NYPD: Armed suspect killed after pharmacy robbery
Photo credit: AP | Crime scene unit officers investigate at a crime scene in East Harlem. Police say an armed bandit was killed following a robbery at a pharmacy of prescription painkillers and cash. (April 12, 2012)
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An armed suspect was shot dead Thursday morning in a confrontation with a retired NYPD lieutenant and police officers during a harrowing robbery of painkillers at an East Harlem pharmacy after customers were held at gunpoint.
The dead man, identified as Rudolph Wyatt, 23, of Manhattan, attempted to shoot at officers who had answered a silent alarm sent from the pharmacy shortly after 11 a.m....
