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Jeff Wilson

United States · Aged 30 · Died 05/11/2011
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The robbery and gunfight began about 1:30 a.m. on May 11, 2011, when two officers saw two men wearing hoodies enter a JJ Peppers Food Store at 3101 S. Union Ave. and one of the suspects jumped over the counter, FOP spokesman Pat Camden said at the time. The two officers quickly entered the store and one of the suspects opened fire, Camden said. One officer returned fire, killing the suspect

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