Posted on 01/14/2016 12:13:04 AM PST by beaversmom
Two robbery suspects were shot by an employee at a cell phone store in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
The T-Mobile store in the 2000-block of East 95th St. was left riddled with bullet holes. If not for the employee carrying a weapon with a concealed carry license, the manager of the store says he might be telling a different story.
"I think concealed carry is a great opportunity for managers, workers, employees to protect themselves in these cases. And our employee did a great job to protect themselves and the other employee," said Neil Tadros, store manager.
He says two men entered the store and acted like they were shopping for phones for a few minutes, then pulled out guns.
One employee ran to the back to call for help while the other pulled out his own gun and fired at the two suspects. He hit one of them in the groin and the arm, and the other in the abdomen and the arm.
The men ran from the store with the employee chasing them, on the phone giving a description to police.
The suspects then drove to a nearby hospital where police took them into custody.
Neighbors say the cell phone store has been robbed several times in the last month. Ed Brown was working in the salon next door.
"We just started hearing gunshots. At first we couldn't really tell what it was, but it was coming back to back so we kinda caught on. Everybody hit the floor and just took cover," Brown said.
Police said the suspects, ages 24 and 35, are listed in serious condition at Stroger Hospital. Witnesses said they don't believe the suspects ever fired their weapons.
Sorry...link I posted wasn’t working in header...try this one:
http://abc7chicago.com/news/store-employee-shoots-2-armed-robbery-suspects/1157778/
Ouch. That could hurt. Both should be dead.
Wait, they didn’t fire him like the pizza joints?
No surprise if the employee gets fired.
Hopefully not, but one never knows. Anyway, jobs are jobs, but you only get one life. Hope he gets lots of kudos and some nice presents.
The likelihood is ZERO that Obama ZERO will invite this employee hero, whether he is Black, White, or Asian, to the White House, the way he did the science fair kid from the Jihadi family.
Which one would be Obama’s son, if he had a son? the good guy or the bad guy?
According to the excerpt the store manager praised the armed employee.
Unless there is a corporate structure that wants to weigh in I expect the guy will get a raise.
Hood Rats!
Scratch this place off your short and long robbery lists.
Agreed, but the conventional corporate bitches tend to frown upon self-defense.
[”I think concealed carry is a great opportunity for managers, workers, employees to protect themselves in these cases. And our employee did a great job to protect themselves and the other employee,” said Neil Tadros, store manager.]
I think so, too, on both points.
So was the employee named Butters Stotch? :0)
“He hit one of them in the groin”
When he hits the big house he will be no good to anyone in that condition, dead man walking.
When he hits the big house he will be no good to anyone in that condition, dead man walking.
Who knows for sure. Getting shot in the groin, the guy could lose his junk, but, he should have thought of that, before he decided to rob the place.
That neighborhood means the likelihood of his NOT being black is pretty near zero.
Yes. I have no sympathy for him. My Butters reference was about an episode of South Park where Butters and Cartman were holding some people as hostages.....particularly appropriate to the injury here.....funny episode.
If it’s a franchise and the manager is the owner, then the manager will definitely want the guy who likely saved his life to stick around.
True, but I would rather be unemployed than dead.
Wonder how the corporate tingly types would feel if a couple armed marauders burst into their beautiful office area and started shooting up the place?
But most corporate offices have armed security!
Strange how that works out.
Security for me but none for thee.
If I were the owner/manager I would pay for his ammo and range time!
That is three people who get to go home to their loved ones because *one* of them was armed.
My nephew is an estimator for a major construction company that does a lot of home renovations in the city of Detroit. The owner of the company actually urged all the employees to obtain concealed weapons permits and paid for the classes and application fees......
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