Man shot during store heist is ID'd Mart manager fired one round, which was fatal.

Christopher Jaramillo, 28, was fatally shot as he attempted to rob a West Side convenience store Sunday night. A manager shot Jaramillo once in the head after he reportedly aimed a gun at woman stocking merchandise and the manager. Courtesy photo less Christopher Jaramillo, 28, was fatally shot as he attempted to rob a West Side convenience store Sunday night. A manager shot Jaramillo once in the head after he reportedly aimed a gun at woman stocking ... more Photo: Express-News Photo: Express-News Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Man shot during store heist is ID'd 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A man killed during a confrontation with a West Side convenience store manager has been identified.

Christopher Jaramillo, 28, was shot inside the Leal Food Mart in the 2100 block of Leal Street about 8 p.m. Sunday, a Police Department report states.

The manager was sitting behind the counter watching TV and an employee was stocking items when a man whose face was masked in a black wrap and who was wearing blue pants and a black jacket, entered the store and displayed a black handgun police said.

Officers reported that the manager could tell the gun was cocked and loaded. The robber aimed it at the stockwoman and the manager told her to run, police said. He then turned toward the manager, who fired one round from a .380-caliber pistol, striking him in the head, police said.

An SAPD spokesman said Tuesday that it appeared the shooting was an act of self-defense, but the investigation was continuing.

Records show Jaramilla's criminal history dates to 1999, when he first was arrested for evading detention. In 2004, he was arrested four times on theft counts, according to public records, and in 2005, he was arrested on a charge of burglary of a habitation. He was arrested again in 2009 on one count of burglary of a building with intent to commit a theft.

Anis Syed, 45, a daytime manager at Leal Food Mart, said the night manager had obtained a license to carry a concealed handgun after he started working at the store about six months ago. The new manager started soon after June 6, when an armed robber and two others entered the store, fired a shot inside and pistol-whipped a clerk, Syed said.

The trio stole $300 cash and about $45 worth of beer before they fled, an incident report states. The bullet fired in the June incident still is lodged in the store's ceiling.

“Since it happened twice already, we gave him permission to carry the gun in the store,” Syed said of the robberies. “It's kind of scary, but we try to protect ourselves.”

He said the manager who worked Sunday night had a hard time sleeping after the shooting and took the day off Monday.

Syed said he and his co-workers feel badly for Jaramillo's family, but hope the fact that the manager defended himself will deter future robbery attempts.

“Of course, any time there's a life lost we feel sorry,” Syed said. “But this is what he deserved — he came to rob this place with a gun, and he should have known what could happen.”

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Staff Writer Michelle Mondo contributed to this report.