Man shot in chest during robbery attempt in VZ parking lot

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting a 28-year-old man was seriously wounded Friday night during a robbery attempt in the parking lot of the Collinwood Food Mart in the 16200 block of St. Clair Avenue.

Cleveland police told the Plain Dealer the man was shot in the chest about 7 p.m. by a 17- or 18-year-old male. The robber ran off before police arrived.

The newspaper said officials at Huron Hospital in East Cleveland would not comment on the condition of the shooting victim.

What the Plain Dealer did NOT report is that Collinwood Village Food Mart is a intentionally rendering itself a victim zone (VZ) by affirmatively disarming its customers and posting "no-guns" signs.

Obviously the criminal didn't get the message. Then again, perhaps he did.

Contact information for this discriminatory and unsafe business (and others) is available on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database.

IS CRIME ON THE INCREASE IN POSTED BUSINESSES? Is advertising that customers and employees inside your business are defenseless really such a "safe" idea? Click to view a list which documents crimes committed in businesses posted with "no-guns" signs.