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Robbery suspect shot, faces charges(AL)
fox10tv.com ^ | 31 January, 2012 | Renee Dials

Posted on 02/01/2012 5:40:06 PM PST by marktwain

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The tables were turned on a suspected would-be robber early Monday morning.

It was after 4 a.m. when Eddie Richardson pulled up in front of his house on Center Street. But before he could get out of his car, he said two armed men were at his window with guns drawn.

"What they said when they walked to the car; they said, 'Give it up,'" Richardson said.

The robbers surprised Mr. Richardson, but he had a surprise of his own for them.

"I took my pistol out, and I shot his (expletive)," Richardson said.

One of the bandits was hit in the hand. He dropped his gun.

"I shot him right here, cause I got out the car; and I started shooting right then. I shot him. He dropped his gun. It went right up under the tire. They got his gun," Richardson said.

The robbers ran off, and that's when the exchange of gunfire started.

Richardson said he's never been in trouble and is just a working man. In fact, he said he didn't know if he'd survive the encounter.

"They was trying to rob me, and I didn't go for that," he said.

Police captured one of the suspects when he showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound. He had to have surgery. When he gets out, he'll be facing charges.

As of Monday afternoon, police are not releasing the suspect’s name. They expect him to be charged Tuesday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: al; banglist; car; defense
Discouraging article for potential carjackers.
1 posted on 02/01/2012 5:40:10 PM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Discouraging armament for would be car jackers.


2 posted on 02/01/2012 5:46:10 PM PST by I see my hands (The old sod ne'er shall be forgot.)
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To: marktwain

3 posted on 02/01/2012 5:48:01 PM PST by matt04
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To: I see my hands

Would make a nice little snake gun also :^)


4 posted on 02/01/2012 5:49:33 PM PST by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun

Of course, allowing that they travel in packs these days. Or rhumbas.


5 posted on 02/01/2012 5:52:56 PM PST by I see my hands (The old sod ne'er shall be forgot.)
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To: marktwain
"They was trying to rob me, and I didn't go for that," he said.

Thanks to the Second Amendment, you had a choice besides going for that and being dead.

6 posted on 02/01/2012 6:21:27 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: marktwain
"I took my pistol out, and I shot his (expletive)," Richardson said.

One of the bandits was hit in the hand. He dropped his gun.

I didn't know "hand" was an expletive.

7 posted on 02/01/2012 6:28:37 PM PST by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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To: I see my hands


8 posted on 02/01/2012 7:31:43 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: seowulf

Maybe the bullet went through his hand, and that prevented his expletive from being injured.


9 posted on 02/01/2012 8:10:41 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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