Bystander shoots suspect during robbery at ATM

[Justin]

From the Raleigh, NC News and Observer


Best quote from a criminal ever:

Stith complained about being shot as he hobbled into the magistrate's office in downtown Clayton with a police escort Thursday afternoon. "It's wrong, man," he said.

 

[Futo Inu]

That's comedy.

 

[Mark Tyson]

Oh no, it's right. So very right. It doesn't get any righter.

 

[Big_R]

So does that count as a one shot stop for the .22?

Ryan

 

[DigitalWarrior]

Beautiful! I love that story. Humble guy with a humble caliber shoots a criminal. I am glad he doesn't live in the PRK. If I pulled something like that without a CCW, I'd be toast.

 

[spacemanspiff]

wasnt wildalaska talking about carrying a NAA .22?

 

[Ol' Badger]

Don't know why you guys are laughing at the poor man! Look at his picture. I've never seen a more inocent looking face in all my years.

 

[WonderNine]

Yea, it's a pretty funny picture too. More comedy, the robbery victim is 20 and her fiance is 40. LoL

 

[Ol' Badger]

WonderNine

What can you say. Lucky man.

 

[Navy joe]

Thanks for the comedy. It's so wrong man!

I wonder if getting shot and this make the robber understand that you cannot script your next encounter.

Rebecca Lynn Newton, 20, of Barber Mill Road in Clayton said she was about to insert an envelope containing $400 from her paycheck into the ATM slot when a man shoved her from behind and said, "I'll take that." Newton spun and grabbed the unarmed man by the shirt, causing him to fall, and she started screaming.

Bet he didn't see that coming. For her part she coulda done something better than scream once he fell down.

He added that intervening in a robbery involves some risk. "No one wants to encourage vigilante justice, but I certainly can understand that a person might feel compelled to intervene when he saw a crime being committed. I might do the same thing under similar circumstances."

How about just once the local authority spokesman saying "we're proud to serve a community that has citizens like this; for saving us the trouble here's a steak dinner for two gift certificate, a real handgun so you don't use that peashooter again, and a free firearms course with the next instructor our department brings to town."

The std. butt covering statement is getting old.

 

[bogie]

Newsome said Strickland is unlikely to be charged because he is listed as the victim of the assault. Tom Lock, the Johnston County district attorney, said a person has a right to use deadly force to resist deadly force.

Lesson 1: Be the guy calling the cops.

 

[MMcCall]

A 20 year old vic, with a 40 year old fiancee? You GO, boy!

Good judgement, good shoot.

 

[4v50 Gary]

The robber is taken to the ground by his female victim and then shot by a disabled man. It just wasn't is lucky day, was it?

 

[Josey]

Hey Now THAT was a bad day for a bad guy! The vic resists and a disabled coot shoots him. It doesn't get much better!!

 

[Standing Wolf]

Strickland, 35, of Four Oaks was in his car waiting for the bank to open. He said in an interview that he heard a woman scream -- "Help, help, help, he's robbing me!" -- and sprang into action.

Well, no wonder the leftist extremists want to disarm every law-abiding American citizen!

 

[gunsmith]

Jim March was right

those naa mini's are pretty good...wow
hitting the tires of a moving car

 

[blades67]

Strickland, who does not have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, said the gun had been lying on the dash of his car.

That's exactly where I kept my gun before Arizona legalized concealed carry.

 

[Kharn]

A mod posting a duplicate? The sky is falling, the sky is falling...

Previously posted (by a whole ~11 minutes) here in L&P: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35887

Kharn

 

[CAP]

I saw that in the fishwrap this morning! Too much.
Actually, I'm suprised they didn't charge the Good Samaritan with assault. You can't defend just your property with deadly force here.
Sounds like justice is being served though.
Good shooting.

 

[voilsb]

Oh, that is classic. And from seeing how the DA reacted, I might just have to move there when I'm done with the Army.

 

[Navy joe]

CAP, he wasn't defending property. Once he got involved he was defending against getting drug away by the moving car he was in.

 

[Kobun]

"It's wrong, man,"

 

[BigC]

Outstanding.

 

[Feanaro]

That is so farkin' funny. "It's wrong, man." You don't say? You poor, poor man. How dare someone not go along with the plan of giving you the money! It's cruel, I tell you.

I can't believe we even have to have statements like "He probably will not be charged." That should go without saying, he did nothing wrong. Indeed, he did something right.

 

[hammer4nc]

Restrained golf clap for the authorities on this one. To their credit, they did not charge the samaritan for taking action, or a weapons charge to "send a message".

Yet, the DA could not resist using the term "vigilante justice", in his statement. Five point deduction.

This happened just a few miles from me, Clayton is a booming suburb of Raleigh.