San Antonio police say a man is dead after he was shot while trying to rob a North Side convenience store late Thursday night.
The shooting happened around 9:45 p.m. at a Valero gas station in the 9500 block of San Pedro Avenue, not far from Isom Road and Loop 410.
According to police, the man walked into the store and began acting as a customer, reaching for his wallet before pulling out a gun on the store clerk. That’s when, police say, the clerk saw the gun and pulled out his own, shooting the man. SAPD said the man fell to the ground and again tried to reach for his gun, but the clerk shot the man a second time. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The name and age of the man killed have not been released, pending notification to next of kin. The clerk was not injured in the incident.The investigation is ongoing, police said.
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