Posted on 04/20/2018 4:07:24 PM PDT by BBell
New Orleans police have arrested one suspect in connection with the armed robbery at the Waffle House on Elysian Fields Avenue on Thursday night (April 19).
Ernest Thomas was arrested on one count of armed robbery and one count of attempted armed robbery, but remains in the hospital as he recovers from gunshot wounds, NOPD said.
Around 10:19 p.m. Thursday, Thomas and another man with semiautomatic handguns entered the Waffle House in the 2900 block of Elysian Fields Avenue, police said. The other man jumped the counter and demanded money from the cashier, while also taking $8 from a costumer, according to an NOPD release Friday afternoon.
Thomas stood on the side by the counter and served as lookout for the other man. A customer armed with his personal firearm drew his weapon as the other robber approached him, causing the robber to flee. Thomas then pointed his own weapon at the armed customer, the police release said.
The customer fired several shots at Thomas, who then ran out of the Waffle House and fled in a white Chrysler with the other robber. The customer later told police that he believed he had struck Thomas.
Later in the night, a white Chrysler pulled up at a local emergency room and dropped off a man with several gunshot wounds to the back, hip and arm. The man matched witness descriptions of the injured robber, according to the release.
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Good shooting.
The best part is where the Chrysler hooptie pulls up to the emergency room and rolls out his severely perforated accomplice.
I suspect a hospital camera got a purty picture of that car.
Hope the Human Swiss Cheese had his Obamacare Card on him.
I love happy endings.
What other kind are sold these days?
ML/NJ
Ernest Thomas? Was his last name Bass?
I don’t think it’s the actor Ernest ‘Raj’ Thomas. He seems to be doing well.
Revolvers.
Raj!!
I’m afraid I didn’t.
Ya do now! No one else seems to know him so don’t feel lonely.
What IDIOT would rob a Waffle House?
Must be a Democrat voter.
We all love a happy ending with a ventilated criminal.
fta... while also taking $8 from a costumer
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How did the NOPD know the guy makes costumes?
revolvers are semi-automatic....every time you pull the trigger the gun fires once....Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, and Roy Rogers all used them....and some of them carried two!!!!!!
He only had $8?
Wait! Somebody in a Waffle House had $8.00?
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