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Si.OOP Reward Offered'i-PETERSBURG — A 19*year* old clerk was fatally shot Tuesday night during an armed robbery at the West End Pharmacy at W. Washington and S. Dunlop streets, police report*Vanessa Dale Kitt of Liberty Street was killed almost in* stantly by a shotgun blast in the right side of the face, according to Det. Capt. A. V. Bowen.Paul K. Pickering Jr., proprietor of the drug store, has announced a Si,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderers.Capt. Bowen said three black men entered the store about 8:10 p.m. One held a sawcd~off shotgun and a second bran- dished a handgun. Capt. Bowen ' said it has not been determinedif the third man was armed. •Mr. Pickering, his wife and at. i least one other employe wereforced to lie on the floor whileb Ithe. thieves took money from afront counter cash register.Mr. Pickering reportedly told: police he heard an explosion and started to get up, but the man with the handgun came behind the rear prescriptioncounter and made him lie down' \ ... -again.Tt was nol determined • whether the rear counter1 . * . s •register pear where Ms. Kilt’s body was found was robbed. AnA UTO£ UEARYI'M iOl fi„fjWoRRY CV£RageingTURNSt\NOM£NSHAIRbuonpeunknown amount of money was taken from the store.The thieves reportedly made no demand for drugs before fleeing on foot out the frontdoor.Ptl. H. L. Morrison, the first police officer to arrive at the• W ** 1scene, within minutes after the shooting, said he checked Ms. Kitl for vital signs and foundnone.The pharmacy only recently moved into its new location, near where it had done business for years.Can JoinHARTFORD (AP) - The first woman elected governor without succeeding her husband in office has become the first woman recommended for membership in the University Club of Hartford.r;p.nnn
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Petersburg Progress Index
Petersburg, Virginia, US
Wed, Mar 12, 1975
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