Inveterate Robber Shot by Victim

An armed criminal entered Abe & Son’s Corner Store in Cleveland, Ohio and attempted to rob the owner, Jamal Sulaiman.
After Sulaiman retrieved a gun, he and the robber got into a scuffle.
During the fracas, Sulaiman was shot once in the arm, but was able to shoot and kill his attacker.


The store has been the target of armed criminals in the past; the last owner was killed in a 2008 robbery.
The criminal who attempted to rob Sulaiman had recently been released from prison, after serving part of his sentence for a 2009 robbery
that took place outside Abe & Son’s. In May the robber was released and sent to a halfway house to serve the remainder of his sentence;
he escaped June 22.

(The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio 07/16/12)