THE OTHER PEOPLE NAMED TOYOTA IN IT COULD FACE 30 YEARS IN JAIL. A DEADLY SHOOTING IN HIALEAH. POLICE SAY THE CLERK SHOT BACK AND SHOT AND KILLED A ROBBER. CHRISTINA VAZQUEZ HAS THE LATEST FOR US. Reporter: THAT IS THEIR WORKING THEORY FOR NOW. POLICE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE FOR THE LAST FIVE HOURS, AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE HAS JUST ARRIVED. WE ARE EAST 41ST STREET AND EAST EIGHTH COURT IN HIALEAH. THEY PLAN TO RETRIEVE THE BODY FROM THE STORE. KEEP IN MIND MIND THE 911 CAME OUT AS A MAN SHOT AND KILLED INSIDE THE PHARMACY. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT THE 41 HEALTH MART PHARMACY DURING ONE OF THE BUSIEST TIMES OF DAY, JUST AFTER NOON, PACKED WITH EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS. EVERYBODY ON THE SCENE IS COOPERATING. Reporter: IT TOOK POLICE HOURS TO INTERVIEW ALL THE WITNESSES AND GATHER EVIDENCE. DOZENS OF OTHERS AT THIS BUSTLING SHOPPING STRIP TELL ME THEY DIDN'T HEAR OR SEE THE SHOOTING BUT CAME TO WATCH POLICE CONDUCT THEIR CEPTION. RIGHT NOW DETECTIVES THINK THE SHOOTING MAY HAVE BEEN THE úDEADLY END OF AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. WHAT THEY KNOW, A PHARMACY EMPLOYEE SHOT AND KILLED A MAN. THIS COULD HAVE STARTED OFF AS A ROBBERY. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT RIGHT NOW. Reporter: THEIR ONGOING INVESTIGATION WILL DETERMINE IF THEIR HUNCH IS RIGHT. AND WE RECEIVED A 911 CALL ABOUT THE SHOOTING. WHEN WE ARRIVED, THE MAN WAS ALREADY EXPIRED ON SCENE, SO WE'RE INVESTIGATING THIS AS A HOMICIDE. IS IT GOING TO END UP BIEGA JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE? WE'LL SEE. AND WE ARE EXPECTING AN UNDATE FROM POLICE ANY MOMENT NOW.

HIALEAH, Fla. -

Police have identified the man they say tried to rob a Hialeah pharmacy, Monday when he was shot and killed by the manager, Angel Navarro-Betancourt.

Police said Navarro-Betancourt is cooperating with the investigation, and said it appears he was simply protecting himself and others in the store during the attempted armed robbery.

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