ROBBERY SUSPECT KILLED IN WAREHOUSE SHOOTOUT.Byline: Daily News The owner of a Glendale car stereo warehouse shot and killed one of two suspects in a intense gunbattle Saturday afternoon after robbers took over the business, binding and beating up employees, Glendale police said. The slain suspect's partner dumped dump v. dumped, dump·ing, dumps v.tr. 1. To release or throw down in a large mass. 2. a. his bullet-riddled body behind Glendale Memorial Hospital, about two blocks from the Crystal Sonics warehouse, then drove off in a red Honda Accord The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. stolen from the warehouse, Glendale police Sgt. Rick Young said. The owner of the stereo business was shot in the thigh thigh (thi) femur; the portion of the leg above the knee. thigh n. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee. Also called femur. and was in good condition Saturday at Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County/USC Medical Center, Young said. The man, whose name was not released, was expected to undergo surgery to remove the bullet today, Young added. Police found the car in the 100 block of West Colorado Street, and were still searching for the missing robber late Saturday night. They did not know if he was wounded in the shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. . The slain robbery suspect Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion had several gunshot wounds to his torso torso /tor·so/ (tor´so) trunk (1). tor·so n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk. , Young said. His name was not being released until relatives had been notified. Police learned of the robbery about 4:15 p.m. when they got a 911 call from the Crystal Sonics warehouse, in the 1600 block of South Central Avenue, Young said. Two men walked into the business, and when a salesman got off the phone, one pulled out a handgun and escorted the salesman and four other employees to the back of the warehouse. In the service bay, they herded two more employees and a friend whose car they were working on. The men tied up several of the employees, put handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. on one and pistol-whipped another, ``all the while asking for money,'' Young said. The owner, who had been tied up in an office, managed to escape his bindings and get a handgun from his desk. When the men returned to the office, he opened fire, wounding one of them, Young said. ``Shots were exchanged for a total of 10 to 15 rounds,'' Young said. The badly wounded robbery suspect was dragged out by his partner, who took the Accord from the service bay and drove off. Witnesses saw a man dump a body out of a similar car behind the nearby hospital, Young said, adding that the body matches the description of one of the men. Police are searching for the second robber. One of the employees suffered minor head injuries in the attack, Young said. Police do not believe the robbers got anything other than the car. |
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