Police hold the scene at a Metro PCS store on Elmwood Avenue near 70th Street. A man who attempted to rob the phone store was shot dead by an employee police said The gunfire erupted just after 4:05 p.m., when an armed man described as in his late 30s entered the store and attempted a robbery. The employee, who has a permit to carry a concealed firearm, fired his gun several times and struck the suspect. Monday, August 26, 2019.