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Suspect in 16th Street Mall shooting identified

Published August 13, 2007 at midnight

The man suspected of shooting a 7-Eleven store clerk in the forehead in broad daylight Sunday on the 16th Street Mall has been identified as 22-year-old Broderick J. Roddy.

He was advised this morning in court in the Denver detention facility that he faces attempted murder charges.

His bond was set at $100,000.

The victim, whose name has not been released, was in critical condition at Denver Health Medical Center. Though shot in the head, he was moving when help arrived minutes after the shooting, witnesses said.

Police said the suspect had been loitering in the store in the Symes Building at 820 16th St. for 10 to 15 minutes when a clerk asked him if he was going to buy anything, according to a co-worker who was in the store at the time of the shooting.

The clerk told the suspect to leave the premises if he was not going to make a purchase.

Witnesses said the gunman left the store for about 10 to 15 minutes and returned.

He began to walk down an isle, when the same clerk approached him and told him, "I asked you to leave the store if you're not going to buy anything," according to witnesses.

That's when the suspect turned around and shot him.

Police arrested the suspected gunman at 19th and Arapahoe streets, shortly after the shooting.

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