[ARLNow] Police: Store Employee Charged After Shooting Would-Be Thief
An employee of a local shop is facing charges after police say he shot someone breaking into the store.
Note the original title. They also did not mention what in particular he did wrong.
The incident happened Sunday morning in the Green Valley neighborhood, shortly before 5 a.m.
Police say a group of three suspects broke into a store on the 2400 block of Shirlington Road and began stealing cash and merchandise. The employee, who was in a backroom at the time, picked up a gun, opened a door into the store, and shot one of the suspects, according to an Arlington County Police press release.
The employee then retreated, before going back into the store and firing another shot, police said. The wounded suspect was a juvenile male; he suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries. The two other suspects fled the scene before police arrived.
Following consultation with the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, the employee, Hamzeh Abushariah, 33, of Washington D.C. was charged with Malicious Wounding, Reckless Handling of a Firearm and Violation of a Protective Order. He is being held without bond.
Parisa Dehghani-Tafti is the DA, hardcore liberal and runs the county. Suffers from stage 4 Trump Derangement Syndrome. Her latest rant about Mike Lindell
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