Best headline of the day, from Waukegan, IL:

Gun Shop Employee Shoots Robbery Suspect

Hysterical. What kind of Mensa tries to rob a GUN store? I mean, what are the chances that the guys working at the GUN store might have…you know…GUNS.

I’m guessing the kind of kids who grew up with a Chicago public school education (thank you very much new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan).

WAUKEGAN — Five suspects were in custody after a shooting incident Wednesday afternoon at Schrank’s Smoke ‘N Gun where police said robbery was the apparent motive.

One male suspect was flown to a hospital after suffering three gunshot wounds. An employee of the gun shop was treated at an area hospital.

According to witness accounts, a subject went behind the counter at the store at 2010 Washington St., and was engaged with a store clerk in a verbal altercation that turned physical, Waukegan Police Cmdr. Wayne Walles said.

At one point, the store clerk produced a pistol and fired at the subject, striking him in the chest twice and once in the leg.

As an aside…best store name EVER.