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Robbed twice, San Pablo shop owner was ready to shoot (Perp Killed)
SFGATE ^ | September 17, 2008 | Henry K. Lee

Posted on 09/17/2008 5:01:02 PM PDT by csvset

SAN PABLO --

Amariae Sanders was a 16-year-old boy who may have thought a San Pablo gift shop would be an easy mark. But when he vaulted the counter while armed with a sawed-off shotgun, he had no way of knowing that the store owner would fight back, police say.

Brian Wogsland, the owner of A&L Posters on San Pablo Ave., had been robbed twice before and was ready when Sanders and another young man entered about 5 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. He pulled a handgun and fired numerous shots, striking Sanders in the head and chest.

In an instant, Sanders was dead, and Wogsland was left trying to deal with the third - and most violent - incident over the past year in which he was targeted by robbers.

"He was pretty upset when we interviewed him," said police Sgt. Dave Lewellyn. "He obviously didn't want to have to shoot anybody. But he has been the victim of violent crime, and at some point he's going to have to take these kinds of measures to protect himself. He told us he was in fear for his life."

After Wogsland opened fire, the other would-be robber fled out the front door of the shop at 14650 San Pablo Ave. He remained at large today.

Sanders attended Delta Continuation High School in Richmond, officials said.

Police have contacted his mother, who lives in San Pablo. "She seemed to be a genuinely good person," Lewellyn said.

The most recent robbery at Wogsland's store happened two months ago. In one of the two earlier robberies, he was beaten and had a gun fired near his face, police said. Suspects have been arrested in at least one of the earlier cases.

Wogsland did not return a call today seeking comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: amariae; armedcitizen; bang; banglist; selfdefense
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He pulled a handgun and fired numerous shots, striking Sanders in the head and chest. In an instant, Sanders was dead

That was quick.

1 posted on 09/17/2008 5:01:03 PM PDT by csvset
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To: DaveLoneRanger

Armed citizen Ping


2 posted on 09/17/2008 5:01:43 PM PDT by csvset (Obama is the Milli Vanilli of politics)
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To: csvset

Nice.


3 posted on 09/17/2008 5:02:37 PM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: csvset

“I wouldn’t have the votes...” - Barack


4 posted on 09/17/2008 5:03:24 PM PDT by Harry Wurzbach
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To: csvset

Any bets on how soon the owner is sued by the perp’s mother?


5 posted on 09/17/2008 5:03:53 PM PDT by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: csvset

One criminal who’ll never pull a sawed-off shotgun on an innocent business owner again. Wonder if he thinks it was the smartest thing to do now that he’s smoking in hell.


6 posted on 09/17/2008 5:04:17 PM PDT by mrsmel
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Give him a medal!


7 posted on 09/17/2008 5:04:56 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine ("Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.")
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To: csvset

A 16 year old punk with a federally prohibited weapon, a sawed-off shotgun.

Glad the bastard is dead. One less piece of crap off the streets and one less very deadly weapon out of circulation.

This shooting was the kind of gun control I like - deadly accurate.

Feel sorry for the punk’s mother/family. They are also the victims of Sanders criminality.


8 posted on 09/17/2008 5:05:12 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: csvset

Good shooting. That’s another criminal taken off the streets.


9 posted on 09/17/2008 5:05:49 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: loungitude

I am all misty eyed. Oh well. Time to go bowling.


10 posted on 09/17/2008 5:06:15 PM PDT by healy61
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To: Panzerlied

I hope even in moonbat SF, a jury won’t believe that a man who had three thugs against one, one armed with a sawed-off shotgun, didn’t have the right to defend himself.


11 posted on 09/17/2008 5:06:40 PM PDT by mrsmel
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To: csvset

Tap....tap.


12 posted on 09/17/2008 5:07:42 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
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To: csvset

In the Bay Area, the only acceptable response to violent crime is to ball up in the fetal position.


13 posted on 09/17/2008 5:09:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: csvset

In the Bay Area, the only acceptable response to violent crime is to ball up in the fetal position.


14 posted on 09/17/2008 5:09:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: csvset
I'm going to be carrying in the very near future, and I love it that the uncertainty of personal fate will be completely any aggressor of mine's worry and problem.

I will kind of...pity...them. ;-)

15 posted on 09/17/2008 5:10:40 PM PDT by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: csvset
~sniff~ I just love a happy ending.
16 posted on 09/17/2008 5:12:22 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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Obama’s campaign has reacted quickly with this statement:

According to the police report, it has come to our attention that the shop owner did not advise the victim of this brutal and gruesome attack of his Miranda rights.

It is quite clear, and let’s be honest and get this straight, the shop owner willfully, and with extreme malice, violated the victim’s constitutional rights.

Therefore, we will seek to prosecute the perpetrator of this heinous crime, against a person who’s liberties were violated in such a despicable manner, to the full extent of the law.

We can unequivocally guarantee that under an Obama administration, criminals will never again be treated in such a disgusting and vile manner.


17 posted on 09/17/2008 5:15:21 PM PDT by waus
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To: csvset

Give the guy a key to the city and praise their name.


18 posted on 09/17/2008 5:17:40 PM PDT by kempo
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"Nice"

Yep, shop owner gets to try to sleep with thoughts of having offed a kid, and the kid's mother gets to spend the rest of her life thinking about the kid she used to have.

A kind of win - win situation, huh?

19 posted on 09/17/2008 5:18:22 PM PDT by editor-surveyor ( If Obama had Palin's resume and experience Obama would be qualified to be VP too.)
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A kind of win - win situation, huh?

You forgot the third win. The lessening of the burden placed upon the taxpayers to deal with the perp should he have been arrested, let out of prison, and made free to victimize once again.

20 posted on 09/17/2008 5:20:52 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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