ROBBERY VICTIM FACES CHARGE STORE OWNER NEGLIGENTLY FIRED GUN, AUTHORITIES SAY.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - A liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. store owner has been charged with negligently neg·li·gent adj. 1. Characterized by or inclined to neglect, especially habitually. 2. Characterized by careless ease or informality; casual. 3. Law Guilty of negligence. firing his handgun at a pickup truck he thought was the getaway vehicle in a robbery at his store. Paul Seukunian, 51, the owner of Legacy Liquor at 1800 W. Olive Ave., has been charged in a case in which he says he was scared and believes he was simply defending himself. ``It doesn't make sense to me,'' he said. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why they're charging me with that. I'm a 51-year-old man and I'm trembling trembling visible muscle tremor caused by fever, fear, weakness, electrolyte imbalance, especially hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia, and neuromuscular disease. trembling disease .'' If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail, police said. No one was hit in the incident. Authorities have not identified a suspect in the robbery, but they maintain the shooting was unwarranted. ``We think the city attorney took the appropriate action,'' said Burbank police Sgt. Jay Jette. ``The liquor store owner has to use proper care and caution when protecting himself or his store.'' City Attorney Dennis Barlow bar·low n. An inexpensive, one- or two-bladed pocketknife. [After Barlow, the family name of its makers, two brothers in Sheffield, England.] did not return phone calls seeking comment. Seukunian said he was defending himself against a 6-foot-tall man, wearing a navy-blue polo polo, indoor or outdoor ball and goal game played on horseback. Rules and Equipment Two teams of four compete on a level, rectangular grass field that measures 200 by 300 yd (182.88 by 274.32 m). shirt and baseball hat, who walked into his store about 8 p.m. Nov. 1. The man bought a pack of gum and when the liquor store owner opened the cash register, the man grabbed $220, Seukunian said. Seukunian, who has no criminal record, said he tried to grab the robber, who reached out and hit him on the head. Police said there is no evidence the robber was armed. ``I grabbed my gun quickly from under the cash register and ran after him,'' Seukunian said. Outside, he said he heard someone scream, ``That's the truck!'' He then aimed his handgun and fired two shots at the wheels of a gold-colored Ford pickup, but the truck disappeared. Investigators said they don't know if the truck at which Seukunian fired was the actual getaway vehicle. ``I didn't put anybody in jeopardy jeopardy, in law, condition of a person charged with a crime and thus in danger of punishment. At common law a defendant could be exposed to jeopardy for the same offense only once; exposing a person twice is known as double jeopardy. ,'' he said. ``There was nobody in the street except for the truck that was making a U-turn and leaving. It happened very, very quick. I was very afraid.'' Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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