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Slain Owner Worked to Keep Gas Station Nuisance-Free

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19970723
Author:Allan Lengel

Charles Lamb was forever fighting the nuisances of the city: panhandlers and loiterers who sometimes harassed customers of his service station in Northwest Washington. He plastered blunt signs in bold black lettering all over his Amoco station at 1617 14th St. NW to discourage such activity.

On Monday, the signs did little to dissuade a brazen gunman, who fatally wounded Lamb during a robbery.

At 10:19 a.m., at the often-bustling station, Lamb and his son-in-law, a co-owner, were unloading cigarettes and other items into the cramped cashier's station. A gunman followed them inside, shot ...

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