Family of robber shot during hold-up says THIS???

[TheTman]

From Concealed Carry Magazine:
"An armed citizen shopping in a Mobile (AL) Dollar Store when he saw a masked gunman holding a gun to the head of a kneeling employee. Realizing a robbery was in progress, the armed citizen drew his legally-carried gun and fired on the robber, hitting him and ending the robbery. News reports quoted the family of the 18 year old robber, who was out on bond for robbing another Mobile business a month before, as being upset that the armed citizen shot the suspect, declaring he had no right to be shooting people and should have just left the store.

Police have a different view, saying the citizen was justified in his actions. "

I don't know if I would have shot someone holding a gun to another person's head. That might have caused the robber to pull the trigger and kill the clerk, even if it was a clean headshot and killed him instantly, but I can't believe the family's reaction. They are probably criminals themselves, and mad that their son was interrupted while trying to "earn" some money. The article doesn't say if the robber was killed or not.

[muggsy]

From Concealed Carry Magazine:
"An armed citizen shopping in a Mobile (AL) Dollar Store when he saw a masked gunman holding a gun to the head of a kneeling employee. Realizing a robbery was in progress, the armed citizen drew his legally-carried gun and fired on the robber, hitting him and ending the robbery. News reports quoted the family of the 18 year old robber, who was out on bond for robbing another Mobile business a month before, as being upset that the armed citizen shot the suspect, declaring he had no right to be shooting people and should have just left the store.

Police have a different view, saying the citizen was justified in his actions. "

I don't know if I would have shot someone holding a gun to another person's head. That might have caused the robber to pull the trigger and kill the clerk, even if it was a clean headshot and killed him instantly, but I can't believe the family's reaction. They are probably criminals themselves, and mad that their son was interrupted while trying to "earn" some money. The article doesn't say if the robber was killed or not.

Was the robber killed? If he was the family member may just have just been grief stricken. People say all kinds of stupid things when they are under stress. I believe that from the information given that the shooting was justified.

[downtownv]

There's a reason why his family took his side, He's from their apple tree....

[b4uqzme]

Was the robber killed? If he was the family member may just have just been grief stricken. People say all kinds of stupid things when they are under stress. I believe that from the information given that the shooting was justified.

+1 Based on the information given, the shooting was necessary.

[b4uqzme]

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I don't know if I would have shot someone holding a gun to another person's head. That might have caused the robber to pull the trigger and kill the clerk, even if it was a clean headshot and killed him instantly...

I wasn't there but I'm thinking there was a greater chance that the LIVE robber would pull the trigger vs. the dead robber. I think you gotta take those odds.

[CPTKILLER]

The family are 99% of the problem. This guy was a scum looking for something that wasn't his.

It looks like a good shoot.

[codegeek]

You have to understand the intelligence quotient of the citizens that live in that part of Mobile.

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[JohnR]

Yeah, the people who raised the robber have no credibility on law and order topics.

[marshal kane]

That citizen, whom I think did the right thing, now has to watch out for being sued and "payback" from the thief or his family. If I ever have to shoot someone, I'm going to make sure it's fatally. What a sad society we live in today.

[spud]

Here is a link to the article about this shooting, I think.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/24474261/names-released-after-customer-kills-gun-wielding-man-in-dallas-co-store

The Sheriff doesn't seem to think it was a robbery gone wrong. Here is a quote from the article.

McLaughlin's motive remains unclear. Sheriff Huffman does not think it was a robbery. He says words were exchanged between McLaughlin and the people inside the store but there was never any mention of a robbery or hold up or a demand for money.

[Longitude Zero]

Typical turd family blather. I also heard last week a robber who was beaten down by his victims several years ago is suing them for beating him.

[yqtszhj]

Here is the video of the incident. The guy lived.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aq5aa8MYAJQ

I lived in Mobile for 8 years and the place has been become a hell hole since katrina hit New Orleans. A lot of the rats from there came to Mobile afterward. Mobile had its issues before but now its really bad. I used to eat at that restaurant he robbed often. They had good seafood.

The guy got what he deserved.

[spud]

Ok that must be a different shooting because it sounds nothing like the one the OP posted. I think I will stay out of dollar stores in Alabama since there must be multiple shootings happening at those locations. Sorry for any confusion.

[yqtszhj]

Here's one more.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-FXew7LhcfM

[TheTman]

I'm not sure if the robber lived or died. It does sound like there were at least 2 maybe 3 incidents in Dollar Stores near Mobile. The story in CC magazine said the robber had his gun pointed at the head of a clerk that was kneeling. That is why I would have been hesitant to take a shot, even a fatal head shot could have caused the robbers tigger finger to contract setting off the weapon, depending on the weapon he was using. If it was a revolver with the hammer down, I'd take the shot, if he had it cocked, I'm not sure I'd have taken the shot. If it was a semi, hard to say, it would depend on the make of gun. That is a lot to analyze in a very short period of time.
This was in the February/March issue, so I am guessing the robbery happened in January or earlier. They threw in that issue of the magazine in with some products I ordered from them.

[knkali]

the cretin jackhole kid comes from a family of festering fecal holes who probably benefited from his criminal behavior. His family should have to pay for his medical expenses and they owe the shooter 5 bullets. The recorded phone statement from the pile of sheet called his mother was beyond anything remotely what I would have expected a normal person to say.

[cohoskip]

Robbery or not, Ellis had a gun pointed at him and IMHO certainly had the right to react and fire his own weapon. Obviously the perpetrator was a low-life thug. He was out on bail at the time...

[ltxi]

The shooter fokked up. Five rounds fired and he failed to kill the scum. Now there gonna be no doubt taxpayer funded medical expenses, the cost of a trial and hopefully incarceration. Then when he gets out of jail he's just gonna do this all over again.

[yqtszhj]

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the shooter fokked up. Five rounds fired and he failed to kill the scum. Now there gonna be no doubt taxpayer funded medical expenses, the cost of a trial and hopefully incarceration. Then when he gets out of jail he's just gonna do this all over again.

[ltxi]

Thank you, thank you very much.....:yo:

[Allen]

Tried to reply but got delayed before clicking Post Reply and then got a response that something had expired, to click the back button, and reload the previous page. But when I tried that everything disappeared and I can't find my Reply. What happened?

[ltxi]

Timed out I would suppose. And on many sites if you move away from your reply page and then come back the unposted reply isn't saved.

[CJB]

Been holding off on replying so far, but here goes.

Lawfully shooting "the bad guy" is never retrobution for any action or occurrance that has already preceded the shooting. Instead its because a resonable person would conclude that future actions by "the bad guy" were likely to cause harm, injury, or death unless "the bad guy" were stopped. Anyone who argues differently is mistaken.

Its easy to think in hindsight of the circumstance and thought train of the shooter, but in actuality, he was was the person there, he experienced the dynamic of the situation, including its aparant imperative. And, importantly, he knew (or thought he knew) his own capability. He persued what HE believed was the most correct course of action, based on all the factors available to him at the time he pulled the trigger. Hindsight, is always 20/20.

He succeeded. His story is buried in the back of some digital drawer in the hard-drives of the media. IF HE HAD FAILED, or if he had accidentally shot the victim, this would have been a headline story. But it wasn't a fail. It was victory. Amen.

[yqtszhj]

Very good there CJB.

[b4uqzme]

Thank you, thank you very much.....:yo:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl_NpdAy3WY :D