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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A costumer. Not to be confused with a customer.
Don’t Mess with Waffle House
We have a winner, I almost spewed coffee when I read that.
The citizen did better than 95% of the cops out there - when adrenaline runs high in a fluid situation it's amazing he hit at all, much less multiple times on a moving target.
I like to think of him lying on the concrete outside the ER in excruciating pain & knowing that the police will be notified.
David Hogg just got another disciple for disarming citizens (”it’s racist and it’s unfair!!), whenever he gets out of stir.
Its a Waffle House in Dixie. Of course the customers were armed. No surprise the robber got shot.
I’m here to provide some giggles and chuckles in a time of all out assault on The Donald and the right wing in general. Actually the credit should go to these two bumbling stick-up men Rule number one— Don’t try to rob a gun store and a close second right behind that is — Don’t try to rob a Waffle House. Too many good ol boys eat there.
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