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60-Year-Old Shoots Teen Robber

1 Robber Rushed To Hospital; Another Arrested

POSTED: 12:01 pm CDT August 30, 2009
UPDATED: 11:06 pm CDT August 30, 2009

Police said a 60-year-old man shot a teenager who tried to rob his home Saturday night.

Metro police said the break-in happened on Lindy Murff Court in south Nashville.

The 60-year-old resident shot one of the two robbers in the chest. Later, the two robbers showed up at the Shell station on Haywood Lane in Antioch, asking for help, police said.

The wounded man claimed he had been robbed and shot during the robbery.

Paramedics rushed the wounded man to the hospital, and he is expected to survive. The other man has been arrested. Police have not released their names.

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