Rite Aid Employee Fatally Shot After Confronting Thieves

Rite Aid Employee Fatally Shot After Confronting Thieves
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LOS ANGELES—A Rite Aid employee was fatally shot Thursday while confronting two shoplifters in Los Angeles, according to police and the union that represents workers at the store.

Two men were trying to leave the drugstore in the Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles around 8:45 p.m. with unpaid merchandise when the victim tried to stop them, said Officer Mike Lopez, an LAPD spokesperson.