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| Two customers shot and one is dead after an armed robbery at a Denny’s restaurant in Manassas | Two customers shot and one is dead after an armed robbery at a Denny’s restaurant in Manassas |
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| Two customers were shot and one died at a Denny’s in Manassas early Thursday after two armed men came into the restaurant and began robbing patrons and employees. | |
| Police were searching for the robbers. | Police were searching for the robbers. |
| Sgt. Jonathan Perok, a spokesman for the Prince William County Police Department, said the incident began around 2:25 a.m. when two armed men came into the restaurant in the 8200 block of Sudley Road. | |
| The men started “demanding property from customers and employees,” police said in a statement. | The men started “demanding property from customers and employees,” police said in a statement. |
| Perok said that at one point there was “some sort of encounter” and that two men who were customers were shot before the attackers fled. | |
| Both victims were taken to a hospital, where one of them died, according to police. | |
| Authorities identified the man who died as Yusuf Ozgur, 56, of Manassas. The second victim, police said, is a 34-year-old man from Rixeyville, Va. He remains in the hospital, and his conditionhas not been disclosed. | |
| Ozgur’s wife, who declined to give her name, said her husband was “a wonderful hardworking man” who was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” | |
| Along with his wife, a family friend said Ozgur left behind a son and daughter. | |
| Perok said the victims did not know each other and that there appears to be “no connection between the victims and the suspects.” He said investigators are treating the case as a robbery that turned deadly. | Perok said the victims did not know each other and that there appears to be “no connection between the victims and the suspects.” He said investigators are treating the case as a robbery that turned deadly. |
| Police had only a vague description of the robbers, saying they were two black men in their late teens or early 20s. The suspects are roughly 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall and weigh about 180 pounds. They were last seen wearing black or dark-colored clothing. | |
| In an email, Josiah Adams — a spokesperson for the Denny’s restaurant chain — said “we are saddened to hear of the incident earlier today at our Manassas, VA restaurant, and our thoughts are with those injured and their families.” | |
| The statement said that “we are cooperating fully with the authorities in their investigation.” | |
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