It was just too much work for this lazy black man to rob a Aldi's Store - Wayne Clark, 52, suffered a fatal heart attack during his robbery

Kin Folks Said, "Wayne died while doing something he loved, stealing and robbing!"

Southwick, MA - An Edgewood man died Monday night from an apparent heart attack while trying to rob the Aldi grocery store in Edgewood, police said.

Investigators also said the same man is also connected to two other recent robberies in Edgewood

Around 8:50 p.m. Monday, a man later identified as Wayne Clark, 52, of Meadowood Court, walked into the Aldi in the 1300 block of Business Center Way, according to Cristie Kahler, spokesperson for the Harford County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to the store where Clark was lying face down, appearing to be suffering from cardiac arrest, she said.

A witness told deputies Clark came into the store, announced a robbery and demanded cash.

"We believe in a few seconds after that, he suffers cardiac arrest and collapses," Kahler said Thursday.

Once Clark collapsed, she said, someone called 911 to say "we've been robbed and something's wrong."

"When we get there, he is already on the floor and unresponsive," Kahler said.

Deputies first searched the store to make sure no other suspects were inside.


They then approached Clark, recovered a handgun from underneath him and began CPR, Kahler said. Deputies also shocked Clark twice with an AED before emergency medical workers from Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company arrived.

EMS workers took Clark to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, where Clark was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m., Kahler said.

Deputies investigating the robbery searched Clark's home and found evidence to connect him to two earlier robberies. The first was on Nov. 6 at the same Aldi in which he was armed, and the other was on Nov. 29 of the Dollar General store, in the 2200 block of Hanson Road in Edgewood, in which he implied he had a weapon, Kahler said

Kahler said it doesn't matter that Clark was a suspect in a crime. The first responsibility when deputies arrived was to see he received medical attention.

"Our job is to protect life," she explained. "If you are a suspect suffering a medical emergency, or a person suffering a medical emergency or a victim suffering a medical emergency, it our job to protect life."

Kahler said deputies will try to determine if Clark is connected to any other armed robberies and also communicate with other local police agencies to see if he could be connected to any robberies in their areas.