Police: Man Shot Himself In Genitals During Robbery

The Indy Channel ^ | 1/15/08

[Abathar]

KOKOMO, Ind. -- Police said a man accidentally shot himself in the genitals as he robbed a convenience store early Tuesday morning.

Kokomo police said they were called to a Village Pantry store at 100 North Ohio Street at about 4:20 a.m. after a clerk at the store called them.

The female clerk told police that a man came into the store with a semiautomatic handgun and demanded cash and cigarettes before handing her a white cloth bag.

The clerk said that as she retrieved the cigarettes she heard a gunshot and turned to confront the man, who yelled that he had shot himself.

Police said the man grabbed the bag full of cash and fled the store.

In-store surveillance cameras showed that the man, who police identified as Derrick Kosch, 25, of Kokomo, shot himself as he placed the gun into the waistband of his pants, police said. Authorities declined to release the surveillance footage early Tuesday.

Shortly after the robbery, dispatchers got a call from someone in a home in the 1000 block of East North Street about a man who was shot.

When officers arrived, they found Kosch with a gunshot wound to a testicle and leg. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Officers said that while at the home they found the bag of money that was taken from the convenience store and clothes seen on the robber in the surveillance tape.

Police said Kosch will be charged with armed robbery and related charges when he emerges from surgery on Tuesday.

[Enterprise]

That took balls!

[tongue-tied]

Gimme everything you’ve got or “he” gets it! AND his friends!

[Squidpup]

A nonlethal Darwin Award nominee

[3AngelaD]

A Double Darwin!

[MARTIAL MONK]

One anyway.

[Palmetto]

This is my rifle, this is my gun...

[Hegemony Cricket]

Make him stand outside the store for 4 hours reciting “This is my sidearm, this is my gun...”

[NonValueAdded]

or cost

[Hegemony Cricket]

dang - beat me by 10 sec. :-)

[LIConFem]

Geez, I’ve heard of cutting off your nose to spite your face, but this is ridiculous!

[MoMagic]

Probably shot his own dumbass while trying to keep his pants up.

[freekitty]

I love those stories where the bad guys perform justice upon themselves.

[Allegra]

Sort of reminds me of the South Park Oprah episode...

...except the genitalia was the shooter in that, not the shootee...

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

That’s what he gets for trying to pretend to be a gangbanger.

[jazusamo]

LOL...The Barney Fife stick up artist.

[listenhillary]

Somedays it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed.

[Freedom2specul8]

Thankfully, "...Authorities declined to release the surveillance footage...".

[hoagy62]

Hold it...let me correct that...

That took off his balls!

There...fixed it.

Come to think of it...fixed HIM too!

[Biblebelter]

Another casualty of our public school system. This guy was too dumb to be in school. Too dumb to be a criminal. Probably too dumb to live.