A robbery suspect was shot and killed by a Hamilton police officer early Monday morning at the Walgreens, 1090 High St., according to police.
McNally’s granddaughter previously worked as a pharmacy tech for the same Walgreens, she said.
Her granddaughter, she said, was once held up at gunpoint in the store.
"My granddaughter was lucky enough to press a button and notify them up front that something was wrong and the gunman heard footsteps coming at him and he ran out of the store," she told our news partner WCPO 9 On Your Side.
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Still, she was surprised to learn about the fatal shooting because “crime in the immediate area is not that bad,” she told the Journal-News.
Police routinely patrol the area and the 24-hour Walgreens, she said.
In 2015, the city completed a $6.4 million infrastructure project that gave the High Street intersection a new look and improved traffic flow.
The area where police shot and killed the robbery suspect holding a pharmacist at knife point is not one that the police department has had numerous issues with, according to Police Chief Craig Bucheit.
Neither is the business a place where police have had anything out of the ordinary happen, Bucheit said during a press conference today.
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