One Dead, One Arrested in Upstate Robbery Shooting

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By Alicia Barnes

Story Created: Oct 26, 2012 at 10:04 PM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 27, 2012 at 9:46 AM EDT

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ One man has been killed and another arrested after an employee at a Greenville auto repair shop fired a gun as two men tried to rob the store.

Greenville County Master Deputy Laura Campbell says officers were called to the shop around 3 p.m. Thursday.

Campbell says the employee fired at one suspect, who died at the scene. She says at least one of the suspects was armed.

She says officers arrived in time to arrest the second suspect.

Twenty-one-year-old Ernest Dean Dennis Jr. is charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime, conspiracy and armed robbery.

The name of the dead suspect has not been released.