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Clerk Opens Fire on Armed Robber at Anderson County Store




A clerk fought back against a robber who he says tried to hold up his store. Deputies are still trying to find the robber. Anderson County Anderson County is the name of five counties in the United States:
  • Anderson County, Kansas
  • Anderson County, Kentucky
  • Anderson County, South Carolina
  • Anderson County, Tennessee
  • Anderson County, Texas
 Deputies say this happened at the Sunoco store near the Intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another.

intersection

a site at which one structure crosses another.
 of Highway 76 and Milliwee Creek Road in the Sandy Springs Sandy Springs

An unincorporated community of northwest Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Population: 92,100.
 Community.

Al Befekadu owns that business, and says a man walked in and put a gun in his face demanding all of his money.

Befekadu told him he’d get it, but then pulled out his own gun and shot into the air scaring the robber off.

In an interview with News Channel 7, the owner said he got his own weapon after the store was robbed in July July: see month. .

Al Befekadu said, “They need to get their own money, not rob people.  I work 18 hours a day, to raise my own family, so i don’t have to be a burden to anybody.  Then these people come in and they rob.  This has got to stop.  This is terrorism right here at home”.

Authorities in Anderson County arrested a group of people for the July robbery robbery, in law, felonious taking of property from a person against his will by threatening or committing force or violence. The injury or threat may be directed against the person robbed, his property, or the person or property of his relative or of anyone in his . Investigators tell News Channel 7 they were connected to that string of robberies we told you about back in the summer across Anderson County.

If you have any information on this attempted robbery call CrimeStoppers at 864-231-STOP.
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Author:Noelle Kachinsky and Melissa Keeney
Publication:WSPA - Spartanburg/Greenville, SC
Date:Nov 13, 2008
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