(NM) Store Employee Beats Alleged Robber With Baseball Bat


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funbob
March 19, 2003, 05:35 PM
Date: March 19, 2003
Source: KRQE News 13 / AP
Location: Albuquerque, N.M.

Police say a man who allegedly robbed an Albuquerque bookstore at gunpoint is in critical condition after a store employee beat him with a baseball bat.

Albuquerque police Detective Jeff Arbogast says the robbery happened at 3 p.m. today when a man walked into the bookstore and demanded cash.

Arbogast says when the man fled with an undisclosed amount of money, bookstore employees gave chase. One employee was shot in the chest as he exited the back door of the bookstore and meanwhile, another employee picked up a baseball bat and caught up with a man he believed to be the robber.

A man and a female were arrested in connection with the robbery.

The wounded store employee and the alleged robber have both been hospitalized. Arbogast says the employee is in good condition while the other man was critically injured.

The names of the bookstore employees and the people who were arrested were not immediately available.

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Blackhawk
March 19, 2003, 05:50 PM
Bet the perp didn't expect that from book store clerks. :D

2 perps off the streets for a while, but I'm sorry a good guy got shot.

Kevlarman
March 19, 2003, 06:49 PM
Haha, the guy who got beat with the baseball bat is doing worse than the guy who got shot!

Score one for the good guys!

schmo
March 19, 2003, 07:33 PM
Beat on the brat...

TallPine
March 19, 2003, 08:17 PM
What caliber bat was it ...?

Wood stock, composite, or alloy frame ??

Was the bat registered?

If the clerk hit the robber more than 10 times, it must have been an assault bat.

Yohan
March 19, 2003, 08:32 PM
//This is outrageous! What if a child had gotten their hands on the bat and whacked themselves to death? I propose a bat lock on all bats, and limit the size to 10 cm!

DF

Standing Wolf
March 19, 2003, 09:25 PM
Was the assault bat equipped with a sniper scope?

Double Naught Spy
March 20, 2003, 04:44 PM
What idiots!!! Why in the world would you chase down a robber armed with a gun who has already left in order to reclaim store proceeds when it isn't even your own store, but just a place where you work?

Don't get me wrong, I think it is great that the alledged robber alledgedly got tatooed for one destined to be out of the park, but risking your life for somebody else's money just is not prudent, especially when you do it AFTER the threat has left and you must chase down the threat in order to put yourself in danger once again.

TallPine
March 20, 2003, 04:53 PM
What would Roy Rogers do? :D

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