Robber shot yesterday

[ThrottleJockey]

 

[Denny347]

Not sure why the officers there thought he had a permit, I could not find one. Makes me feel better. I have yet to find an officer who didn't think the customer did a great job. Even my supervisor was smiles about it.

 

[superjoe76]

There won't be any charges. The news like to say that stuff. That is the area I work half my week. I was off so I did not get to play. I would have shook that customer's hand but I am sure the officers that responded took care of that for me.

That made me LOL.

 

[ruger1800]

give the guy a break, looks like a good kid, maybe he just needed money for groceries.

 

[Bunnykid68]

give the guy a break, looks like a good kid, maybe he just needed money for groceries.

Probably and of course all of us rich folk simply would not give him his fair share so he had to do what he had to do

 

[long coat]

Not sure why the officers there thought he had a permit, I could not find one. Makes me feel better. I have yet to find an officer who didn't think the customer did a great job. Even my supervisor was smiles about it.

OK, I know you can't trust the news to tell the truth.

 

[raider600]

this is huge... +1 for Good guy

 

[lrahm]

OK, I know you can't trust the news to tell the truth.

I believe that Mark Twain stated, those who don't read the news are uninformed and those that do are misinformed.

 

[Denny347]

I believe that Mark Twain stated, those who don't read the news are uninformed and those that do are misinformed.

Ha ha, great quote.

 

[Clay]

Sounds like someone needs to take some handgun training.

Center mass. Aim small, miss small.

 

[Denny347]

I don't poopoo the customer's hit ratio. How many here have shot while in the mist of an adrenaline dump, or performing ANY task for that matter? If you do not train for it or have experience dealing with it, you will be lucky to hit ANYTHING you aim for. It is easy for us to sit here and criticize his aim but in reality he did well. BTW, the bad guy was shot in the arm as well.

 

[Clay]

You're probably right on that point for sure. He obviously stopped the threat, so +1 for him. It would just save us, the tax payers, money if he was a better shot

 

[cobber]

give the guy a break, looks like a good kid, maybe he just needed money for groceries.

Why didn't he just go occupy Wall St. then, like all the other nice kids?

 

[J_Wales]

Next time a sheep walks into a store that has one of the "No Firearms Allowed", the sheep should ask himself if that sign would be more likely to stop somebody like Mr. Perry or that thug Ortiz.

 

[lrahm]

- 1 for the bad guy.

 

[bassplayrguy]

Seriously? No charges will be filed FOR NOW for the guy risking his own neck to interrupt a felony crime? Well thank you very much IMPD and Mr prosecuting attorney. If this guy was an off duty cop everybody would be celebrating him as a champion. The mayor would probably give him the key to the dang city for sticking his neck out for john and jane tax payer. But because he's a responsible, law abiding, concealed carry "citizen" who's taken it upon himself to provide for his own safety, he's subject to this idiotic scrutiny and threatened with the possibility of prosecution.

Outstanding point under the wrtv news column. I can't believe there are people that witnessed this and still think that people should not be able to carry a gun. Wow.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Some, um, "people" (I use the term loosely) simply have a knee-jerk reaction. They're not "thinking" in the common sense of the word. Now, this BG is probably well guilty of plenty to disallow him from a LTCH, but you must obtain an actual conviction. I'd rather it be that way if I were in question. The problem is that the "justice" system is all too willing to let things slide when they shouldn't, but really stick it to the otherwise "good guys" that just get in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's either laziness or malice, but it's unbecoming.

 

[lrahm]

Seriously? No charges will be filed FOR NOW for the guy risking his own neck to interrupt a felony crime? Well thank you very much IMPD and Mr prosecuting attorney. If this guy was an off duty cop everybody would be celebrating him as a champion. The mayor would probably give him the key to the dang city for sticking his neck out for john and jane tax payer. But because he's a responsible, law abiding, concealed carry "citizen" who's taken it upon himself to provide for his own safety, he's subject to this idiotic scrutiny and threatened with the possibility of prosecution.

Outstanding point under the wrtv news column. I can't believe there are people that witnessed this and still think that people should not be able to carry a gun. Wow.

Easy, you don't think that the police and prosecutor are going to come out and say we applaud his actions. They are probably thinking that and I do to. The prosecutor will have to look at all of the information, talk to witnesses, look at scene and then will probably come out and say no charges will be filed. When I say no charges will be filed I mean that they will feel this was a justified shooting. Police officers will and do go through the same thing when they are involved in similar cases. I strongly applaud his actions.

 

[gohard43]

I was listening to the scanner when this went down. Great job to the citizen and LEOs involved!! I wish the news would report these things positively.

 

[Black_Wolf]

Cry me a river.

DB punk.