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Chicago store manager with concealed carry license shoots robber

Auto parts store manager shoots man in robbery attempt in Calumet Heights
Auto parts store manager shoots man in robbery attempt in Calumet Heights 00:26

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A suspected robber is dead after a store manager shot him in a Chicago auto parts store Saturday afternoon. 

According to the Chicago Police Department, an armed 30- to 40-year-old man entered the O'Reilly Auto Parts store in the 9100 block of South Stony Island Avenue around 2:30 p.m. and demanded money from the register. 

The store manager, who has a valid FOID card, shot the would-be robber. 

The man was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and was later reported dead by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. 

Area Two detectives are investigating. 

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