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Updated: 12:01 AM Jul 10, 2009
Clerk: Woman said "I'm Sorry" before robbery
Lexington Police released new information Thursday morning about an incident at a gas station on Newtown Pike where a woman was shot and killed by officers. Posted: 8:24 AM Jul 9, 2009 |
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A clerk tells 27 NEWSFIRST a woman said she was sorry before robbing the Shell gas station on Newtown Pike at New at New Circle Road early Thursday morning. She then told the clerk to get into the cooler.
That woman has been identified as 30-year old Lavonna Marie Dillon. When Lexington Police arrived to the scene, they say she took the clerk hostage and began firing at them, when they fired back.
The two officers who police say were involved in the shooting are Lt. Raymond Roller, a 14-year veteran of the Lexington Police Department, and Officer Jarrod Jones, who was hired in 2005.
Police say Dillon had an automatic weapon and had taken a gas station employee hostage after the robbery that occurred shortly before 3:00am. They say the two officers involved were near the store at the time and made it to the scene quickly. They confronted Dillon as she left the Shell through the back door. That when police say she shot at the officers who then returned fire.
Police say the employee was not hurt. Lt. Roller and Officer Jones have been placed on modified duty as the investigation continues.
27 NEWSFIRST spoke with David Fitzpatrick, the clerk who was taken hostage. He returned to work Thursday after the incident. Though shaken up, he says he's doing okay.
27NEWSFIRST spoke with neighbors who used to live next to Dillon, saying about 4 weeks ago she and her two little girls received an eviction notice on their home.
Saying one day they came with a U-Haul and packed everything up and left. Dillon's neighbor says the two girls were taken by their father, Dillion's ex-husband, and are currently living with him and his parents.
The same neighbors also think Dillon could be responsible for a cash store robbery on June 23rd, saying the description of the car and the person with the robber match Dillon and her friend.
Police are looking into the connection, but have not said the crimes are connected.
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to dave i want to also thank you for your comments people always know how to do our jobs better, yet they stay on the sidelines and offer no help. also for all of the people stating that she was a woman not a black male, a woman with a gun can kill you just the same. Also for all of the people who stated that she couldn't do this, read the article she did do this.
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Have any of you had to try to help a loved one recover from a drug addiction ? It can be a very hard road to have to go down. To say that the people in her life who loved her and knew her didnt do everything they could to help her is ridiculous . You have to want the help. I know her mother and IM POSITIVE she did everything in her power to get her all the help she could . I know she had some very tight knit friends and Im sure they tried as well . No one else can stop someone from making stupid decisions when that person is determined to do wrong . Lavonna made things harder on herself than she needed to at times but SHE had to suffer those consequences. I dont know about recently, but I do know that Lavonna when I knew her worked hard and always kept a job. She didnt ask for handouts. She had a job as a teenager and lived on her own as a teenager. She wasent the monster that some of you would like to believe . Pray for her family and friends . RIP Lavonna
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Mary Beth: I'm sure the police did exactly as they are trained. Yes, it is sad for her children but this idiot made that choice for them. Good people do not shoot at police officers so don't get on here and try to salvage what little respect some of you may have had for her.
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