Two of Obamas sons bite off more than they can chew.
Here is a link to a video of the incident:
http://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article56498303.html
Posted on 01/26/2016 7:36:36 AM PST by Iron Munro
South Carolina Barber, His Client Fatally Shoot Armed Robber During Stickup: 'I Was Thinking We Had To Keep Everybody Safe'
A would-be South Carolina robber who tried to stick up a barber shop was killed Friday when the lead stylist and his client pulled out their concealed weapons and opened fire on the intruder.
A second suspect is still on the lam following the raid at Next Up Barber Shop in Columbia, officials said. Store surveillance video caught the harrowing invasion -- and the resulting shooting.
The shop was packed with customers -- including young children -- when two gunmen stormed into the store and demanded cash, barber Brandon Dreher said.
"They forced all the customers and kids to put their hands up and they were starting to go in everyone's pockets," he told WLTX.
When the robbers demanded head barber Elmurray Bookman fork over his wallet, the stylist said it was on a chair across the room. As the gunman turned his back to find the money, the client in Bookman's chair pulled out a concealed weapon and shot at the suspect, he said.
Bookman, who was armed with a concealed gun, started shooting, too.
"I was thinking we had to keep everybody safe," he told The State newspaper.
Both men have concealed carry permits, officials said.
One of the thieves was shot and taken to a local hospital where he died, officials said. The second robber escaped, and police are still looking for the fugitive.
No one else in the barber shop was hurt during the robbery-turned-shooting.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says authorities are trying to locate the family of the suspect who died before releasing his identity, and officials have not identified the on-the-lam suspect.
Bookman urged anyone with information on the fugitive to call cops.
"If you know them, turn them in," he said. "Because if you don't, they're going to do somebody else like that and this time it could be an innocent victim getting killed."
Two of Obamas sons bite off more than they can chew.
Here is a link to a video of the incident:
http://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article56498303.html
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Doncha love a happy ending? :-)
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Never mind. I went to the link in the first post. I see the original post has all the info.
One of the thieves was shot and taken to a local hospital where he died, officials said. The second robber escaped, and police are still looking for the fugitive.
God bless South Carolina.
That detail is covered by reading the original post.
And when these two Darwiniacs burst in, patrons under barber capes were already drawing their weapons.
In an Untouchables episode, the gangster’s bodyguards opened up with Tommy guns from under their barber sheets.
Seems like a barber shop is a high-risk target for criminals. Lots of cash changing hands for sure, but lots of potentially armed clients in there as well.
"...right you are gentleman...be right with you..."
“Just take a little off in back.”
Thanks. I went to the link in the first post. I see the original post has all the info.
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If you read the article, only one was shot. Sadly, the second perp escaped.
Many surveillance videos do not have sound. I have a fair number of cameras and all of mine are silent like this one. They still provide a valuable record of activities, and in this case proved beyond a doubt that it was a "good shoot".
Did you read the next post after that one?
I went to the link in the first post. I see the original post has all the info.
Post 7
Doncha love a happy ending? :-)
Beautiful way to phrase it! Nine grams of lead!
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