(GA) Family halts store robbery

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Family halts store robbery
Father, son gunplay ends crime

By Stephen Gurr
Morris News Service


CRAWFORD, Ga. - Two gun-wielding, masked men picked the wrong place to rob when they burst into the Junction Package store in Oglethorpe County last week.
Standing behind the counter was 37-year-old William Miller, a sturdily built former lawman with a Glock handgun holstered at his hip.

"This is a robbery!" one of the men shouted, as both approached the counter with guns extended.

"No, it's not," Mr. Miller said, as he drew his gun and opened fire. He squeezed off two shots in the pair's direction before diving behind the counter for cover and emptying the remaining seven rounds blindly in their direction.

Mr. Miller's father, Jack Miller, the owner of the store on U.S. Highway 78 outside Crawford for the past 20 years, pulled his 16-gauge shotgun and fired off a shot as well.
The robbers fled, peeling off from a back road near the store in a light-colored sedan.

"They didn't get anything here, except maybe some gunshot wounds," said the younger Mr. Miller, who worked for the Oconee and Jackson County sheriff's offices before coming back to work at the store in anticipation of his father's retirement.

Since word of the shooting spread, regular customers have complimented the Millers' decision to fight back.

"I've heard nothing but positives about it," William Miller said. "They're glad things worked out the way they did, and they're glad somebody stood up to these thugs."


--From the Sunday, January 5, 2003 printed edition of the Augusta Chronicle


http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010503/met_029-7733.000.shtml

 

[4v50 Gary]

"No, it's not." Short, succinct and very clear. I wonder if the perps were injured?

 

[MLH]

Since he

Blindly emptied his gun it's a good thing someone else started shooting or he may have been a dead man. Not a smart thing to do for a former LEO.!

 

[Master Blaster]

This is a prime Example of Glock perfection.

No Jams Even when firing wildly diving for cover.

You limpwristers have nothing to worry about.

GLOCK PERFECTION!

Could you move this to the semi auto forum?

 

[Double Naught Spy]

"He squeezed off two shots in the pair's direction before diving behind the counter for cover and emptying the remaining seven rounds blindly in their direction. "

Nothing like putting that good LEO training to work. Let's see, 9 total shots, 7 of which weren't even remotely aimed, not enough power to drop either of the bad guys and no blood trail. Let's see, assuming the first two shots were aimed and hit the targets, that would give our hero a 22.22% hit rate, just slightly lower than the national average, so about par for being a former LEO.

"They didn't get anything here, except maybe some gunshot wounds," said the younger Mr. Miller, who worked for the Oconee and Jackson County sheriff's offices ... "

From the sounds of things, they may not have even gotten any gunshot wounds.

Okay, so the guy had a Glock, emptied his gun with a total of 9 rounds. So it wasn't completely loaded to start with?

 

[Malone LaVeigh]

I suppose I could make a bad joke about GA lawmen not being able to count that far, but what happened to rule #4?

 

[PATH]

Adrenals pumping. Stress level high. Breathing and heart rate extremely fast.

Before anyone goofs on the fella you should be in his shoes. Easy it is to sit here and talk. Quite another thing to be there when things happen. Just my .02 cents for what it is worth!

 

[sm]

Granted , not there, not best use of LEO training. BUT -Robbery did not go as planned, and a message sent.

Gets the nomination for best reply to a robbery today "No, its Not"