break-ins at neighborhood shops and homes. "It seems like everybody around here's been robbed at least once," Yeager said.Sun staff writer Linda Linley contributed to this article. http://www.sunspot.net/news/custom/guns/bal-te.md.robber14mar14.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
Cops: Homeowner Shoots Intruders One suspect dead, second suspect wounded VTS Email This Story Print This Story (KYW) (Philadelphia) Mar 11, 2002 11:59 am US/Eastern Police say when two men broke into a house on the 2500 block of Robinson Street in Southwest Philadelphia, the homeowner opened fire.According to authorities, one suspect was shot and killed and the other wounded when they attempted to rob a man's home just before 7 p.m. Sunday. No charges have been filed against the homeowner. The wounded suspect was taken into custody. http://kyw.com/news/StoryFolder/story_505530676_html
Shopkeeper's sword sends a message 03/12/02Martin Stolz Plain Dealer ReporterAkron - A would-be robber nearly got himself killed by a convenience store owner with a samurai sword, police say. Mark A. Wilson, 42, a U.S. Postal Service worker from Akron, has been charged with kidnapping and aggravated robbery after the incident at Portage Service and Beverage store near Highland Square. Wilson is accused of entering the store while wielding a broken bottle. Chang Lee, 39, the store owner, said the man grabbed his 6-year-old son and threatened to harm the child unless he was given money from the cash register. But Lee reacted swiftly, putting a long sword he conceals behind the counter to Wilson's chest. The man fled without cash or injury. Lee followed him, shouting and swinging his samurai sword. A passer-by, LeBron Jones, 50, of Akron, dropped his dry cleaning and chased Wilson across Portage Path, nearly getting struck by a car in the process, said Kevin Hastings, owner of the Portage Path Cleaners. Jones tackled and then tussled with Wilson, who was swinging the broken bottle. Jones restrained Wilson and sat on him until police arrived. Jones, who weighs 75 to 100 pounds more than Wilson, sustained a small cut. Akron Police Chief Michael Matulavich commended Jones' bravery but would not encourage anyone to imitate it. "He did quite a job out there, no doubt about it," he said. If convicted, Wilson could face 20 years in prison. Wilson, who had no criminal record, is being held at the Summit County Jail on a $5,000 bond. Jones is a good man and hero, said Chang, an immigrant from South Korea. "I'm thankful he's protecting us," he said. Contact Martin Stolz at: mstolz@plaind.com, 330-908-0367 http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/summit/10159290232092238.xml
Employee shoots suspect during robbery attemptBy MIKE GLENNCopyright 2002 Houston ChroniclePolice are investigating a robbery at a southwest Houston liquor store this morning that sent the suspected gunmen to the hospital. The robbery occurred shortly before 11 a.m. at a liquor store in the 6100 block of Glenmont at Rampart. The employee fired at the suspect, apparently striking him at least once. He fled the scene and eventually showed up at the Bayou City Medical Center in the 4200 block of Portsmouth, police said. The man will be under guard as the investigation continues, police said. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1287678
Man shot at Wilkes mobile home later diesShooter says two men tried to rob him By Jim SparksJOURNAL REPORTERBOOMERDetectives are investigating the death of a man who was shot early yesterday at a mobile home in southwestern Wilkes County. The shooter told authorities that the man and a companion had tried to rob him after binding his hands with an electrical cord, Sheriff Dane Mastin said.The shooting happened about 4 a.m. at the home of Roy Chatham and his son Jason Chatham, 25, at 528 Old Orchard Road off of Russell Gap Road and N.C. 18 South.Roy Chatham, a newspaper carrier for the Winston-Salem Journal, was working at the time of the shooting.Deputies and emergency personnel went to the scene after Jason Chatham called 911 and told sheriff's dispatchers that he had shot an intruder.When deputies arrived, they found Chatham at the place where the emergency call had been made: a relative's mobile home several hundred yards away from where the shooting had taken place."He was standing in his boxer shorts, with his hands still bound in front of him with the cord of an electric hair trimmer," Mastin said.Mastin said that Chatham turned over a .32-caliber pistol.Back at Chatham's mobile home, deputies and emergency personnel found a man who had been shot in the neck lying on the living-room floor.Emergency personnel took him to Wilkes Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.Mastin identified him as Ted Marley Baker, 20, of Mulberry Creek Road in North Wilkesboro.Pathologists at Wake Forest Baptist University Medical Center in Winston-Salem ruled that Baker bled to death after a bullet severed an artery in his neck.Mastin said that Jason Chatham told investigators that the incident began when Baker and Kenneth Dale Church, 32, of Rock Quarry Road, east of North Wilkesboro, showed up at his door shortly before 4 a.m.They said that their car had broken down and that they needed to use the phone and borrow a flashlight.Chatham told investigators that because he knew Church, he let the men enter the mobile home. He did not know Baker.He said that once inside, the two men grabbed him and held him in a headlock at knifepoint while they bound his hands.They then forced him to lie down on a couch.What the men didn't realize was that he had a pistol stashed there.Chatham said that while the two men began pillaging the house for valuables, he was able to find the gun, which he grabbed and aimed.He fired when he saw Baker reaching for what he believed was a weapon, he said.He then took off outside, running barefoot up the gravel road to get away."He said he was scared to death," Mastin said.The investigation into the case is continuing, the sheriff said.Authorities have charged Church with kidnapping in the case.Church had not been arrested last evening. He is white, about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He has a medium build, medium skin tone, blonde hair, hazel eyes, a pierced left ear and a tattoo on his left arm. Jim Sparks can be reached in Wilkesboro at (336) 667-5691 or at jsparks@wsjournal.com http://www.journalnow.com/wsj/news/MGBQ6RTXKYC.html
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