Police, paramedics, and security personnel are currently attending a crime scene at the Trade Route Mall, where a suspect and an armed response guard were shot. Speaking to the Rising Sun Newspaper, Shahim Ismail of Lethal Forces Security said, “ There was an attempted robbery in Lenasia Ext 8. Alarmnet officers, who were nearby, chased the suspects who ran into the mall, where one of them opened fire and shot an Alarment officer. One of the response guards of Alarnment retaliated and shot the suspect in the back. The guard was transported to Lenmed Private Hospital. The suspect will be transported to the hospital under police guard. We have recovered the suspect’s firearm.”
UPDATE: The suspect has succumbed to his injuries.
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