An Ohio shopper shot and killed a 16-year-old outside of a mall when the teen tried to steal his newly bought, limited-edition Nike Air Jordans. 
 
 Jawaad Jabbar died Tuesday from a gunshot wound to his torso, police said. 
 
 Miami Township police said two groups — three teens and two men — struggled on a sidewalk outside the Dayton Mall before the shooting. All five people went to the mall on a mission to buy the $200 Nikes, which quickly sold out. 
 
 The three teens left empty-handed, but at least one of the men got a pair. 
 
 In front of the mall, the youths spotted the men with the shoes and confronted them, police said. Jabbar pulled out a gun and demanded the men give them the sneakers. 
 
 That’s when one of the men pulled out his own concealed weapon and shot the Middletown High School student. 
 
 No one else was injured in the shooting. The man had a permit for the gun, police said. 
 
 The two other unidentified teens were taken to juvenile detention while police probed the shooting. Neither of the two adult men has been identified. 
 
 The man was not charged, but police are still investigating. 
 
 The Nike shoes named for retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan are a hot commodity, prized by both athletes and collectors. 
 
 The sneakers retail for $200, but fetch double that in online resales. 
 
 Police in New Jersey and Louisiana reported armed robberies in recent months involving Air Jordans. A Springfield, Mass., man was sentenced to up to four years in prison for a shooting that wounded an 11-year-old girl waiting in line at an Air Jordan sale in 2013. 
 
 News media outlets in the Toledo, Ohio, area reported last week that police used pepper spray to disperse crowds gathered for an Air Jordan shoe sale at Franklin Park Mall. 
 
 The Nike shoes are a hot commodity, prized by both athletes and collectors. (Al Bello/Getty Images) The $200 sneakers often fetch double that on online resales. (Paul A. Hebert/Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP) 
 
 The Dayton Mall, by contrast, organized sales at several stores to avoid those long, tense lines. 
 
 Nike's Jordan Brand said that it encourages people seeking its products to do so in a "safe and respectful" way. 
 
 "Consumer safety is of paramount importance to us," spokesman Brian Facchini. "We continue to work with our retail partners to share best practices and refine our launch process to improve the buying experience for our consumers." 
 
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 Miami Township Police Sgt. Jay Phares speaks at a news conference in Dayton, Ohio, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, about the fatal shooting at the Dayton Mall on Saturday over a limited release of an athletic... (Associated Press) 
 
 In this Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 photo, Miami Township, Ohio Police cruisers are parked at the scene of a homicide outside the Dayton Mall in Dayton, Ohio. A mall shopper shot and killed a 16-year-old... (Associated Press) 
 
 Miami Township police said a man with a concealed weapon permit fired his gun after he and another man were accosted Saturday morning by three teens on a sidewalk outside the Dayton Mall. Police said one teen had showed a gun. 
 
 Jawaad Jabbar of Middletown died a short time later of a gunshot wound to his torso, authorities said. 
 
 Police said the two groups — the three teens and the two men — didn't know each other, but had all had gone to the mall south of Dayton for Nike Air Jordan sales offered by multiple stores. 
 
 Police Chief Ronald Hess said Tuesday the stores had set up systems to avoid long, tense lines that have led to problems elsewhere when the popular brand has released new versions, and the three Middletown teens apparently missed out. 
 
 Police said the teens were outside on a sidewalk when the two men left the mall carrying newly bought shoes. 
 
 "They did have the boxes from the stores that were having the limited-edition sales," Hess told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Police said Jabbar displayed a gun and demanded their merchandise, then the man with the concealed weapon permit pulled out his gun and shot him. No one else was injured. 
 
 The other two teens remained held in juvenile detention while the investigation continues. Police haven't released the identity of the man who fired the shot, and are still investigating his actions. 
 
 "We'll review the whole case with the county prosecutor, and if they determine he violated some law, then yes (he could be charged)," Hess said. There was no estimate on how long the investigation would take, he said. 
 
 Jabbar's father, Wallace Jabbar, told The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News in a brief telephone call Monday evening that he was "obviously devastated" and has been out of town working. The newspaper said Jabbar's mother declined to comment. 
 
 Jawaad Jabbar was a student and athlete at Middletown High School, which is on holiday break. 
 
 The Nike shoes named for retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan are prized by both athletes and collectors, and entrepreneurs often sell shoes bought for around $200 at double that or more online. 
 
 Police in New Jersey and Louisiana reported armed robberies in recent months involving Air Jordans, and a Springfield, Massachusetts, man was sentenced to up to four years in prison for a shooting that wounded an 11-year-old girl waiting in line at an Air Jordan sale in 2013. 
 
 News media outlets in the Toledo, Ohio, area reported last week that police used pepper spray to disperse crowds gathered for an Air Jordan shoe sale at Franklin Park Mall. 
 
 A spokesman for Nike's Jordan Brand said in a statement Tuesday that it encourages people seeking its products to do so in a "safe and respectful" way. 
 
 "Consumer safety is of paramount importance to us," Brian Facchini said in response to an AP request for comment. "We continue to work with our retail partners to share best practices and refine our launch process to improve the buying experience for our consumers." 
 
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 Ronda Healy was doing some last minute Christmas shopping when a man took her wallet right from her cart, which was right next to her. 
 
 
 
 “My first though was, ‘Oh no, you are not going to get away with my wallet,’ and I just went after him,” Healy said. 
 
 
 
 Police said Alan White, 24, took off with her Coach wallet, but he didn’t get very far. 
 
 
 
 “I heard her yelling, ‘Stop him, he took my wallet.’ That’s when I saw him running, and then I went after him,” fellow shopper Richard White said. 
 
 
 
 “I grabbed his wrist, put him in a wrist lock, put him in arm bar, rolled him over on his stomach, put both hands behind his back and sat on him until police came,” he explained. 
 
 
 
 Richard White said he wasn’t the only one to help. 
 
 
 
 “There were a lot of people standing around,” he said. “I don't think he was going anywhere, but I took the initiative and took him down." 
 
 
 
 Healy said she could not be more thankful for Richard White’s quick work. 
 
 
 
 “It will be a good Christmas, and I just hope he (Alan White) understands what he did was very wrong,” she said. 
 
 
 
 Richard White said there was no hesitation, and he just did what was right. 
 
 
 
 “That’s the way I am – I would help anybody out in need,” he said. 
 
 
 
 Healy told News 9 she learned a valuable lesson, and she hopes the thief has, too. 
 
 
 
 “Unfortunately, times are bad, and people are out there with desperate measures,” she said. “But it’s not the way to do it, and I hope he learns from it.” 
 
 
 
 Police are warning all shoppers to keep their wallets and purses close by to make sure they are less of a target. 
 
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– What Jawaad Jabbar didn't know when he allegedly confronted two shoppers who had just bought $200 Air Jordans and, pointing a gun at them, tried to steal the Nike shoes: One of those shoppers had a gun of his own. Police say that shopper shot the 16-year-old during the incident at Ohio's Dayton Mall Saturday morning, and the teen died from the injury yesterday, the New York Daily News reports. Police say three teens and two men were involved in the incident; all of them were at the mall in an attempt to buy the shoes, the AP reports. But the teens were unable to grab a pair before they sold out. When the teens saw the men with the shoes on the sidewalk outside the mall, Jabbar allegedly pulled out his gun and was quickly shot himself by the alleged would-be victim. That man had a permit for the gun and has not been charged; the other two teens were taken to juvenile detention. Police are still investigating. Meanwhile, in a New Hampshire Walmart yesterday, a Good Samaritan heard a woman scream that a man had just stolen her wallet. The do-gooder grabbed the suspect's arm and pinned him to the ground until police arrived, reports the AP via WMUR.