8-10 Front Page of the Memphis Newspaper

[BryanP]

The sale to Evans wasn't illegal, officials said, though the weapon should eventually have been registered.

Huh?

Last time I checked we didn't have gun registration in TN.

 

[Seminole]

Huh?

Last time I checked we didn't have gun registration in TN.

I just spoke to the reporter, who said that the line about "registration" was a mistake. He said had been unaware that a carry permit and registration aren't the same thing and that some states actually required all guns to be registered, but that someone had already contacted him and pointed out the error.

Just goes to show, not all mis-statements about gun issues in the press are due to malice--sometimes they can be due to simple ignorance and thus easily corrected.

 

[buzz_knox]

Except that they are rarely corrected. Think the paper will run a correction clarifying this matter? I doubt it.

 

[Seminole]

You could ask the reporter yourself. I'm in the process of sending an e-mail to him inviting him to take a look at the discussion of the story on THR. If he doesn't make his presence known, you could e-mail him at [email protected]. Regardless of whether he makes a public appearance here or not, I'm sure it will be helpful if we treat him in the welcoming way we normally treat other newcomers and that is reflected in The High Road's name.

 

[benEzra]

Evans had just gotten off work at Hershey Foods, where he's a sanitation worker. He was wearing his uniform and a blue hairnet.

Good thing he didn't work for Weyerhauser; he'd be unarmed and probably dead. Since W. employees aren't allowed to defend themselves on the way to and from work...

 

[countertop]

With everyone talking about sending his gun to the smith's and getting him a cleaning kit, has anyone looked into setting upa fund to purchase him a new S&W revolver, so he is ensured it won't jam up. Maybe a semi auto something or other with more than 6 rounds to keep at home for when this goblin's homies come looking for payback.

 

[Jim March]

Baby oil is just scented mineral oil...not really a bad thing to use on a gun.

 

[Mongo the Mutterer]

Thankfully, they didn't charge Evans. Good on him. Hell of a thing to have to do, but he won... he's alive. And he's not a willing victim.

My sentiments also about the possiblity of payback. Let's get this guy a gun, like the fellow in Indiana.

 

[johnster999]

Best story I've read all year. Makes my day a little brighter

999

 

[brian roberts]

Send a copy......

of this over to sarah brady's site

 

[GunGoBoom]

Hilarious on so many levels. First, baby oil as lube for his gun. Second, dead robber. Third:

"When he turned around, I unloaded six rounds in him," Evans said. "He didn't have a chance."
....

the other suspect came out of the bank. "He took off running."
He tried to shoot that suspect too, but his gun wouldn't fire.

Well, that's what happens when you unload all 6 into the first guy - lol. Too bad he didn't have a modern large frame Taurus or Smith - then he'd have had 1 or 2 more rounds to work with.

 

[bcbr]

shooting

Glad you posted these articles
As the local yokel no news reporters claim man takes laws into his own hands,and proceeds with some cop saying not the way to handle this ,that is our job etc.
Some thing similar happened out in Collierville a while back and it was man takes law into his own hands.
all we can say is good for him and ,yes it is legal to purchace a firearm in a parking lot,always has been and always will be.
No matter what is written,seriously .it is legal for private sales etc.
I pick up a BHP at Guns and Ammo yesterday and the news folks called and asked about increased gun sales due to all the car jackings. Socialist morons.

 

[Yowza]

I can't help thinking that it's incredibly lucky for him that the gun jammed when it did. I'm not sure he wouldn't have been charged if he had shot a fleeing, unarmed perpetrator, especially given his candor with the media. Glad everything worked out the way it did for him.

Rick

 

[NineseveN]

I got $50.00 to fund a new revolver, some ammo and a CCW class. Let's get this started, for real. I am terrible at organizing, but I'll throw down some cashola and help shop for the gun.

Seriously folks, can't we at least do this one thing together?

Added a link to this on my Firearms Blog.

 

[Seminole]

Ok. If there is interest, I will volunteer to coordinate this. I was going to try to get in touch with Mr. Evans this weekend anyway to see if I could help on my own. Anybody else who is interested in making a contribution, let me know.

 

[NineseveN]

How about a gift certificate for ther value of a new revolver in a local shop? Might be easier to reconcile that way?

 

[Golden Saber]

Seminfole:

Thanks for stepping up to the plate, and count me in. Will PM you with my contact info.

Golden Saber

 

[Golden Saber]

8/12 Article: Dead robbery suspect ID'd

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_3996684,00.html

Dead robbery suspect ID'd

Victim shot teen; 2nd robber sought by police

By Bill Dries
August 12, 2005

The robbery suspect killed Tuesday by his victim at a South Memphis bank was identified by police Thursday as Leverett Dickson, 17, of Memphis.

Memphis police were still looking for a second suspect in the attempted robbery of Jacob Evans.

Prosecutors have ruled the shooting as justifiable. and Evans will not be charged with any crime.

Police provided no background information Thursday on Dickson, although they noted that family members told investigators the teenager used an alias, Donnell A. Walls, whenever he was arrested.

Evans was abducted at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon at his home in the 300 block of Edsel. Two men, who Evans said had robbed him three weeks earlier, made him drive to the First Tennessee branch at 1200 S. Third.

They ordered him to withdraw $10,000, but he didn't have a withdrawal slip.

One of the robbers went to get a slip. When he did, Evans pulled out a .357 Magnum and shot Dickson six times.

Dickson was sitting in the back seat of the car holding a 9 mm handgun and a .22 caliber rifle.

The second robber returned to the car when he heard the gunfire. Evans tried to shoot him, but his gun jammed and the robber fled.

Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 528-CASH or the police Homicide Bureau at 545-5300.

-- Bill Dries: 529-2643

Copyright 2005, commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN. All Rights Reserved.

 

[Golden Saber]

Police provided no background information Thursday on Dickson, although they noted that family members told investigators the teenager used an alias, Donnell A. Walls, whenever he was arrested.

And that, my friends, is part of the problem.

 

[Golden Saber]

8/13 Article: Teen charged in kidnapping case

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_3999248,00.html

Teen charged in kidnapping case

Second suspect found in botched bank lot robbery

By Magen Howard
August 13, 2005

Police on Friday charged a Memphis teenager with taking part in an attempted robbery that ended when the victim pulled his own gun and shot to death an armed kidnapper.

Alonzo Thomas, 17, turned himself in to police Thursday afternoon and was charged Friday with two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated kidnapping.

Police say he had joined 17-year-old Leverett Dickson in the attempt to rob Jacob Evans, 59, Tuesday after work, and ran off when the shooting started.

Evans was jumped by two older teenagers as he drove up to his home in the 300 block of Edsel. The two forced him into his Lincoln Town Car and made him drive to a bank where they wanted him to withdraw $10,000.

One robber, identified by police as Thomas, went into the First Tennessee at 1200 S. Third to fetch a withdrawal slip and gave his pistol to Dickson, who already had a .22-caliber rifle. Evans -- who said he'd been robbed of $465 by the pair three weeks earlier -- reached under his car seat, turned and emptied his newly bought .357 Magnum into Dickson.

Evans then reloaded his gun, which jammed when he tried to shoot.

Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons said the shooting was justifiable. Evans was not charged.

"Once we identified Leverett, it was a simple matter of doing an investigation into his known accomplices, his known acquaintances," Sgt. Vince Higgins said.

"We met one-by-one and put the pressure on, and Mr. Thomas turned himself in," Higgins said.

Thomas has previous arrests for car theft, theft, disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, running away and disorderly conduct, dating to 2002.

Dickson also had previous arrests, including car thefts, disorderly conduct and running away.

Thomas had been in Juvenile Court custody three times; Dickson once.

Copyright 2005, commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN. All Rights Reserved.

 

[DorGunR]

Thank you Mr Evans..........good job sir. Also I'm proud to have been a newspaper boy and delivered the Commercial Appeal..........but that was 60 years ago.

 

[Seminole]

I placed a call to Mr. Evans today. Quite understandably, he didn't anwer the phone himself, but I left a message on the answering machine telling him that some of my friends and I would like to help him get a functioning weapon and get him the appropriate training for a Handgun Carry Permit (the Tennessee version of a CCL). I'll keep you posted on things as they develop. In the meantime, if you would be willing to contribute, please PM me.

 

[The Viking]

I read that some states charge criminals with murder/manslaughter if their partner is killed during the commision of a crime (killed by the victim etc). Is Tennesse one of those states?

Oh, and Mr. Evans is the hero of the day. He made damn sure the little punk would not try to pull that $#!7 EVER again

 

[Rabbi]

Mr. Evans is definitely one of us.

 

[Lucky]

I guess I can spare 10 bucks, do you have paypal?

P.S. Robbers demanding $10,000 are awfully optimistic. I don't know many people who aren't in debt by at least that much.