he is michael mcginnest. a 41-year-old. and he went in the gas station before 4:00 this morning. and stole $150 before the shooting. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> reporter: those shots fired, the lynn police chief explains. >> one of the his weapon. hitting the individual. >> reporter: the gunshot that turned out to be fatal hit a suspect who started the morning at the gas station convenience store claiming he had a gun and getting into a physical scuffle with the clerk. that turned into a manhunt. >> this man possibly has a weapon on him. maybe a gun. >> reporter: it ended just down the block. >> the individual had his hands in his pockets and the officers ordered him to show his hands that's when the officer fired. >> reporter: hours later, the store opened. >> something of that magnitude happening is shocking. >> reporter: it has employees thinking about their own security. >> more alert and always be with somebody else. >> at another convenience store -- >> i feel bad for the next store. i would advice to get like a rv overnight shift. i hope, i hope that it will be more po

mcginnes was incarcerated 15 times and was just michael mcginnest's criminal record goes back years. he was hit by gunshots that killed him tuesday here in everett a couple years ago according to a police report he told police i got a 38 right here and i'm going to kill your expletive. he reached for his waistband and lifted his sweatshirt. tased him. he made several attempts to bite my left leg. and he threatened to kill me when he got out of prison. and he threatened emts, saying he'd rip their throats out. and he was combative, refusing to cooperate with orders and spit blood at officers. in malden last year, he threatened an officer in a cruiser. he said he would and shoot me. if he couldn't get my gun, he would do something that would make us have to shoot him. prophetic words now that lynn police shot him after he attacked a clerk in a convenience store. >> he was a young 18-year-old kid so he paid the penalty for it. >> the officer did the right the people around him. >> reporter: the lynn police chief said mcginness told the clerk he had a gun

mcginnes was incarcerated 15 times and was just michael mcginnest's criminal record goes back years. he was hit by gunshots that killed him tuesday here in everett a couple years ago according to a police report he told police i got a 38 right here and i'm going to kill your expletive. he reached for his waistband and lifted his sweatshirt.