Louie's Superette is a favorite destination for river House residents, and Chen himself has become a Harvard icon.
According to Chen, the suspect had visited the store several times before, presumably, he said, to scope out the environment.
The area is known for its high rate of street crime, according to Pasquarello.
"Louie's Superette has been the scene of other crimes before," he said.
Chen confirmed that he has been robbed several times.
"Ten years ago, somebody robbed the store with a gun," he said. "My brother and I were working at the time, and he didn't really speak English, so he couldn't understand what was going on. I had to tell him in Chinese, 'We're being robbed!'"
After another incident on Halloween, when a group of kids descended on the store looking for beer, Chen was left with a black eye.
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