I'm sure this defensive use of a firearm will make national news. NOT.

https://patch.com/colorado/acr...r-shot-robber-police

Aurora Female Grocery Store Owner Shot By Robber: Police

A 'Good Samaritan' allegedly came to the shooting victim's aid and shot the alleged robber, Aurora Police said.

By Jean Lotus, Patch Staff | Mar 16, 2018 10:38 pm ET | Updated Mar 16, 2018 10:41 pm ET

AURORA, CO -- Aurora Police said the owner of a grocery store was shot Friday during a robbery by a man, who was later shot by a "Good Samaritan" who came to the store owner's aid.

Around 2:09 p.m., Aurora police arrived at the Village East Grocery store in the 1100 block of South Peoria Street. They found a woman, believed to be the grocery store owner, injured with a gunshot wound in the parking lot, police said in a statement. She was taken to a hospital where she is in serious, but stable condition.

Another person, whom police referred to as a "Good Samaritan," reportedly confronted the robber outside the grocery store and allegedly shot the robber, who fled the area, police said.

Police found a wounded male nearby near South Joliet Street and East Garden Drive. Believing him to be the man who shot the grocery store owner, police took him into custody and brought him to a hospital to be treated for his injuries, they said.

This robbery and shooting is still being investigated. Police are asking for help. We are asking if anyone has information about this incident to contact Sergeant Thomas Graham at 303-739-1809

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There may be more details in the link below, but I've exceeded my free reads and cannot copy and paste the entire article.

https://www.denverpost.com/201...t-by-good-samaritan/

Police: Robber who shot store owner in Aurora then shot by “good Samaritan”
Store owner taken to hospital in serious but stable condition

By KIERAN NICHOLSON | knicholson@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
March 16, 2018 at 9:03 pm

A woman, the owner of a grocery store in Aurora, was shot by a robber Friday and a “good Samaritan” then shot the robber, police said.

The robbery and shootings happened at about 2:10 p.m. at the...

You’re right. This report won’t be widely reported. Thanks for posting.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
You’re right. This report won’t be widely reported. Thanks for posting.

Well as the OP points out it's being reported in the Denver Post, which is generally considered "liberal."

Also, it's currently on the home of these media sites in Denver:

http://www.9news.com/article/n...-aurora/73-529357760

http://denver.cbslocal.com/201...ots-robbery-suspect/

http://kdvr.com/2018/03/16/one...-search-for-suspect/

https://www.thedenverchannel.c...ry-suspect-in-aurora

So the only newspaper in Denver, and the four major TV channels based in Denver have all reported it, and aren't burying the stories, since they were all in their homepages at the time I made this post.

Therefore your assumption this won't be widely reported is simply not true.

quote:

Originally posted by DMF:

...Therefore your assumption this won't be widely reported is simply not true.

I suppose that depends on your definition of the word "widely." I'm not holding my breath for it to appear on the home page of the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

It's not on their national page yet:

https://www.washingtonpost.com...m_term=.37f8385b4aea

Not every shooting gets reported outside the local area, and there isn't anything spectacular about this, that would necessarily motivate media reporting outside the Denver area media.