Posted on 08/04/2008 7:56:26 AM PDT by bamahead
A bank customer shot a robber after an armed confrontation in a Kansas City parking lot Saturday.
The robber was wounded in the head and was in stable condition at a hospital, police said.
The shooting happened about 9 a.m. when a man and a woman were in a car using the automated teller machine at the Bank of America at North Oak Trafficway and Barry Road.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
You can never tell from the way newswriters put these things together.
But if he shot the perp in the head, it’s good shooting in my book.
"...Police said it appears the man who was shot was trying to rob people near the Bank of America ATM. One of the two victims pulled out a handgun and shot him in self defense. Minsky's Pizza manager, Aaron Ness, told FOX 4 he isn't surprised by the crime scene. He said people used to wait by the Bank of America drive thru to rob people. This time it was the ATM, and the victim fought back. Both a man and woman were in the car withdrawing money from the ATM. Police are not saying who pulled the trigger. ..."
I’m concerned that whatever he used left the perp alive
after a head shot. I carry a .45 auto but I know people that rely on .380s. Does anyone know what the good guy
carried?
Not at all, The bad guy got what he deserved.
I'm saying the journalist is an idiot that can't compose a grammatically correct sentence.
I’d imagine the head shot was due to the robber trying to get away or ducking. I know I wouldn’t intentionally aim for someones head instead of center mass.
Also shows that its wise to pay attention to whats going on around you at the ATM.
Betting the victim was carrying 9mm. Needs a bigger gun.
It is legal because he shot the criminal in response to the criminal pointing a gun at him.
The criminal was armed and still a threat to others. A liberal prosecutor might try and argue that since the criminal was leaving the victim had no reason to confront him. Depending on the laws there, that might make things a little tricky unless the victim was careful to describe how he felt the criminal was still an immediate threat to him or others, but I doubt he's going to face charges.
If the robbery was caught on tape, I don’t care if the criminal was shot in the back from 30 yards. Regardless, if scumbag decided here to point a gun at his victims, the law should clearly endorse lethal self-defense in this scenario. If someone wants to make legal trouble for the victim, they are in the wrong state, and probably the wrong country.
a shot in the head should never end with a hospital stay. It's quite possible to shoot a gang-banger in the head and not hit any brain tissue. |
No criminal case has been presented, and authorities are waiting to see whether the patient recovers,
here's hoping he doesn't...
then this story will have a happy ending...
When my wife heard about the victims’ successful defense of themselves, she was whooping for me to see the report on the tube.
Only thing that is unfortunate is the victim will live to harass or sue.
From the article “The man yelled for the robber to stop. When the robber turned around and pointed his gun, the man fired at him, hitting him in the head, Lantz said.”
A gun was pointed at him. He was justified in shooting. I hope they don’t bring charges.
I hope he doesn’t sue, nothing like making a victim be victimized over and over. thankfully... he’s going to be charged, go to prison, and could possibly face civil charges himself. I’m so glad Mo self-defense laws are stronger than they were. The liberals are losing in that area.
If the robber lives, he should have to pay for the bullet...
as well as his victim’s time spent cleaning his gun, retrieving his money etc... ;-)
Hey, people have survived close range, perfectly aimed headshots from .44 Mag and .45 ACP.
May have been just a trick of random anatomy.
"Wait a moment honey... this man has a gun in my face..."
BANG
"Okay. I'm done. Now how much money do we want to withdraw...?"
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