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A video purportedly showing a gunman attempting to rob a store, only to be confronted (and shot) by several gun-carrying customers is frequently shared by pro-gun groups on social media with the caption: Armed suspect robs convenience store gets shot by every customer inside: The video footage of the incident (which can be glimpsed at the bottom of this article) is real, but it is often shared with incomplete or inaccurate information. This incident was captured by a security camera at a pharmacy in Brazil, not the United States. Also, the customers seen pulling their weapons in this video were actually plainclothes police officers. The video comprises security camera footage of an incident that took place on 31 May 2017 at a pharmacy in Itumbiara, a municipality in the southern Brazilian state of Goiás, which resulted in the death of a 17-year-old. Although the video is frequently accompanied with the claim that it shows the teenager being shot by every customer, a contemporaraneous report from Globo 1 News noted that it was unclear how many officers actually fired their weapons at the robber: This security footage (as well as a second angle of the shooting) can be glimpsed in a video news report from Globo 1:
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