An 80-year-old Southern California liquor store owner who shot a would-be armed robber with a shotgun has died
FILE - This surveillance image provided by the Riverside Sheriff's Department shows a suspect during an armed robbery in Norco, Calif., on July 31, 2022. The 80-year-old Southern California liquor store owner who blasted the would-be armed robber with a shotgun has died, the store reported Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. NORCO, Calif.
Cope was alone at the counter shortly before 3 a.m. on July 31 in Norco in Riverside County when a man in a ski mask came through the door, pointing a rifle and demanding: “Hands in the air! Hands in the air!” Surveillance video shows Cope firing one blast from the shotgun. "I didn't have time to be afraid" after the car with four robbers pulled into the parking lot, and some got out wearing masks and gloves and holding weapons, Cope told“The guy pointed the gun directly at me. It was him or me," Cope told the station.
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