Posted on 08/02/2022 11:08:17 AM PDT by Morgana
A man armed with an AR-15 fled from a California liquor store screaming 'He shot my arm off!' after the 80-year-old owner blasted him with his shotgun.
Craig Cope opened fire after the 23-year-old armed intruder entered his shop in Norco early Sunday morning. As they suspects frantically ran away, Cope suffered a minor heart attack from the shock of the incident.
Four suspects armed with guns and wearing facial coverings had planned to rob the store, Riverside County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
But employees say Cope, who has owned the store since 1967, spied the suspects heading his way so grabbed his shotgun and fired at the first robber as he burst in. Security camera footage captured the dramatic encounter.
The man screamed out after being hit in the shoulder and frantically ran from the store.
'He shot my arm off! He shot my arm off!' the man can be heard shouting as he runs back to a black BMW SUV.
The suspects were located a short time later at a local hospital where one of the suspects, a 23-year-old male, was suffering from a gunshot wound consistent with a shotgun blast, according to a Riverside County Sheriff's Department release. He remains hospitalized in critical, but stable condition.
The three other suspects were taken into police custody booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center for robbery and conspiracy. They are being held on a $500,000 bail.
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Please keep him in your prayers.
I am praying that the next time he has to shoot a robber, that he aims for the head. Get well soon Craig!
But I thought just pointing an AR-15 at someone vaporized them
Pity indeed he missed his head.
I pray Trump gets in office next time and he does not have to shoot any robbers.
Yes I also pray he gets better and lives to see it.
[[A man armed with an AR-15 fled from a California liquor store screaming ‘He shot my arm off!’]]
What was his first clue? The fact that he couldn’t count to 10 anymore?
The quote is better.
Weapon of war thwarted by a shotgun!!!
Oh and PS since this story was posted yesterday? They caught the guys.
“Deputies identified the suspects as 22-year-old Inglewood resident Justin Johnson, 27-year-old Los Angeles resident Jamar Williams and 24-year-old Las Vegas resident Davon Broadus.
The 23-year-old man who was shot is in critical but stable condition. He remains unnamed.”
And possibly unarmed.
“Weapon of war thwarted by a shotgun!!!”
Ain’t that some shit
Did the store owner get arrested and charged for attempted murder?
The elderly innocent man had the right to defend himself. The robber lost his right to his arm and his life the moment he attacked the man.
Don’t you mean disarmed?
No! but see my post 9 they found the guys that tried to rob him.
If they can manage to release a video of this, I hope they add a laugh track.
Prayers for the shopkeeper.
Dunno; the perp’s head may not have contained any vital organs.
So he is now a one armed man?
Happened in Riverside (Rivertucky) County, not LA County
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