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Robber Brings Knife to Pizza-Delivery Heist...but Domino's Guy Had a Surprise Waiting
August 25, 2013
"Preliminary evidence in the case demonstrates that the intended victim of the robbery acted in self-defense while being robbed by a violent criminal who was armed with a knife"
A pizza delivery-man fatally shot a knife-wielding robber after dropping off a pizza to a motel room.
Domino's employee Bryon Park, 54, had just returned to his vehicle after delivering a pizza to a room in a Days Inn motel in West Melbourne, Fla., about midnight Friday when Fredrick Lorenza Kelly Jr., 32, approached him with a large knife, the Brevard Times reports.
Kelly allegedly threatened to kill Park if he didn't hand over money. A police official reports Park grabbed a gun he carries in his vehicle and fired once toward Kelly, who was later pronounced dead at the scene, the Times reports.
"Preliminary evidence in the case demonstrates that the intended victim of the robbery acted in self-defense while being robbed by a violent criminal who was armed with a knife," Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said.
Kelly's lengthy rap sheet includes armed robbery, aggravated battery, and false imprisonment, according to the sheriff's office, and was released from prison in 2009, the Times says.
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News and has been writing for Blaze News since 2013. He has also been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a book editor. He resides in New Jersey. You can reach him at durbanski@blazemedia.com.
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