Message to visitors to Atlanta: The Travelodge Atlanta Airport is a safer place to stay because of this brave soul - Hotel clerk kills would-be robber

From the ajc:

An airport hotel clerk killed a would-be robber Sunday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire that also left the clerk wounded, Atlanta police said.

The incident happened about 1 p.m. at the Travelodge Atlanta Airport.

Maj. Keith Meadows said the clerk was shot in the abdomen and rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he is in stable condition.

A gunman "attempted to rob the establishment and during the course of that robbery, we believe the clerk pulled his handgun and at that point they exchanged gunfire," Meadows said. "It seems the would-be robber was struck once in the head and killed on scene."
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The story has been UPDATED. Heck, I liked the first version better. Journalists will sometimes tell you: Never let the facts mess up a good story.