What Happened To Roosevelt Rappley?

Suspect in multiple robberies of Dollar Generals in Dayton area killed by a store clerk.

A clerk at a Dayton, Ohio Dollar General shot an armed robber. The robbery suspect was armed and the clerk was armed. The Dayton Police are trying to piece together why the clerk did it?

Dollar General stores were hit by a robbery suspect over the past few months. The most recent one before the shooting was the one on Main Street in the Riverdale neighborhood. The one before that was in the Pinecrest neighborhood around Gettysburg Avenue.

The shooting happened in the Greenwich Village neighborhood. The suspect was trying to rob the store and the clerk managed to get the drop on the suspect.

Now identified as Roosevelt Rappley, the suspect was shot in the chest and upon exiting the store, he collapsed. The suspect was rushed to a local hospital where he did of died injuries.



Now the question, does Dollar General allow its workers to be armed?

The transcript provided by the local junk food media.

"I just had somebody try to attempt and rob me over at Dollar General on Gettysburg," the 9-1-1 caller said. "Came in with a firearm, threatened to take money out the drawer, pointed a gun at me and my staff members."

The suspect who was 23 entered the store around 6:30 on Wednesday. He entered the store and pulled a firearm out demanding money. The clerk pulled out his firearm and shot the suspect.

"He pointed a gun at me, I had a firearm on me, I pulled my firearm nd I shot him in self-defense," the caller said. "He's laying in front of my store. He's laying down in front of [the store] on the sidewalk."

Dollar General indefinitely closed until the police solve the matter.

Dollar General issued a statement.

"To protect the integrity of these measures, we do not comment on them specifically. We are continuing to review the circumstance surrounding this evening's events in Dayton, Ohio, and are cooperating with local authorities in their investigation."

The Dayton Police detective  Thomas Schloss said that it's a self-defense issue.

"As [far as this goes], the employee at Dollar General, he was legally possessing a weapon. He was on private property at his place of employment."

The Dollar General was struck over four times this year. The Main Street location could have been a place where the suspect robbed earlier.

The Dayton Police are investigating.

Dollar General could fire the employee out the cannon because of him not following safety practices involving robbery. He was in the right to use his firearm. However, he placed others at risk of injury and caused a panic.

I am not defending the suspect. I am going to say that the safety of customers and property solely resides in the thousands of employees of Dollar General, Inc.