Incident

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12-28-2015 Virginia Newport News 0-1

Location

December 28, 2015

MetroPCS

Incident Address

Newport News, Virginia

Participants

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Armed Robbery
Name: Sylvester Maurice Lipscombe
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Defensive Use
Defensive Use - Crime occurs, victim shoots subject/suspect/perpetrator
Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found

Notes

employee shot robber later charged with several other business robberies, handgun

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Handgun

Sources

URL: http://wtkr.com/2015/12/28/suspect-shot-by-metro-pcs-employee-mid-robbery/

URL: http://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-employee-shoots-suspect-robbery-newport-news-story.html

URL: http://wtkr.com/2016/01/11/suspect-shot-during-attempted-robbery-in-newport-news-linked-to-numerous-other-business-robberies/

District

Congressional District: 2
State Senate District: 2
State House District: 94