Posted on 01/23/2010 6:09:20 AM PST by marktwain
A man who put a container on a pharmacy counter, claimed it was a bomb and demanded prescription drugs left after the pharmacist wielded a shotgun.
The pharmacist at the Kansas City, Kan., pharmacy at 4501 Rainbow Blvd. fired at the would-be robber as he drove off in a car, police said.
It is not know if the robber or his car was hit in the incident about 11:30 a.m., they said. The bomb squad soon determined that the package was not a bomb.
The crime is similar to another incident Jan. 4 in Overland Park where a robber put a clock taped to a box on a pharmacy counter, said it was a bomb and left with a small amount of drugs.
Police said they do not know whether the two incidents are related.
Kansas City, Kan., police said the robber today was a heavy-set, white male with short, gray hair and a beard and about 50 to 60 years old.
He drove an early 2000 model, four-door Ford Taurus that was either blue or gray with Johnson County tags.
Shotgun fire might have damaged the car’s right rear quarter panel, they said.
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Salute you KCMO pharmacist today !
The best Rx to treat criminals is a good firearm.
Apparently you can fire at a fleeing criminal in Kansas. (Don’t try that at home kids.)
Are you thinking of Oklahoma city?
"The pharmacist at the Kansas City, Kan., pharmacy at 4501 Rainbow Blvd."
Whoops...
BINGO! No wonder people consider leaving New York.
KCKS - different state.
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