..I wonder if it's the same robber that shot the Greenwich gas station attendant in the head last year, right around the time of this robbery?? He's lucky because at least he had lived..NORWALK -- Doctors at Yale-New Haven Hospital took a Norwalk Shell station clerk off life support Monday who had been shot in the head during a robbery at the West Avenue gas station early Saturday morning.
An autopsy on the man, Jose Joaquin Morales, 33, of 17 Lee St., Stamford, is scheduled for today at the state's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
"This is so horrendous and so absolutely outrageous that I would hope anyone with information would be so angry they would call us and give us information," Norwalk Police Chief Harry Rilling said. "The robbery was extremely brutal. Words cannot explain how horrendous this was."
The robbery occurred just before 2:13 a.m. Saturday, when police said two masked men -- at least one armed with a handgun -- walked into the station's large convenience store and demanded money from Morales. The station is about 150 yards from Interstate 95's northbound Exit 15.
A security video shows that Morales complied with the demand and was on the ground when he was shot in the head by one robber, Rilling said.
"It is beyond belief that they would feel it was necessary to do that. Everybody was cooperating," Rilling added.
Pending autopsy results, Morales could become Norwalk's first homicide victim in nearly 15 months.
Morales was treated at the scene by officers and paramedics and then transported to Norwalk Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, police said. Because of the extent of his injuries, he was transferred later Saturday to Yale-New Haven Hospital where he was put on life support.
Surveillance videos from the station and surrounding businesses are being reviewed by investigators, Rilling said.
Marvin Morales said his cousin came to the United States from Guatemala about 14 years ago and began working for the Shell station about 7 months ago.
Another cousin, Luis Morales, said that Joaquin came to America for a better future and to help his parents by sending them money.
He said his single cousin was happy most of the time and enjoyed socializing and going to church.
The family hopes to raise about $14,000 to send his body back for burial in Guatemala.
At the request of the State's Attorney for the Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk, Governor M. Jodi Rell authorized a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Mr. Morales.
Anyone with information in the case should contact Norwalk Police Department at 203-854-3000.
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