AUBURN, WA. — On Saturday, at 5:41 PM an adult male along with two teenage males entered the Shell gas station at 201 Auburn Way South in Auburn. One of the teenagers grabbed what appears to be a pepperoni stick from the counter and starts to eat it. He grabs a second one and gives it to the other teenager. The adult male then comes to the counter to purchase an item. It appears that the clerk attempts to charge the adult for the pepperoni sticks and an argument ensues. The clerk was given a dollar bill from one of the teenagers. The clerk becomes upset and approaches the teenagers and begins to talk to them. After speaking with them the clerk, with the dollar bill still in his hand, turns to return to the register area and immediately appears to have a major medical issue and collapses to the floor.
One of the teenagers reaches down and takes the dollar bill back from the clerk while he is on the ground. The adult male then exits the store.
While the clerk is on the ground unconscious, the two teenage males exit and enter the store a couple of times stealing merchandise and taking all the money from the cash register.
While the clerk was on the ground dying, neither of the three subjects who saw him fall to the ground called for help.
Approx. 3 minutes later a subject entered the store and saw the clerk on the ground and immediately called 911.
Currently the store clerk is still alive but in critical condition. The Auburn Police Department
