WLBT 3 - Jackson, MS: Armed robber killed has been identified
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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Jackson police have identified the armed burglar who was shot and killed while trying to break into a closed business Sunday.
The man who died in the shooting was 33-year-old Lorenzo Rodriguez Jones of Jackson.
The shooting happened at the Gipson Discount Foods, in the 14 hundred block of Highway 80, near Terry Road Sunday evening. When officers arrived, they found Jones with a gunshot wound to the chest, at the rear of the grocery store.
Assistant Police Chief Lee Vance says he was breaking in when an employee who lives in the building, opened fire with a shotgun. Police say Jones has an extensive record which includes arrests for business burglary, possession of cocaine and armed robbery.
No charges have been filed.
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