The man who fatally wounded a would-be robber in a South Richmond store recounted yesterday a tense shootout and hand-to-hand struggle that ended when the man hit the robber on the head with a gun, knocking him out. The robber, identified by police as James Grooms III, shot and wounded the owner of the Golden Food Market on July 11, but Grooms was shot by an armed friend of the owner as customers took cover.

Prince George County police think one man likely committed three recent robberies of convenience stores there and in Chesterfield County. “It’s a very strong possibility,“ Prince George police Lt. Brian Kei said yesterday. The man in all three robberies matched the same description: He wore a black mask over his face, a hooded gray sweatshirt and black pants. He showed a handgun, silver with a brown grip, in both Prince George robberies, but the man did not display a gun in the Chesterfield case.