Posted on 01/16/2015 8:59:58 AM PST by dennisw
A Georgia delivery woman is keeping her job after she shot an armed robber in the face when he forced her to the ground at gunpoint Police believe the delivery was a set up and a second suspect stole the woman's car Authorities say the woman acted in self defense and the pizza company said it will not fire the woman but will reassign her and offer her counseling Facebook users initially lashed out on the company on its Facebook page vowing to boycott the restaurant if the woman was fired
A Georgia pizza delivery woman opened fire on an armed robber, shooting him in the face Sunday after he forced her to the ground at gunpoint.
The unnamed woman, a Papa John's Pizza delivery driver, was making a delivery in Decatur at around 8pm Sunday when 24-year-old Donquaz Stevenson approached her vehicle, CBS reports.
Stevenson allegedly put the gun to the 27-year-old woman's head, demanding her car and cash. Shot: A Papa John's Pizza delivery woman shot 24-year-old Donquaz Stevenson (photographed) in the face Sunday when he forced her to the ground at gunpoint in a delivery set up
He then forced her to the ground at gunpoint, but the woman had a weapon of her own. While on the ground, she was able to pull her handgun from her pocket and shot the assailant in the face.
'She had no other choice. She must have been in fear for her life and she reacted,' Capt. Stephen Fore, of the Dekalb County Police Department, told WSB-TV.
Authorities found Stevenson later in a yard and arrested him, but investigators say the pizza delivery may have been a set up, according to FOX News.
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Another reason to like PJ’s.
I think I’ll order a Papa Johns pizza tonight (that I can get it 50% off is irrelevant, of course...)
Papa John found out the downside` of firing her was too big
Bad day to be Donquaz
GOOD for Papa John’s!!!! They need to give her a MEDAL!!!
Anyone know if this was a black on black crime?
Go ahead....make her day!
Donkeyazz wasn’t expecting a mushroom hollowpoint pizza.
New Papa John’s ad: “Our pizza is so coveted that it must be delivered by armed guards.”
Be interesting to see if the driver is still employed in two months.
More like; "She made the right choice!"
” investigators say the pizza delivery may have been a set up”
You can’t get nothin’ past these cops.
Good chance she’s taken a pay cut too, given that she’s no longer receiving tips.
http://georgia.arrests.org/Arrests/Donquaz_Stevenson_6896914/
Appears to be modeling a garbage pail liner in mug shot.
You don’t even want to think about going near Columbia Drive unarmed. I think that’s where she was delivering. OMG!
The reason they have this corporate policy is easy to explain. Could you imagine the law suite if a company employee shot a person in anger while working?
It is better to have a corporate policy that denies employees their second amendment rights than to leave it to the ambulance chasing scum bag lawyers.
Understanding the policy is different than pointing out that their decision to keep her on was more likely a effort to control bad publicity rather than any genuine concern for the employee. Having managed quick service for twenty five years I dare say I have a thorough understanding of the liabilities involved.
Exactly, it didn’t change any corporate ‘thinking’ on the matter. They were worried about appearance not worker safety. If they could have she would be fired right now.
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