A man who robbed a South Richmond Baskin-Robbins ice-cream store with a fake gun Thursday night was shot to death by the store's gun-wielding manager.
The fatal shooting occurred just after 9 p.m. at the store, in the 6900 block of Forest Hill Avenue.
Richmond police said the suspect entered the store brandishing a BB gun that looked like a semiautomatic weapon and demanded money.
After a clerk handed over cash, police said, the store manager grabbed a semiautomatic handgun from behind the counter and fired multiple times at the thief, striking him at least once as he fled.
A police K-9 unit followed a trail roughly 100 yards through a wooded area behind the store to the 2900 block of Cherokee Road. Officers found the bleeding man lying on the ground in front of what is believed to be his residence, with cash police think was taken from the store.
The man was transported to VCU Medical Center, where he died a short time later.
Police identified the dead man as Jerome Davis, 43, of 2916 Cherokee Road. Investigators said the suspect had been released from prison roughly nine months ago after doing time for robbery.