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>> Martha: BREAKING TONIGHT,
PROSECUTORS IN BROWARD
COUNTY, FLORIDA SAY THEY
WILL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY
IN THE CASE AGAINST THIS
MAN, THE 19-YEAR-OLD IN LAST
MONTH'S PARKLAND SHOOTING
THAT LEFT 17 PEOPLE DEAD,
INCLUDING 14 STUDENTS.
A LOCAL GUN SHOP OWNER SAYS
THAT HE TRIED TO PREVENT
THIS FROM HAPPENING BY
REFUSING TO SELL A FIREARM
TO THAT GUNMAN BECAUSE OF
HIS AGE JUST A FEW MONTHS
BEFORE THE SHOOTING.
HERE NOW IS HIS STORY.
GRADY, THE OWNER OF COCONUT
CREEK PAWNSHOP.
MR. GRADY, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Martha: TAKE US BACK TO
THAT MOMENT WHEN HE WALKED
INTO YOUR GUN SHOP AND YOU
DECIDED NOT TO SELL HIM A
GUN.
WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS
OF HIM AND WHY DID YOU MAKE
THAT CHOICE.
>> HE WALKED INTO THE STORE.
WE HAD A COUPLE OTHER
CUSTOMERS IN THE STORE AT
THE TIME.
HE WAITED HIS TURN.
HE LOOKED AROUND AND WHEN
HIS TURN CAME HE ASKED IF HE
COULD SEE SOME AR-15S.
WHEN I ASK HIM HOW OLD YOU
ARE.
HE SAID I'M OLDER THAN 18.
HE SAID ARE YOU YOUNGER THAN
21?
I SAID YES.
I SAID IT'S OUR STORE POLICY
NOT TO SELL WEAPONS TO ITS
UNDER THE AGE OF 21.
HE TRIED TO -- HE DIDN'T
ARGUE BUT HE SAID IT'S
WITHIN MY RIGHTS AND I SAID
I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT IT HAS