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Store clerk kills attempted robber, police say

01:45 PM EDT on Friday, September 10, 2004

By 6NEWS Staff

An investigation is underway after a convenience store clerk shot and killed a man who attempted to rob the store Thursday night, police said.

The shooting happened at the Snookies Convenience Store in the 6800 block of Nations Ford Road around 9:50 p.m.

According to police, Wilbert McCauley walked into the store armed with a hand gun and told the clerk he was robbing the place.

The clerk, identified by police as Ambrose Nwosu, then got into a struggle with McCauley.

McCauley fired a shot at Nwosu and missed. Nwosu fired back. He shot and killed McCauley.