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Bar owner, customers beat up would-be robber
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0409Bar-Beating-ON.html
Associated Press
Apr. 9, 2004 08:27 AM
KOKOMO, Ind. - A bar owner and three of his customers beat a would-be robber so badly that the shotgun-wielding man needed 19 staples in his head, police said.
Police said Donald A. Willis, 46, held a shotgun and walked into a Kokomo bar Wednesday just as it was closing at 3 a.m.
Willis told the owner and three customers to get on the floor, said Lt. Don Whitehead.
Tom Grawey, one of the bar's owners, charged Willis, knocking him to the floor. One customer grabbed the gun, another hit the man in the head with several bottles and a third patron helped subdue the suspect, Whitehead said.
"We would never encourage people to take matters in their own hands, especially in a situation like this," Whitehead said. "It was a very dangerous decision to make. Fortunately, it turned out well."
Grawey said the man pointed the gun at him and the three others in the bar.
"I just did what I had to do," he said.
The man's shotgun was not loaded and had a trigger lock, Whitehead said.
Willis, 46, received 19 staples in his head before being arrested on a felony charge of attempted robbery. He was jailed on $150,000 bond.
The customers suffered minor injuries when they wrestled Willis to the ground, but did not require treatment.
Bar owner, customers beat up would-be robber
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0409Bar-Beating-ON.html
Associated Press
Apr. 9, 2004 08:27 AM
KOKOMO, Ind. - A bar owner and three of his customers beat a would-be robber so badly that the shotgun-wielding man needed 19 staples in his head, police said.
Police said Donald A. Willis, 46, held a shotgun and walked into a Kokomo bar Wednesday just as it was closing at 3 a.m.
Willis told the owner and three customers to get on the floor, said Lt. Don Whitehead.
Tom Grawey, one of the bar's owners, charged Willis, knocking him to the floor. One customer grabbed the gun, another hit the man in the head with several bottles and a third patron helped subdue the suspect, Whitehead said.
"We would never encourage people to take matters in their own hands, especially in a situation like this," Whitehead said. "It was a very dangerous decision to make. Fortunately, it turned out well."
Grawey said the man pointed the gun at him and the three others in the bar.
"I just did what I had to do," he said.
The man's shotgun was not loaded and had a trigger lock, Whitehead said.
Willis, 46, received 19 staples in his head before being arrested on a felony charge of attempted robbery. He was jailed on $150,000 bond.
The customers suffered minor injuries when they wrestled Willis to the ground, but did not require treatment.