Oops, Wrong Jewelry Store: A jewelry store owner who was faced
with a man trying to rob him at gunpoint reached for his own gun
and shot the suspect Wednesday. The suspect is believed to be
from Zion. Kenosha Police Department officials said that two men
with partially concealed faces entered the Jewelry Exchange at
2400 52nd St. around 12:30 p.m. and confronted the 55-year-old
owner. Police said one suspect pointed a handgun at the owner,
but the owner drew his own handgun from under the desk where he
was sitting and shot the suspect once in the chest. The two men
fled without taking anything. Police found the wounded suspect
laying on the grass next to a curb on the 2400 block of 51st
Street. He was conscious and there was a .44 magnum revolver on
the ground next to him. He was taken to Kenosha Hospital and
Medical Center where he was in stable condition. He was expected
to undergo surgery, police said