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When two armed robbers entered the Sunrise Breakfast Shop in Philadelphia, the owner, Jason Lee, "grabbed the revolver he always kept under the counter and hid it under his apron before getting down on the ground," reported the Philadelphia Inquirer. Meanwhile, one of the gunmen threatened to kill a waitress on the count of 10 if she didn't open the cash register, causing her to become so frightened that she couldn't do it because she was shaking so badly.
Lee's wife volunteered to open the cash register, and "while the gunman was distracted, Lee got up and shot him in the head," reported the Inquirer. Killed was 20-year-old Cornell Toombs.
Toombs' partner in crime, Gary Williams, ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Chew on this.(robbery)(Brief article)