Atlantic City boardwalk store owner dies after robbery
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NEW JERSEY - Prosecutors in New Jersey say they are investigating the death of the owner of a store on the Atlantic City boardwalk who collapsed after he was allegedly threatened by a knife-wielding 12-year-old during a confrontation with multiple juveniles at his shop.
Atlantic City police were called shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday on a report that multiple juveniles were damaging the store and assaulting individuals. Prosecutors allege that a 12-year-old boy while attempting to steal items . brandished a knife and threatened the store owner.
Responding officers arrested the youth and a 14-year-old girl, but shortly after officers arrived, the store owner collapsed. Mahmood Ansari, 66, was later pronounced dead at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, prosecutors said. Autopsy results are pending.
It was a wild start to Easter Sunday in Atlantic City as cops say two people were stabbed, a police officer and a medical worker were assaulted, a man was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, and one man was arrested.
According to the Atlantic City Police Department, their officers responded to an apartment complex in the 2600 block of Pacific Avenue around 2:15 Sunday morning.
As they arrived, officers encountered a 32-year-old man from Atlantic City with a stab wound running from the building. Officers entered the apartment building and they found a second stabbing victim, a 65-year-old woman from the city, in a third floor hallway.
Authorities said Mahmood Ansari collapsed after a 12-year-old had pulled a knife on him
Published April 3, 2021 •
Updated on April 4, 2021 at 8:34 am
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Prosecutors in New Jersey are investigating the death of Atlantic City boardwalk souvenir shop owner Mahmood Ansari who collapsed after he was allegedly threatened by a knife-wielding 12-year-old boy.
Atlantic City police were called Thursday evening on a report that juveniles were “damaging the store and assaulting individuals.”
Prosecutors allege that a boy trying to steal items “brandished a knife and threatened the store owner. The boy and a 14-year-old girl are facing robbery and other charges.
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