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ECSO Seeks Witnesses To Weekend Convenience Store Murder
September 15, 2014
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a possible witness to the Saturday homicide of a 50-year old store clerk on Michigan Avenue.
The witness is described as a white male in his mid to late 40’s, between 5-8”and 5’-9” tall and weighing between 150-180 pounds. He had salt and pepper hair and was in the company of another white male. Both individuals were in a newer model white Honda Pilot with tinted windows.
The body of 50-year old Phuong Nguyen Truong was found behind the counter of the TM Food Mart in the 1000 block of Michigan Avenue just before 2 p.m. Saturday when deputies responded to a reported shooting. Investigators believe the witnesses were in the store just prior to, or during the time the crime occurred. They are also believed to be frequent customers of the store.
Anyone with information on the incident or a witness is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP. Callers are not required to give their name and may earn a cash reward for information that helps solve the crime.
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This is very sad. Pray for this victim and his family. I worked at stores like this 20 years ago. I got robbed at gunpoint one time at 6am on a Sunday morning. Also was retail robbed twice (no violence) two nights in a row (one by a 38-year-old man and his 18-year-old son). I used to live near this store in Montclair and remember all those bars in front. Florida law states that store registers are not to have more than $35 and all extra money gets dropped in the safe that the clerk can’t open. This law is to protect the clerks as long as the criminal knows about the law and realizes that it’s not worth it to rob for only about $35 because they can’t get the safe. We also had gas drive-offs all the time and this is why people have to pay first before pumping. I hated checking ID’s and could be arrested if I made a mistake. One guy came in at 11:45pm before his 21st birthday to buy a beer. I made him wait the 15 minutes to be legal. When I left that company I vowed never to work at a convienence store ever again. So I don’t give clerks a hard time when I have to go into one.