The Judge, by Taurus (weighs 36 oz, unloaded)
The "Executioner", aka KelTec P3-AT. (weighs 8.3 oz unloaded, less than 11 oz loaded)
Posted on 05/22/2009 1:48:45 PM PDT by Drew68
Jerome Ersland was back at work Thursday filling prescriptions and hoping that by taking the life of a 16-year-old boy two days earlier, he had saved others.
Rubbing an oversized bandage on his left forearm, where he said he was grazed by a robber’s bullet, Ersland related details of what he said was a highly organized hit on the Reliable Discount Pharmacy.
"I just regret anybody would get killed,” Ersland said. "But if I wouldn’t have been here, there would have been three people killed — the other pharmacist and the two techs.”
He also recalls the angry voices of people who gathered outside the pharmacy Tuesday night, shouting that he was a racist who unnecessarily took a life of the Seeworth Academy charter school student, Antwun Parker.
"There were a lot of black people gathered out there yelling and everything at my boss,” Ersland said.
An organized hit
After the pharmacy near SW 59 and Pennsylvania was robbed two years ago, the owner installed new security measures to try to make sure his employees would never again be forced to a back room and pistol-whipped. "We have a very good security system,” Ersland said, motioning to the magnetic door locks that won’t let anyone in or out of the store without permission. "The door locks, and they (robbers) knew that. They had cased it because they knew exactly what time to hit us when we’d have all of our narcotics out and our money out.”
About 10 minutes before 6 p.m., Ersland said, two robbers wearing ski masks waited for someone to leave the pharmacy and then grabbed the open door and threw down a board to stop the door from closing.
The robbers went in cursing and yelling, ordering employees to give them money and drugs, Ersland said.
Two women who were working behind the counter ran for a back room where they would be safe, but Ersland said he couldn’t run. Ersland said he’s a veteran with disabilities from wounds he received in Operation Desert Storm, wears a cumbersome back brace and just had his latest back surgery six weeks ago.
"All of a sudden, they started shooting,” he said. "They were attempting to kill me, but they didn’t know I had a gun. They said, ‘You’re gonna die.’ That’s when one of them shot at me, and that’s when he got my hand.”
Ersland said he was thrown against a wall, but managed to go for the semiautomatic in his pocket.
"And that’s when I started defending myself,” he said. "The first shot got him in the head, and that slowed him down so I could get my other gun.”
But as one robber hit the floor, Ersland said, a bullet from the other robber whizzed past his ear.
The pharmacist said he then got his second gun from a nearby drawer, a Taurus "Judge.”
After he had the big gun, Ersland said, the second robber ran.
But as he started to chase after the second robber, Ersland said, he looked back to see the 16-year-old he had shot in the head getting up again. Ersland said he then emptied the Kel-Tec .380 into the boy’s chest as he kept going after the second robber.
"I went after the other guy, but he was real fast and I’m crippled,” Ersland said.
Outside the pharmacy, he said he saw what he thought was a third black male in a car with the engine running and reaching for what appeared to be a shotgun.
"I pulled out my ‘Judge’ and pointed it right between his eyes and he floored it,” Ersland said.
The investigation
Because of the sensitive nature of the investigation, police said they could not confirm any of Ersland’s story, including whether Ersland was shot, whether the robbers ever fired on him or even if Parker was armed. On Thursday, police were still looking for the second robber, described as a black man in his 20s, about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighing about 175 pounds. The man was last seen wearing a red shirt and dark pants.
A man was arrested about a block away after crashing a stolen car that fit the description Ersland gave, but police said the man has not been linked to the robbery.
After the gunfire
When he went back in the pharmacy, Ersland said, he called police.
"I asked if the girls were all right, and they were in the back crying,” he said. "I was glad to know they were alive. We were lucky and I’m glad I defended us, because I feel that a person has a right to defend themselves at their home or at their work. People deserve to be safe and not be afraid of people that want to take money when they don’t work for it.”
That’s what the Second Amendment and the state’s "concealed carry” license are for, he said.
"Fortunately, God made them miss me, except for this minor scratch,” Ersland said.
"I was able to return fire and protect the girls’ lives. God was helping me.”
The Judge, by Taurus (weighs 36 oz, unloaded)
The "Executioner", aka KelTec P3-AT. (weighs 8.3 oz unloaded, less than 11 oz loaded)
Even more, if the kid is armed and is aggresive, he should expect to be met with at least equal or more force. If the libtards get their way with “gun control”, aka people control, the only ones that will be armed will be the stupid thug kids. How well will that work? I guess we will be left with machetes, dogs, baseball bats, lead filled pipes, Kitchen knives and anything else we can find to defend ourselves from these unraised thugs. Sucks to be them because they will be hurt a lot worse.
I truly believe that in certain inner-city communities, armed robbery is so common among the young, male residents that it's seen as a normal occupation and the people in this community who enable this are shocked when someone resists and defends themselves, reacting, "How dare you kill him? He was only robbing you! This is what we do!"
It probably means the security system had out of state monitoring and they are not sure the judge will be able to enforce a gag order to keep said video footage off of YouTube if they prosecute the victim.
The Kel-Tec should be considered intermediary protection while going for the heavy stuff - which is eggsactly what the good pharmacist did.
Fixed it.
You are 100% correct...robbery is a normal occurance.
Be sure to catch 1:40 --wow!
>>>>> The Kel-Tec should be considered intermediary protection while going for the heavy stuff - which is eggsactly what the good pharmacist did. <<<<<<
I kind of see your point.
The Judge is “scary” looking (to a perp).
But the little Kel-Tec did the heavy lifting.
E Gads! That is probably spot on. I honestly bow to your insight. (The police dodge still stinks, though...)
Wow. I completely missed this detail when I was posting this article. Hasn't been linked to the robbery? I guess not only is the thug code of "no snitchin'" alive and well in OKC but it looks like the cops are walking on rice paper, afraid of offending the delicate sensibilities of certain demographics they serve.
“It is really disturbing to me that the “Black Community” is upset that a criminal robber is killed. I would think they would be happy to be rid of him.
I suspect some are but they are in the minority.”
Same thing happened in California recently. A little gang banger killed a cop. IIRC, the perp got shot and the ‘hood’ protested and raised cain over it.
I hope Mr. Ersland is being extra careful. Might be a marked man.
.380 to the head slowed the perp down. Hmmm
Just posted this on my Facebook page, with a memo that said, “If this man had gone to work unarmed on Thursday, he and four other innocent people would be dead today.” Just waiting for the liberal heads to explode!
Thick skull, slow bullet.
I just love good news...
No, they B “Loud Talkin Jive Assed MF’ers” trying to blame a man for defending himself and others.
The perps had the ability, opportunity and placed this man and other’s lives in jepoardy, so deadly force is authorized.
One less obuma supporter to receive that weekly welfare check in de mail. I guess ole Antwan will no longer be Monkeying-Up with those whiteys on the bounce.
Molon Labe,
NSNR
I wonder if the Police Detectives have checked any of the local ski clubs to see if the......
..Just kidding.
You wear a mask, you get shot and shot dead.
Jerome should get a town award of ten grand.
You’ll find it anywhere.
That kind of idiocy transcends race.
My cousin is a pharmacist. He was robbed at work at the pharmacy counter a few weeks ago. My cousin was not armed, but ran out to the parking lot, got the perps liscense number and they arrested the perp. Cousin has to now testify in court. Armed Perp demanded pain killer drugs. This was in a northern WI small town.
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