Suspect Killed in Attempted Liquor Store Robbery
MARIETTA, Ga. - A suspect has been shot to death after two men attempted to rob a liquor store clerk in Marietta.
Police told the Atlanta Joual-Constitution the two men entered the Windy Hill Bottle Shop in Marietta at about 11:35 p.m. Saturday and threatened the store clerk at gunpoint.
Police said the clerk also produced a gun and all three men apparently began shooting.
One of the suspects was shot and died later at an Atlanta area hospital. The second suspect fled the building the clerk was not injured, police said.
Police said they had not positively identified the man who died.
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