machinecraig
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A fatal shooting from a few weeks ago in Richmond, VA - story still unfolding:
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/policebeat.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-09-08-0136.html
Excerpt from the article:
I hate that a foiled armed robbery could end with the manager going to Jail. This could just as easily been a story about the innocents who were shot in the ice cream parlor after complying. :banghead:
No mention of whether the manager was licensed to carry - I hope for his sake he is.
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/policebeat.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-09-08-0136.html
Excerpt from the article:
On Thursday night, Richmond police said, Davis entered the store with a BB-gun copy of a semiautomatic handgun and demanded money from the cash register. He then ordered two ice-cream parlor employees to retreat to the back of the store. That's when the manager got his gun and fired at least eight shots at the suspect, investigators said.
One of the shots shattered the window to the store. Police said one shot hit 43-year-old Davis in the hand, and another struck him in the back. There was no indication that Davis used his BB gun.
Police yesterday were awaiting results of tests by the state medical examiner's office to determine the exact position and location of Davis' body when he was shot.
They also made a public plea for a witness to the shooting who was in the store at the time to come forward and tell them what he saw. Detectives have also interviewed the clerk who was working at the store at the time of the robbery.
Prosecutors at the Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney's Office yesterday were still reviewing whether charges would be filed in the fatal shooting. Officials did not release the name of the manager who fired the shots.
Among the issues law enforcement authorities are considering is when and where Davis was shot. Investigators said shell casings from the weapon used in the shooting were found inside and outside the store.
Also to be determined is whether the suspect was a threat to the employees when the shots were fired. Virginia law allows a person to use deadly force in self-defense only if his safety is threatened.
I hate that a foiled armed robbery could end with the manager going to Jail. This could just as easily been a story about the innocents who were shot in the ice cream parlor after complying. :banghead:
No mention of whether the manager was licensed to carry - I hope for his sake he is.
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