Bungled robbery.

Shortly alter 11 p.m. on June 19, a car pulled up to an International House of Pancakes in south Kansas City, Kansas. One of two male occupants went inside the restaurant, pulled a gun on the manager, then emptied the cash register. Before the bandit could flee, however, he was confronted by a security guard who was also armed.

The guard and the suspect, Gary Dameron, began scuffling. During the brawl Dameron was shot in the upper chest. When police arrived, they found Dameron lying wounded on the floor near the cash register. He later died at an area hospital.

Realizing that the robbery had gone awry, his accomplice fled and was not apprehended.

According to court records, Dameron's previous criminal history included convictions for first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.