via local radio station post on Facebook:
Sounds like the lockdowns have been lifted at this point...
So, clearly this is light on some details, but my question is this:
If the robbers were FLEEING (as the post seems to indicate, i.e. "being pursued" ... "attempting to stop"), was the employee ok to fire??
I was under the impression you shouldn't give chase as that may transition you from victim to aggressor... the thought process being that when the initial aggressor turns and runs, the iminent threat that justifies firing evaporates until such time they turn back around...
maybe I'm over-thinking it... I don't necessarily want to Monday-morning quarterback the store employee, b/c clearly I admire his courage.
Thoughts?
The Henderson Drug Store in downtown Franklin was robbed at gunpoint this morning. According to Franklin Chief of Police Tim O’Sullivan, at approximately 10:30 this morning, two suspects entered the Henderson Drug Store, drew their weapons, and demanded an undisclosed amount of prescription medication. The two suspects are described as one being a white male, wearing blue jeans and a black hoodie with white lettering. The other suspect is a black male, medium build, wearing blue jeans, a grey shirt, wearing a stocking cap with dreads.
The suspects fled north while being pursued by an employee of Henderson Drug who fired three rounds from his own personal hand gun in an attempt to stop the suspects.
The two men then jumped into a grey or silver Chevy van, and proceeded North on Water Street.
The Johnson County Sherriff’s Department, the Franklin Police Department, the Indiana State Police, and other local agencies are investigating.
The attempted robbery prompted Schools around Franklin to go on lockdown for two hours from 10am to 12 noon.
Sounds like the lockdowns have been lifted at this point...
So, clearly this is light on some details, but my question is this:
If the robbers were FLEEING (as the post seems to indicate, i.e. "being pursued" ... "attempting to stop"), was the employee ok to fire??
I was under the impression you shouldn't give chase as that may transition you from victim to aggressor... the thought process being that when the initial aggressor turns and runs, the iminent threat that justifies firing evaporates until such time they turn back around...
maybe I'm over-thinking it... I don't necessarily want to Monday-morning quarterback the store employee, b/c clearly I admire his courage.
Thoughts?