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http://www.wavy.com/global/story.asp?s=8574525&srvc=latestWould-be robber shot, killed at Beach Pizza Hut
By Amy Johnson | 757-247-4743
4:26 PM EDT, June 29, 2008
Virginia Beach – - A pizza restaurant employee shot and killed a masked robber who entered the store Saturday night.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Renee Ball said the shooting occurred about 10:08 p.m. at Dominick's Pizza & Pasta in the Timberlake Shopping Center in the 4200 block of Holland Road.
According to Ball, employees had opened the back door to let a breeze in. The robber later entered through the open door and pointed a gun at the workers.
An employee, who has not been identified, shot and killed the robber, police said. No one else was injured.
Detectives and forensic analysts are investigating.
Another fine example of why ccw is a good thing.Gunman killed while trying to rob store
Posted: June 29, 2008 12:52 AM EDT
Updated: June 29, 2008 05:27 PM EDT
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY.com) -- No one ever told Nando Abbondante running a restaurant would be easy.
"I'm here all the time. Thirteen hours a day, seven days a week," says Abbondante, in his native Italian accent.
But for the first time in the three month history of Dominick's Pizza, Abbondante had to shut his doors.
An hour before closing Saturday night, police say a man tried to rob Dominick's while five employees were inside.
"He pointed the gun on me," remembers Abbondante, walking through what happened in his restaurant, "he told me to open the safe."
Abbondante was trapped in his office, a small room at the back of the restaurant. There was no cash inside the safe.
But that's where Nando keeps his handgun.
"When I opened the safe, I didn't have a choice because he would see the gun and shoot me or somebody else," says Abbondante. "I just took the gun, turned around, and shot the guy."
Police showed up in minutes, but the man was already dead.
"Sometimes the owner gets killed. Sometimes the bad guy gets killed.
"This time the bad guy gets killed."
Police have not identified the robber yet.