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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/business-owner-fires-on-4-robbers-killing-2-police-say

A 72-year-old Harlem business owner used a
shotgun to blast four men who tried to rob his
restaurant-supply business Thursday afternoon,
killing two and sending two others to the
hospital with gunshot wounds,
the New York City police said.

The business, the Kaplan Brothers Blue Flame
Corporation, at 523 West 125th Street, near
Amsterdam Avenue, sells commercial gas and
electric ranges, as well as parts and repairs.

The police said that the four would-be robbers
entered the business and announced that they were
robbing it. One of them took out a 9-mm pistol
and started to pistol-whip a 33-year old employee
inside the store. The owner then took out a
shotgun and opened fire, striking the four men.

Public records identify the owner as Charles J. Augusto Jr., 72.

It was not immediately clear whether the owner
had a license for the shotgun.

Calls about the shooting began coming in at 3:09
p.m. One man died at the scene and a second, who
was taken to at St. Luke’s Hospital at 3:22 p.m., later died of his injuries.

A third man injured in the shooting walked into
St. Luke’s " which is about 12 blocks to the
south of the business, in the Morningside Heights
section of Manhattan " with gunshot injuries.
The fourth man was found nearby with gunshot wounds,
the police said.

As the police cordoned off the scene, a large
crowd of onlookers gathered around the site of
the shooting. Near the business are two churches,
Antioch Baptist Church and the Manhattan
Pentecostal Church; the 26th Precinct station
house; and the Our Children’s Foundation,
an afterschool program.

Nearly two hours after the shooting, the body of
a dead man lay on the sidewalk, its upper half
covered in white plastic. The man wore gray pants
and white shoes. The sneakers pointed up.