CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / RIVERSIDE COUNTY
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A Hemet convenience store clerk known to customers and friends as “Skip” was killed this weekend after he tried to stop two men from stealing a case of beer, authorities said.
Police said one of the men stabbed David Lynn Ganns, 60, in the chest when the clerk confronted the men about the theft shortly after his 11 p.m. shift began at the Depot Deli on Saturday night.
Ganns was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Hemet Police Lt. Duane Wisehart said officers knew Ganns because they would often stop at the store on West Florida Avenue when working late shifts.
“We all knew him because he’s only a couple blocks from the police station,” Wisehart said, adding that Ganns had worked at the store for at least 15 years.
“Over some beer is just ridiculous,” he said about the stabbing.
-- Ari Bloomekatz
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