Dennis Grehl was only defending himself and the assistant frantically emptying the cash register at the little pharmacy in Northwest Detroit. Veteran Detroit newsman-turned-preacher-turned radio host Angelo Henderson was only doing what reporters do, Neal Rubin writes in the Detroit News today, telling the story behind the story that won Henderson a Pulitzer Prize when he was working for the Wall Street Journal.
Grehl shot a robber. He pulled a .32-caliber Beretta from the holster behind his back and squeezed the trigger as a dope dealer named Anthony Williams yanked a gun from his waistband.
Henderson wrote the story. He filled it with nuance and detail in the Wall Street Journal and won the most significant prize in journalism.
Grehl is 73 now, retired in Florida, living on a lake. Henderson's funeral is today.
