Armed Robber Shot Dead

A would-be robber was shot and killed Saturday morning in New Smyrna Beach as a store owner was opening up his shop. The robber was shot twice in the chest by a security guard at the Medicine Shoppe pharmacy Saturday at 10:15 a.m. Police said the masked robber entered the store at 653 N. Dixie Freeway, put a gun to the head of the pharmacist and demanded drugs. That's when the man with the gun was shot and killed by the security guard.