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Authorities: Greer man died in shootout with woman who attempted to rob him(SC)
goupstate.com ^ | 31 January, 2012 | Kim Kimzey

Posted on 02/01/2012 5:47:45 PM PST by marktwain

A 62-year-old Greer homeowner died as a result of a shootout with a woman who attempted to rob him at gunpoint at his front door, authorities said Tuesday evening.

Greer Police Lt. Jim Holcombe said officers responded to a 911 call at 9:18 a.m. Monday at 203 Pelham St., and found two people with gunshot wounds inside the residence.

“The investigation revealed that the homeowner answered the door at his residence, and the suspect asked for some money. When the victim refused to give her any money, she pulled a gun and he (then) pulled a gun,” according to a written statement from the Greer Police Department.

The Greenville County Coroner's Office identified the homeowner as Douglas J. Burgess Jr. Burgess died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the chest, Greenville County Deputy Coroner Kent Dill said via phone. Burgess was pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspect, identified as Tamika Yvette Weatherspoon, 34, was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where she died in surgery at 10:32 a.m. Monday. Her last known address was 101 Tremont Ave. in Greer. An autopsy revealed she died as a result of a single gunshot wound to an upper leg, Dill said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; defense; home; sc
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To: marktwain

Please, friends, never open your door. Tell your friends to call you from outside if they show up unannounced.


21 posted on 02/01/2012 6:25:09 PM PST by fightinJAG (So many seem to have lost their sense of smell . . .)
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To: grobdriver
You have obviously not hunted wild boars.

Gosh, I haven't hunted wild boars either but I had no idea it could be obvious.

22 posted on 02/01/2012 6:25:46 PM PST by Misterioso
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To: funfan

Its called the femoral artery and you can bleed out from it in less than 60 seconds.


23 posted on 02/01/2012 6:27:07 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Thane_Banquo

You bring up some good points. Maybe a strategery would have worked better, then shoot her.


24 posted on 02/01/2012 6:29:21 PM PST by fightinJAG (So many seem to have lost their sense of smell . . .)
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To: Farmer Dean
She died in surgery,probably threw a clot to the lungs and that killed her.

Could have been the surgeon's vain attempt to find the heart of a Heartless Bi**ch.

25 posted on 02/01/2012 6:49:48 PM PST by WesternPacific (Deafness has its Advantages)
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To: marktwain

Black on white crime yet again.

Black criminals like to target whites as they think they don’t carry guns. Glad this one figured wrong. Just wish the criminal died instead.


26 posted on 02/01/2012 6:53:57 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: funfan

Dude you have large arteries and veins in your leg. You can bleed out in a little over a minute, enough to lose consciousness and then die.


27 posted on 02/01/2012 6:55:38 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Bryanw92

I don’t discriminate between Amish or English at my house. If I don’t know you, you’re getting scoped out.


28 posted on 02/01/2012 6:58:06 PM PST by NorthStarStateConservative (The Democrat Party: Making Black People Slaves in Some Form Or The Other Since the 1850s)
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To: marktwain

Tamika?
Do I even have to ask?


29 posted on 02/01/2012 7:03:49 PM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: grobdriver

30 posted on 02/01/2012 7:13:25 PM PST by libh8er
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To: patriot08

Well.. you did and your answer is above.


31 posted on 02/01/2012 7:14:34 PM PST by libh8er
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To: marktwain
JAF0V...
32 posted on 02/01/2012 7:16:49 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: downtownconservative

I think it was Sean Taylor, a Washington Redskins defender, who was shot in the leg during a robbery. He bled out before help could get to him.


33 posted on 02/01/2012 7:37:09 PM PST by Ax ( He's the only guy I ever knew that was trampled in a giraffe stampede.)
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To: funfan

Did you see Blackhawk Down? There was a scene in the movie like that. Any hit to any artery will result in a massive loss of blood.


34 posted on 02/01/2012 7:43:59 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: Cicero

Another one of 0dumb0shit’s & Holder’s people from “da hood”! No surprise there!


35 posted on 02/01/2012 7:51:18 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: Secret Agent Man

She did.


36 posted on 02/01/2012 8:35:58 PM PST by OldPossum
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To: libh8er

How sad. Just when Tamika was turning her life around.


37 posted on 02/01/2012 9:10:17 PM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: libh8er

How sad. Just when Tamika was turning her life around.


38 posted on 02/01/2012 9:10:39 PM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: funfan
I did not know you could die from a gunshot on your leg

So I am a little late, but it can and I am glad. He should have shot her immediately.. as she obviously did.
39 posted on 02/01/2012 10:43:30 PM PST by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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To: grobdriver

Is that a favorite tactic of wild boar? Where to they get the guns?

/sic


40 posted on 02/01/2012 10:56:20 PM PST by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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