Store clerk shoots suspect during robbery in Halifax County

A store clerk fights back during a robbery, shooting the would be robber.

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office says the incident took place at Max’s Grocery in Scottsburg on Monday.

The clerk tells deputies that a man walked into the store around 6:30 p.m., pulled out a handgun, and demanded money.  The clerk then shot the would be robber in the chest, and the robber ran out.

The clerk then called deputies.  Officers used a tracking dog, and found the robber in the woods near the store.

Deputies arrested Richard Anthony Snead, and charged Snead with attempted armed robbery, as well as use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.  EMS crews took Snead to MCV Hospital in Richmond for treatment.

Deputies alos arrested Terrence Jermaine Moseley, and charged Mosely with attempted armed robbery, as well as use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.  Mosely is being held at the Blue Ridge Regional Jail in Halifax, without Bond.

If you have any information about this investigation, contact the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office Inv. Keith Tribble at 434-476-3334.