Patiala Man Karanvir Singh Liquor store employee shot dead in West Covina
October 11, 2023 - PatialaPolitics
Patiala Man Karanvir Singh Liquor store employee shot dead in West Covina
On October 8th, 2023, Karanvir Singh, 34 , was shot and killed in West Covina, California. He was attacked while he was working in the liquor store when 2 shoplifters came in to steal.
The incident happened around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday at Big Bob’s Liquors and Market located at 1413 West Puente Avenue when two men drove up to the store, which had a display of merchandise outside in front.
According to the West Covina Police Department, the employee was shot when he tried to stop the men from stealing items from the display.
Investigators say that they made off with a few bottles of alcohol, which prompted the employee to chase after them. It was then that they opened fire on him.
When police arrived to the scene, they found a man with a gunshot wound in critical condition. Paramedics took the victim to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
A clerk who was fatally shot when he confronted two robbers at a West Covina liquor store was a 34-year-old married father.
Family identified the clerk as Karan Singh. The store owner says Singh had a wife and a 12-year-old son in India, and was planning to bring them to America next year.