"Investigators say the male groped the female customer, which prompted the store's employees to ask the man to leave. According to the news release, the man responded by becoming verbally aggressive, throwing and damaging merchandise in the store. Officials say the employees and customers then noticed the man had an object in his hand that they believed was a knife. They said he threatened to kill and harm everyone in the store, according to authorities."
""A second customer in the store, fearing for the store employees, herself, and other customers, retrieved a personal firearm and fired a warning shot at the male," the news release stated. When the man turned toward the armed customer, officials said, she feared being attacked and fired a second shot, which struck the man. Responding officers found the man who was suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene."
An unidentified man entered a Compton store following a female customer and groped her, prompting employees to ask him to leave. The man became verbally aggressive, threw and damaged merchandise, and reportedly displayed an object believed to be a knife while threatening to kill and harm everyone in the store. A second customer retrieved a personal firearm and fired a warning shot; when the man turned toward her she fired a second shot that struck him. Responding officers found the man suffering from a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators are asking witnesses from the store and parking lot to contact the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers.
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