Armed robbery suspect fatally shot by store employee
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Updated 2:22 p.m. | Posted 9:52 a.m.
Police say a man who tried to hold up a liquor store in the Twin Cities metro has died after an employee shot him.
Maplewood officers were called to Princess Liquors shortly before 8 p.m. Monday. Authorities say two suspects attempted to rob the liquor store and began to assault one of the employees.
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Another employee confronted the suspects and fired a gun, striking one of them.
KMSP-TV reports both suspects fled the store, but police located one of them a short distance away with a gunshot wound. He was transported to Regions Hospital, where he later died.
Maplewood police later identified the suspect who was shot and killed as Willie Young-Ferba, 23, of Chicago who was reported to have have very recently moved to Maplewood.
The department said the employee-owner of the liquor store who was assaulted, is expected to recover from his injuries. The employee-owner who shot Young-Ferba does have a permit to carry a firearm, the agency added.
The other suspect remains at large. The investigation into the shooting continues.
