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St. Paul man acted in self-defense shooting teen, prosecutor says(MN)
pioneer press ^ | 6-4-14 | Tad Vezner

Posted on 06/05/2014 5:54:48 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

The Ramsey County attorney's office won't press charges against a St. Paul man who shot and wounded another man in a grocery store parking lot last month, saying the shooting was in self-defense.

On the evening of May 21, Bee Thao, 21, shot Keyonte Thompson, 19, also of St. Paul, outside Rainbow Foods at 892 Arcade St. Thompson, shot in the torso, survived after being taken to Regions Hospital.

Thao, who remained at the scene, was detained but not arrested.

A witness sitting in a car in the parking lot told police she saw Bee Thao come out of the store with a woman and child, with Thompson following them. The witness said she saw Thompson punch Thao in the face, before Thao pushed back with one hand, pulled out a handgun and shot him.

The woman with Thao, his mother, told police that they went to the store to buy medication and milk and that they left after Thompson began following them. She said Thompson came up behind them, grabbed Thao by the shoulder, punched him and grabbed him by the neck before Thao shot him.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: banglist; carry
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To: Rinnwald
"Keyonte was only wounded according to the story>"

My mistake. Less wishful thinking and more careful ready next time.

21 posted on 06/05/2014 7:34:42 AM PDT by drpix
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To: TurboZamboni
shot in the torso

Reporting to day is completely worthless. I thought the aritcle said earlier he'd been shot in the parking lot.

22 posted on 06/05/2014 7:41:03 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: TurboZamboni

“...before Thao pushed back with one hand, pulled out a handgun and shot him. “

If it needs shooting once, it needs shooting three times, and if you practice you can get all three on target before he hits the pavement and goes out of play.


23 posted on 06/05/2014 7:47:31 AM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Fireone

LOL...Keynote could probably never grasp that concept if his life depended on it...and it did!


24 posted on 06/05/2014 7:54:02 AM PDT by gr8eman (A good rant should have the word "crap" in it at least 4 times!)
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To: moovova

Nah, she simply couldn’t spell it correctly on the birf certificate.


25 posted on 06/05/2014 8:24:26 AM PDT by SgtHooper (This is not my tag!)
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To: Vaquero

It must have many names because I have heard it called the Israeli drill as well....but either way it works


26 posted on 06/05/2014 10:03:28 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: defconw

You’d have a 95% chance of being correct.


27 posted on 06/05/2014 10:53:32 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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