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**71yo Ex-Marine** Customer who police say shot Plantation robbers a Clint Eastwood type
.sun-sentinel.com/ ^ | 11:29 AM EDT | Andrew Tran

Posted on 06/28/2007 8:37:09 AM PDT by dennisw

PLANTATION -- One gunman is dead and another is in critical condition after they tried to rob a sandwich store and were shot by an armed customer Wednesday night, authorities said.

Donicio Arrindell, 22, of North Lauderdale, and Fredrick Gadson, 21, of Fort Lauderdale, entered a Subway restaurant at 1949 N. Pine Island Rd. and demanded money at gunpoint about 11:17 p.m., said Detective Robert Rettig, a police spokesman.

They then attempted to rob the lone customer, John Lovell, 71, of Plantation, by forcing him into the restroom, but Lovell, who was legally armed, pulled his gun and fired, police said.

Arrindell collapsed at the scene, while a police K9 unit found Gadson hiding in a hedge in front of a nearby bank at the Jacaranda Square shopping center, officials said.

Both men were taken to Broward General Medical Center, where Arrindell died.

Gadson was in critical but stable condition, investigators said.

Police said Lovell

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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ...
Ya gotta love this. A "Clint Eastwood" type, as if that were a bad thing (although as others here have already pointed out, this refers to roles that actor has played; not the man himself).

In other words, this brave and capable Marine is a *bad guy* because he successfully countered and ended the crime careers of these two goblins, who the same leftmedia pu$$ies would doubtless portray as "victims".

This guy should get a medal. And doom on the criminals and their media enablers.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

41 posted on 06/28/2007 2:10:22 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: Larry Lucido
"Don’t mess with a Marine. I don’t care how old they are."

Yah. And the same goes for ornery USN FMF medics. $;-)

42 posted on 06/28/2007 2:12:28 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: Joe Brower

I think you misread. It was a friend who called him a “quiet Clint Eastwood-type you don’t want to mess with.” The reaction of the police is not given.


43 posted on 06/28/2007 2:13:42 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Joe Brower

Thanks for the good news ping.

That Subway became the wrong Oneway for these thugs.


44 posted on 06/28/2007 2:17:24 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Why do liberals thrive on bad news for America?)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Yes, I think you're right.

But doom on the bad guys and their media supporters anyway. $:-)

45 posted on 06/28/2007 2:32:30 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: A. Patriot

Yeah, holding a pistol sideways gangsta style kinda makes it hard to focus on the front sight.


46 posted on 06/28/2007 2:46:07 PM PDT by Noumenon (The Koran is the Mein Kampf of a religion that has always aimed to eliminate the others - O. Fallaci)
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To: dennisw

Nice work. Doing the job the cops and the courts won’t do. Give the guy a case of ammo.


47 posted on 06/28/2007 3:10:29 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: wideawake

LOL! Perfect.


48 posted on 06/28/2007 3:14:25 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: dennisw

“”Kathy East, a teacher at Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale, said her son Matthew was a longtime friend of Arrindell and Gadson. The three boys attended Coconut Creek High School together, said East, of North Lauderdale.

Arrindell didn’t graduate but was pursuing his GED, she said.

“I’m absolutely stunned he would have held up a store,” East said.””

This from a clueless educator. She will likely be equally stunned when her own son is one day arrested. Her sons friend Arrindell was a dropout LOSER. It’s the company you keep lady.


49 posted on 06/28/2007 3:14:47 PM PDT by Bogtrotter52 (Reading DU daily so you won't hafta)
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To: bicyclerepair
This is less than 1-MILE from my house. And I thought I heard a gunshot the other night! I’ve eaten at the subway many times. YAY for the Marines!!!

Sounds like your neighborhood is a bit safer. Blackbird.

50 posted on 06/28/2007 3:55:02 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (We stirred the melting pot (America), and incompetence floated to the top!)
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To: dennisw

Dead Perp:Donicio Arrindell

51 posted on 06/28/2007 4:12:47 PM PDT by csvset
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To: dennisw

Damn, I love it. I’ve eaten in this subway many times. I used to live right by it. I love it when a Charles Bronson type takes on the cockroaches of the planet. At least one of these little ba$tards will never rob another person.

Semper Fi’
Jarhead


52 posted on 06/28/2007 4:16:59 PM PDT by Buffettfan
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To: dennisw

Surveillance video?


53 posted on 06/28/2007 4:26:58 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: csvset

What a specimen!!


54 posted on 06/28/2007 4:50:47 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw
The thug's families have the nicest things to say about them.

I do hope they don't erect one of those inane " shrines " , featuring candles, stuffed animals and signs.

55 posted on 06/28/2007 4:57:36 PM PDT by csvset
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To: I still care
But I wonder how one armed old guy shot two armed young guys.

Good weapon, timing, speed, practice and keeping his head.

And in this case, given the shooters age, surprise no doubt, played a big factor here.

The two suspects probably never figured the old guy was armed.

56 posted on 06/28/2007 5:09:33 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: I still care
But I wonder how one armed old guy shot two armed young guys.

Good weapon, timing, speed, practice and keeping his head.

And in this case, given the shooters age, surprise no doubt, played a big factor here.

The two suspects probably never figured the old guy was armed.

In addition, I believe only one of the suspects were armed in this incident.

57 posted on 06/28/2007 5:20:44 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: shekkian

“Dyin’ ain’t much of a living.”


58 posted on 06/28/2007 5:32:15 PM PDT by kallisti (stop making sense)
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To: dennisw

Any scoop on the type of firearms involved?


59 posted on 06/28/2007 5:43:33 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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Famous last words....

Ah crap, the ole man’s got a gun. BANG!


60 posted on 06/28/2007 5:47:33 PM PDT by spectr17 (What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?)
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