Posted on 01/25/2012 10:50:00 AM PST by KeyLargo
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Employee shot and killed robber at Gary Rally's
By Lauri Harvey Keagle lauri.keagle@nwi.com, (219) 852-4311 | Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:08 am
GARY | A man found dead in the parking lot of a Rally's restaurant after an armed robbery there was one of the robbers and was shot and killed by an employee fearing for his life, police said.
Sgt. Nelson Otuna said released the information on the Jan. 11 shooting death Wednesday morning.
"The employee feared for his life and his partner's, grabbed his weapon and shot at the offenders as they went running," Otuna said. "The employee didn't know (the man was shot and died). He's having a hard time with this."
Marcus Patillo, 24, of Merrillville was found dead just before 3 p.m. Jan. 11 in a vacant lot in the 3600 block of Washington Street after being found by a nearby resident. He was wearing all black and a stocking mask when his body was discovered, police said.
About 12 hours earlier, two men entered an east door at Rally's and tried to rob a manager and employee. The employee fired at the offenders before jumping through a drive-through window and fleeing westbound.
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God forgive me, but I love me some Rally’s....oh and good shootin’, Tex!
A shooting in Gary IN is news?
Many would-be molestors would view the number of scalps displayed on the village effigy pole and decide to take their "business" elsewhere.
Corection: "...oh and good shootin', HOOSIER!
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Good guys shooting bad guys is news in Gary. It's unusual. They quit reporting bad guys shooting bad guys 30 years ago.
“A shooting in Gary IN is news?”
NO....
A shooting where the intended victim SURVIVES in Gary, Indiana is news.
I imagine he’ll be immediately fired from the job for having a weapon at work.
On the night shift...
In Gary, Indiana...
First one at Rally’s......on Wednesday.
We had an old mill we wanted to sell in Gary a few years back. We sent out a surveyor out to mark out the property boundaries....silly guy went outside the barbwire....found him dead a few days later.
“silly guy went outside the barbwire....found him dead a few days later. “
Was this in Somalia?
“silly guy went outside the barbwire....found him dead a few days later. “
Was this in Somalia?
Was this in Somalia?
...Somalia on Lake Michigan.
Michael Jackson Shrine Gary, Indiana 
Instead, how about a collection of gang banger ball caps collected from dead perps shot by the good guys?
On January 11, 2012, shortly after 2:20 a.m., 24-year-old Marcus Patillo from 5864 Massachusetts Street, was reportedly shot dead during a botched holdup at Rally’s Hamburgers at 910 West 5th Avenue, in Gary, Indiana.
Run like a chicken with his head cut-off.
Would be nice if they included the calibers involved with articles of this type.
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