About 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, a suspected armed robber entered Leddy's Candy Store at15928 Grand River and demanded cash from the 54-year-old owner, who is licensed to carry a concealed firearm.

He produced his weapon and fatally shot the intruder, who was about 40 years old, according to Detroit Police Sgt. Eren Stephens.

Leddy's Candy Store sells retail and wholesale confections.

The owner of the store told Local 4 the business, which has operated since 1926, has been robbed several times in the past few months.

The shooter was taken into police custody for questioning. Stephens could not confirm if he had been released as of Tuesday evening.

Detroit police had recorded 32 homicides through Feb. 3 of this year, three fewer than by the same date in 2012.

This is the third justified shooting by a permitted concealed gun owner to gain publicity this month.

A Martin Luther King Jr. High School assistant girls basketball coach on Feb. 1 opened fire on two teens who allegedly tried to rob him while escorted two girls to their vehicles in the school parking lot. One of the teens was killed, the other seriously injured.

In another case of presumed self defense, a city lighting worker opened fire on two teens, ages 16 and 17, who allegedly attempted to rob him and a coworker. One of the suspects suffered critical injuries. It's not clear of the city employee will face punishment for being armed and firing a weapon while on the job, which is a violation of the city violence in the workplace policy.

