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Man fatally shoots alleged armed robber in Chattanooga

Steven Hurston, 19, was shot and killed on March 26, during what the shooter said was an attempted robbery.
Steven Hurston, 19, was shot and killed on March 26, during what the shooter said was an attempted robbery. Steven Hurston, 19, was shot and killed on March 26, during what the shooter said was an attempted robbery.

A 19-year-old man was shot and killed just after midnight Saturday while apparently attempting to rob another man at gunpoint.

Steven Hurston was dead when officers arrived at 1600 Hamill Road at about 12 a.m., according to police.

The person who shot Hurston, 30-year-old Joshua Smith, told police that Hurston tried to rob him at gunpoint.

Smith said that he’d arranged to meet a woman online at a duplex on Hamill Road. He said he got out of his car and was walking to the duplex with the woman when Hurston came out from beside the duplex, pointed a gun at him and demanded money.

Smith told police he refused to hand over his money and instead shot Hurston.