IT PAYS TO BE PREPARED

September 3, 2006

Man kills robbery suspect
Police: Bar customer was attacked in truck and shot assailant 5 times
By Rob Schneider
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September 3, 2006
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A would-be robber got more than he bargained for early Saturday when
his intended victim pulled out a handgun and shot him five times outside a Lawrence bar, authorities said.
Police identified the suspected robber as Ronald Zenor, 29,
Indianapolis, who was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital, where he died.
The incident occurred about 3:30 a.m. as the Sports Page Lounge, 4603
N. Post Road, was closing.
Eric Conter, 22, Indianapolis, had left the bar and climbed into his
pickup. Zenor reached through the window, tried to pull a necklace
off Conter's neck and began choking him, Lawrence Police Chief Jack
Bailey said.
Acting in self-defense, Conter pulled out his 9 mm pistol and shot
Zenor, Bailey said.
Panicked, Conter drove off after the shooting, but he later contacted
the Indianapolis Police Department and then gave a statement to
Lawrence detectives.
Police believe Zenor was involved in a robbery outside another bar in
the 8800 block of Pendleton Pike about a half-hour before he was
shot. That robbery victim's driver's license and credit card were
found on Zenor.
Bailey said Conter, who has a permit for his gun, had a witness who
verified his account of the shooting.
While Conter was not arrested, investigators' findings about the
shooting will be turned over to the Marion County prosecutor's office
for a formal determination on whether to press charges, Bailey said.
Zenor's death was the 98th homicide in Marion County this year.