APD arrests gas station employee accused of shooting and killing alleged robber

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque police have arrested a gas station employee accused of chasing and killing a man who stole cash from the store early Sunday morning.

Stephen McCorkle worked at the Shwan gas station on Lomas Boulevard.

Police say McCorkle went to the bathroom and when he returned, he saw two homeless people stealing. They say he chased one of the men and shot him.

The APD responded an hour later to a man lying in the street with a single gunshot wound to his lower right side.

The man was determined to be deceased and his identity has not yet been released.