Customer fatally shoots gunman during robbery attempt in Phoenix
Aug 2, 2017, 6:58 AM | Updated: 3:21 pm
(AP File Photo)
(AP File Photo)
PHOENIX — A gunman demanding drugs in a Phoenix pharmacy was shot and killed Tuesday night by a customer, police said.
The attempted armed robbery at a Walgreens near 35th Avenue and Union Hills Drive was still under investigation Wednesday.
Witnesses told police the man, later identified as 30-year-old Stephen Holguin, had one gun, maybe two, and that he jumped the counter, pointed a gun and shouted at the pharmacist for OxyContin.
As many as a dozen customers were in the store shortly before 7 p.m.
“People were obviously scared … some were hiding,” Sgt. John Howard said.
The customer who shot Holguin was cooperating, police said.
There was a chance the man could face criminal charges, but he was released pending further investigation.
The customer asked police to not be identified.
