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Shoplifter sues liquor store owner who shot him

10:33 AM, Dec 11, 2012   |    comments
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The Gazette reports that the shoplifter is seeking at least $100,000 for pain and suffering. Bryson Adrian Dewberry was shot in the jaw two years ago by Chang Ho Yi, the owner of Austin Bluffs Plaza Liquor. 

According to a lawsuit filed in early October, Yi witnessed the 2010 theft and pursued Dewberry out of his store with a loaded .357 revolver, which fired as Dewberry was in the backseat of a getaway car. 

Dewberry's lawsuit alleges that Yi behaved "negligently and recklessly."

Yi was initially arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, but a grand jury declined to charge him.

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