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Deputy Kills Movie Theater Robbery Suspect

From Times Staff and Wire Reports

A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man suspected of committing a robbery inside the Canyon Springs Cinema late Sunday night, authorities said.

The suspect allegedly threatened a theater employee with a handgun and stole cash from the theater, located inside the Canyon Springs Shopping Center.

A sheriff’s deputy and the suspect confronted each other in a nearby residential backyard, authorities said.

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The suspect died at a hospital.

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