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A NEW HAVEN CONVENIENCE
STORE OWNER FIGHTS BACK
AGAINST A MAN TRYING TO ROB
HIM AND WINS. HE FIRED OFF
TWO SHOTS IN HIS STORE WHICH
WAS ENOUGH TO SCARE HIM OFF,
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME HE'S
ROBBERY.
SEVENTY YEAR OLD
FACED A GUN IN AN ATTEMPTED
EDILBERTO FONTANEZ HAS OWNED
AVENUE IN NEW HAVEN FOR 40-
YEARS.COMING FROM HIS NATIVE
PUERTO RICO, HE'S PROUD OF THE
ABLE TO PUT FOUR CHILDREN
THROUGH COLLEGE BY WORKING
WEEK, AND HE SAYS NO ONE HAS
THE RIGHT TO TAKE AWAY HIS
4:32:56THIS IS LIKE MY HOUSE,
I OPEN UP HERE 6:30 IN THE
A WEEK FOR 40 YEARS, THIS IS
MY HOUSE THIS IS MY BUSINESS.
MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS
WHEN A CONVICTED FELON TRIED
24-YEAR OLD BRANDON MILLS OF
NEW HAVEN, ALLEGEDLY CAME INTO
FONTANEZ'S BUSINESS POINTED A
HIM.FONTANEZ, BEHIND THE
COUNTER GRABBED HIS OWN GUN
BULLETS WENT THROUGH A CAN IN
THE STORE AND LAYERS OF
HIT THE GUNMAN. MILLS,
SUSPECTED IN SEVERAL ROBBERIES
WAS CAUGHT MOMENTS LATER BY
POLICE FOR WHICH FONTANEZ IS
GRATEFUL.EDDIE T.C. 2:50:53
CARRY A GUN, THEY'VE GOT THE
RIGHT TO ROB PEOPLE, THEY'VE
WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT WE GOT?
WE'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME RIGHTS
FACE WITH ROBBERS TWO TIMES
BEFORE, BOTH TIMES WITH ARMED
FONTANEZ HAS BEEN ABLE TO
SCARE THEM OFF. HE IS
STEADFAST SAYING HE HAS THE
SCARE THEM OFF. HE IS
POLICE SAY MILLS TRIED TO
PULL A GUN FROM HIS BACKPACK
WHEN OFFICERS CAUGHT UP TO HIM.
HE FACES ATTEMPTED
AND POLICE SAY, HE COULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR áMANY CRIMES