The owner of Kephawn's Pawn shop at the bridgefoot shot an armed robber four times yesterday. Police say that City sanitation worker - 20-year-old Rocky Road Resident Phillip Anthony Barrera - was killed after he tried to hold up the jewelry store with a loaded nine-millimeter pistol. Security Video shows Barrera holding the gun - and the owner of the store responding with his own licensed weapon. Police filled in the blanks for us today:...
Alden Dawson, OC - Police Precinct 2
"What we learn since then that Anthony Barrera and a second person entered the pawn shop where Anthony Barrera pointed a gun at the assistant to the owner of the business place while the second male person placed a bag on the counter and demanded that the owner of the business put all jewelry and cash inside the bag. Shortly after this demand was made, the owner of the business pulled out his license 9mm pistol and fired several shots, 4 of which caught Anthony Barrera who is now deceased."
Jules Vasquez
"Are you all looking into that as a justifiable use of lethal force?"
Alden Dawson, OC - Police Precinct 2
"We are investigating this matter and as soon as the investigation is finish, the file will be sent over to the DPP for further directive."
Jules Vasquez
"Was he shot after being on the ground? Was the first shot to the face, I know there is security video as well."
Alden Dawson, OC - Police Precinct 2
"There is nothing to indicate that he was shot after he fell to the ground."
Reporter
"The owner of the establishment, was he the person that fired the shots? What's his name?"
Alden Dawson, OC - Police Precinct 2
"The owner is the person that fired the shots. I don't need to say his name at this time for his own security."
Police know the name of the other man who fled on foot - who they say is from the same area that Barrera lived. They believe he may have been injured when the shop owner started firing shots. He remains at large.
Police told us that the only thing Barrera had in his pocket was a watch which had been stolen form the female attendant in the pawnshop.
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