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Posted on 04/15/2005 5:24:02 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Janet Grammer decided in an instant: Thursday wasn't her day to die.
So when a would-be robber burst into a Jacksonville convenience store shortly before 1 p.m. and fired two shots while demanding she clean out the cash register, the 64-year-old clerk and mother of 10 knew one thing.
"I figured either I was going to have to pull the trigger or I'd be dead," said Grammer.
So she did.
Faking a moment's hesitation, Grammer reached under the counter for a .38 special and came up firing, her first shot hitting the man in the chest at point-blank range.
The force knocked him down and jolted the gun from his hand, she said. As the man staggered for the door of Apple Gate Food Store at Wesconnett Boulevard and 105th Street, she fired two more rounds, police said.
The suspect left a trail of blood before running into nearby woods, authorities said.
Resident Jake Thornton, 27, said he heard five gunshots before a man ran by his house clutching his side.
He applauded Grammer's actions as he retraced the suspect's path with a detective later Thursday.
"I think it's great. We need more people like her in this town," he said.
A man fitting the robber's description went to the Orange Park Medical Center a short time after the robbery attempt as a police helicopter and canine units scoured the neighborhood for the robber.
The man told doctors he shot himself. He was taken by helicopter to Shands Jacksonville, according to police, who did not identify the man but confirmed he was in custody.
The incident would have been the store's third robbery in two weeks without Grammer's quick thinking, said store owner George Rubboz.
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Good decision!
Way to go Grandma! Molon Labe!
Picturing in my mind, Indiana Jones wearing that "who-does-this-idiot-with-the-sword-think-he-is" look and blasting him
That felt good!
Janet Grammar needs to upgrade her weaponry. She hit the robber in the chest, fired two more times (not clear if she hit him with those shots) and he still initially got away. Now we all have to pay for his medical costs and trial.
aim for center mass!
Here's our gramma!
Thanks for all the posts. Makes me feel good to see people taking control of their lives....
Super! She dropped him like a bad habit. She plugged him twice and then fired two more just for good measure..!!! Lots of spine!! Ha!
I've gotten gas at this place before......
She's a mother of ten, name is Grammer,
says nothing about her being a gramma,
altho at age 64, she may well be.
I guess this grandma was wrong also ?
M.J. McCawley strings police tape in front of the Apple Gate Food Store at Wesconnett Boulevard and 105th Street after a shooting there Thursday. A clerk shot a would-be robber who fired first. RICK WILSON/The Times-Union
I thought it was the Gate gas station on Westconnett and 103rd.
Shot the perp once.
Reads as if she hesitated before firing again and missed her opportunity to complete the cycle of life.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Whatever. She looks like a gramma - good enough for me. Point is, you can never tell who's going to refuse to go down without swinging first.
She's great and the article says she has a twin sister!
LOL!
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