Shots fired outside of smoke shop, two dead and one critically injured

An investigation is underway in Valley Glen after a late-night shooting near a smoke shop resulted in the death of two men and left another fighting for his life. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers rushed to respond to a report of gunfire at the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Victory Boulevard. When they arrived, they found a BMW peppered with bullet holes in a nearby parking lot. …

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Burglar shot dead by store owner after allegedly digging a tunnel into the shop

An Albuquerque store owner has fatally shot an intruder who had allegedly dug a tunnel through the wall of his business. The owner, who chose to remain anonymous, reported that he had been sleeping in his smoke shop located in the International District when the incident occurred early Saturday morning. The shopkeeper was awakened around 3 a.m. by a scratching sound coming from the wall. Approximately an hour later, a man brandishing a large hammer …

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Smoke Shop Owner Uses Knife To Defend Himself From Robbers

As his store was being robbed, the owner of a smoke shop in Las Vegas said he grabbed a knife and stabbed one of the two people who entered his business. Johnny Nguyen found himself in a violent struggle when the pair walked into his store in the middle of the day last Wednesday. “The whole time I was a little bit nervous because obviously I was getting robbed,” he told KVVU. “I was terrified for …

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