A customer with a concealed-carry license shot and killed an armed man attempting to rob a neighborhood store, Chicago police said Sunday.
A masked man walked into the store and currency exchange about 7 p.m. Saturday in southwest Chicago, a police spokesman said.
e displayed a handgun and announced a robbery to one employee then pointed his weapon at another employee and forced her to the back of the store.
The armed customer then fatally shot the man.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the customer, who has not been identified, will face charges. The case is under review by prosecutors, the spokesman said, but “We’re looking at it as a self-defense issue at this point.”