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  • How an Orland Park gas station customer stopped an armed robber

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• Would-be robber found out the hard way that he picked the wrong victim (newsbeyonddetroit.net) — An attempted robbery at an Orland Park gas station ended when a concealed-carry permit holder shot and wounded the armed suspect, who was later taken to a hospital. Orland Park police are investigating, and the cooperating customer has not been identified. The station's owners say the violence is unsettling for their family business and the surrounding community.
   

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