Posted on 01/24/2020 4:40:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
A pizza delivery driver shot three of four suspects who tried to rob him during a late-night delivery, police in North Carolina said.
The man said he was delivering a pizza at an apartment complex in east Charlotte late Monday night when he was approached by four suspects who pointed what appeared to be an assault rifle at his head, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
The driver then pulled out his own pistol and fired at the suspects, causing them to flee the scene, CBS affiliate WBTV reported.
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Officers said they quickly tracked down three of the suspects, including two with gunshot wounds. A fourth was located at a nearby hospital after he was dropped off for treatment. All three wounded suspects are expected to survive.
Police say a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old were charged as juveniles with robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery. Toybyus Banks, 18, and Nemiah McInnis, 20, are facing the same charges as adults.
Officers said they later determined that the object the suspects used to rob the delivery driver was actually a toy rifle painted to look like a real firearm.
I love a feel good story.
Don’t bring a toy rifle to a gunfight.
“Toybyus”.
Officers said they later determined that the object the suspects used to rob the delivery driver was actually a toy rifle painted to look like a real firearm.
It's like Toys 'R' Us, only different.
Yeah, but
1) the driver will be fired and
2) he and the pizza joint will be sued by the suspects.
Put me on the jury. Not only will he be found not guilty, but I’ll shake his hand afterwards, and tell him he did good.
Don’t carry a toy rifle to a gun fight.
Nice shootin’, Tex.
Only 3 out of 4? Room for improvement.
Not everyone can be Bernie Goetz.
“Toybyus”
Might as well live a life of crime as no he’ll never find decent employment with that name.
Does Pizza Delivery pay enough to have to wary carry?
Of course there could be a new meaning for issuing pepper-roni.
“Wait, you forgot your pepper and parmesan!”
Toybyus and Nemiah ... I’m going to punt here and guess they pronounce those names “Tobias” and “Nehemiah.”
Driver needs a bigger caliber weapon with Extreme Shock ammo.
You just put it all in perspective for me. I’m trying to figure out who would do that to their kids and now, of course, idiots who cannot or refuse to spell.
You only know the 4 perps were saying “Damn, this is gonna be great. Homeboy gonna sh*t himself when he sees this gun and we’ll get free pizza and all his cash and whatever else that fool got on him.”
Then things didn’t go as planned. LOL
A good, Irish name.
I knew a guy years ago that got robbed at gunpoint delivering pizzas in San Diego. He thought it was a fluke, a total one-off, until it happened a second time a couple months later. Quit his job as soon as he got back to the pizza store.
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