Store employee shoots armed robber during LaPlace holdup, sheriff’s says

An employee of a LaPlace convenience store shot and wounded an armed robber who tried to hold up the business on Thursday morning (June 13), according to the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities have not yet released the name or condition of the suspect, who was taken to a hospital after the shooting.

The robbery occurred just before 9 a.m. at an unnamed store in the 400 block of Belle Terre Boulevard in LaPlace, the Sheriff’s Office said. The suspect entered the store brandishing a gun.

But an employee who was also armed fired, shooting the suspect in the neck, the Sheriff’s Office said. No one else was injured. No other details were available about the case.

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An employee at a LaPlace convenience store shot an armed suspect during an robbery of the business, authorities said. (file photo/)