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MO: Robbery of 'Police Bar' goes bad
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| 5 December, 2014
| Dean Weingarten
Posted on 12/06/2014 5:07:11 AM PST by marktwain
If you can avoid a shootout, it is usually the best solution. But sometimes, the shootout comes to you. A bar in St. Louis is a popular spot for retired and off duty officers. It has been robbed in the past. In 2008, a retired officer who was at the bar responded to an armed robber, shooting them. On that occasion, no one else was hurt. From ksdk.com:
An officer at the scene told NewsChannel 5's John Henry the establishment is popular with police officers. In 2008, the same former officer involved in Tuesday's shooting also shot a person who attempted to rob the same bar. That suspect survived, and no one else was hurt.
It did not turn out the same this time. This time three armed robbers entered the bar. The same retiree was there. One robber ran at the retired officer, and fired. The officer drew his concealed pistol, and fired back, hitting that robber in the eye, disabling him and putting him out of the fight. But the other two robbers started firing as well. The retired officer was wounded in the leg. He wounded one of the other robbers in the shoulder. It is not clear which robber shot him; a woman was shot in the back of the head by one robber; she died. Two more bar patrons were wounded. From ksdk.com:
That's when authorities say 20-year-old Derreaun Davis and the third suspect began firing their weapons. A 63-year-old woman was shot in the back of the head and was rushed to the hospital in critical and unstable condition. A 73-year-old man was shot in his ankle and fractured his tibia. He is listed in critical but stable condition. Another man, 66, was shot in his buttocks. He was taken to an area hospital where he was treated and released. The former officer was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition.
A very nasty situation all around. One innocent dead, three wounded. Two robbers wounded, one on the loose.
You would think that word would get around that this is a bar for armed robbers to avoid. But memories may be short, especially if you do not read the papers. Even with quick thinking and good marksmanship, the retired police officer was wounded with two other patrons and an innocent woman killed.
The world is not perfect, but it is small comfort to the survivors to know that it could have been worse.
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Gunfights are best avoided. Even if you have done everything right, things can easily go bad.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:07:11 AM PST
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
Sadly you or I would be breaking the law by carrying a gun in a bar while drinking.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:10:29 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: marktwain
—happened in Las Vegas several years ago—perp was killed by off duty cop with .25 automatic when he tried to hold up “cop” bar-—
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:13:38 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
To: marktwain
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:15:44 AM PST
by
MNDude
To: marktwain
Hope the robber shot in the eye lost his eye. I wish he was dead.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:17:13 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: marktwain
You would think that word would get around that this is a bar for armed robbers to avoid. <>It seems to me that maybe this attack might have been to kill the ex cop who shot the previous robber rather than a robbery. The three bad guys were apparently prepared to get shot at.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:18:12 AM PST
by
arthurus
To: marktwain; GeronL
A retired officer illegally brought a gun into a bar?
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:18:32 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: marktwain
Never try to rob a cop bar.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:19:05 AM PST
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: marktwain
Sounds like it may have been a gangsta revenge hit rather than a simple armed robbery:
ran toward one of the patrons
And don't miss this key part of the story:
Derreaun Davis
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:20:00 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: marktwain
We have a cop bar here in town. The last time it was robbed ... was the perp’s last night on earth. You just have to plan your career moves better.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:21:07 AM PST
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: marktwain
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:22:17 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: driftdiver
Sadly you or I would be breaking the law by carrying a gun in a bar while drinking.
Wrongo.
In PA there is no such law, and guess what gun owner are not shooting up the places.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:23:13 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:25:48 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: marktwain
Indirectly, this was a “You’ll shoot your eye out.” situation. I hope they charge all three of the perps with murder for the death of the woman.
To: marktwain
Home of Ferguson.
They’re ‘empowered’.
Hopefully the word will be spread by the ‘man on the loose’...
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:32:31 AM PST
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:32:37 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: AppyPappy
Thanks, I will correct on the original
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:40:26 AM PST
by
marktwain
(The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
To: driftdiver
Sadly you or I would be breaking the law by carrying a gun in a bar while drinking. Yeah, if you or I did that, regardless of the circumstances, we could not claim self defense.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:41:37 AM PST
by
Kenton
To: marktwain
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:43:23 AM PST
by
setha
(It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
To: marktwain
(specifically referring to the robbers in my previous post)
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:44:56 AM PST
by
setha
(It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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