Suspected Robber Shot, Taken To Hospital(NC)

wsoctv.com ^ | 12 March, 2010 | NA

[marktwain]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a robber became a victim Thursday night.

Officers responded to a shooting at the Windsor Harbor apartments on Shamrock Drive just before 10 p.m. Thursday. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound to the neck.

Police said they believe the man was trying to commit a robbery when the intended victim shot him.

He was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

[marktwain]

Nice to see a proper use of the word "victim".

[freedumb2003]

Back to the shootin’ range... now the citizens pay for hospital treatment, food, clothing and shelter for this scumbag.

All in all still a happy ending, tho.

[Hodar]

Gunshot wound to the neck, and it’s not life-threatening?

What did the homeowner use? A .22? This is where a shotgun would have been a better solution, you usually don’t give a person a non-life threatening neck wound with a shotgun blast.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

This news “writer” said robber was victim in lead sentence
and later said shooter was victim?

[Bean Counter]

[backwoods-engineer]

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a robber became a victim Thursday night.

Blatantly leftist media bias like this, and the moral elevation of victimhood, are why we are presently losing our Constitution and our rights. This very week.

[Candor7]

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a robber became a victim Thursday night. ?????????????????????

EFF wsoctv.

The victim defended himself.

[marktwain]

Gunshot wound to the neck, and it’s not life-threatening?

There are a fair amount of non vital areas in the neck.

[almcbean]

That headline is obviously wrong. It should say “Suspected Robber Shot, Denied Medical Treatment by Evil Insurance Companies”

[PreciousLiberty]

"Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a robber became a victim was shot in self-defense Thursday night."

There, fixed it. I'm sure the editor was taking a nap...

[Hodar]

There are a fair amount of non vital areas in the neck.

Well, aside from the spinal column, the Carotid Artery, the esophogus and exterior Juglar veins there are only a few, small areas that are not life-threatening. Assuming that the bullet misses these targets, the shock of the bullet passing nearby should have ruptured or done damage to these structures. For example, a 9mm hollowpoint would likely have had a much different ending than this caliber gave.

[marktwain]

True, but even a hollowpoint .45 might have only intersected .25 inches into the skin, or hit only muscle. It need not have been a solid pentration to result in bloody injury, or it might have been a lower powered caliber.