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Shopper with gun kills suspected diaper thief at Florida Walmart
foxnews.com ^ | 02/05/2017

Posted on 02/05/2017 8:30:07 PM PST by BenLurkin

Deputies told the station the person killed was 19 and was shoplifting diapers with three accomplices.

They were loading the diapers in a car when a Walmart employee tried to stop them, the station reported.

The shopper told deputies that he showed up at that point to assist the store employee.

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Deputies said after the gunfire the four suspects drove off and smashed into two cars.

Three got away on foot. The one who was shot made it as far as a gas station across the street.

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The suspect was later pronounced dead.

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TOPICS: US: Florida
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; carjacker; iamwearingadiaper; localnews; oopsicrappedmypants; spandexpantload
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To: BenLurkin

One of the guys probably has a young sibling, or perhaps even a young child. Even crooks have needs. “:^)

I don’t want to see a young kid killed for this.

I can’t know what went on. I do hope the shooter was definitely fearing for his life.

It would be terrible to go through life knowing you killed some kid over some stolen diapers worth less than a hundred or two dollars.

Carrying is a big responsibility. You have to keep your wits about you. Perhaps this guy did.

We’ll see.

I was an idiot when I was a kid. I didn’t do anything like this, but good grief. You never know what will escalate and cost you your life these days.

Best to observe the laws and lead a decent life.


21 posted on 02/05/2017 8:57:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: BenLurkin

22 posted on 02/05/2017 9:00:40 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Their getaway car was stolen in a car jacking. There’s definitely more to the story.


23 posted on 02/05/2017 9:01:44 PM PST by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: smokingfrog
a “commotion” led to the customer, who hasn’t been identified, feeling “threatened,” Nieves said. He told deputies he saw one of the suspects reach for something so he pulled out a gun and opened fire.

Made his day, it might seem.

24 posted on 02/05/2017 9:02:21 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: howlinhound
It wouldn’t be surprising to me if the media puts out a sob-sniff story about some poor struggling new immigrant family that had a poor disadvantaged baby in desperate need of diapers but Donald Trump created a hostile environment for them so they couldn’t afford such basic needs so they had to steal blah, blah, blah..

No one should have to risk their life to steal diapers.

/s

25 posted on 02/05/2017 9:03:04 PM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Steely Tom

Did the shooter risk his own life — to stop the theft of diapers?


26 posted on 02/05/2017 9:04:16 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: RC one

Yeah, but I’m pretty sure that the shopper with the gun didn’t know that.

Might not go well for the shopper.


27 posted on 02/05/2017 9:04:36 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: HARRY TUTTLE

It fits the progressives view of redneck gun toting vigilante. It’s bad optics. The worst I can say is the shooter used poor judgement. The Progressives will say much worse.

Under the bus you go.


28 posted on 02/05/2017 9:06:29 PM PST by Fhios
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To: BenLurkin

the more DJT can restore some jobs to USA, the better!
(some, yes i know not all, but some of these idiot thieves will choose to go to work for honest money...instead of stealing diapers or beer from walmart or 7.11)

some of them will find jobs, once DJT can get more of our jobs back into USA

the rest of these idiots stealing beer diapers and pizzas?
i guess they will continue to take their chances


29 posted on 02/05/2017 9:10:37 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: BenLurkin

The dude with the gun said the right thing. I hope he sealed his lips after until he got a lawyer.


30 posted on 02/05/2017 9:13:23 PM PST by arthurus
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To: ConservativeMind

Kinda sad if it was for his own kid.


31 posted on 02/05/2017 9:13:58 PM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: BenLurkin

Not enough info at this time, but seems like it could be justifiable at this point.


32 posted on 02/05/2017 9:14:19 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s looking like there may be a bit more to this story, and the headline is more or less fake news.


33 posted on 02/05/2017 9:17:20 PM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Fhios

Like one of the sweet little old ladys at walmart would not have paid for the diapers? Guy is an idiot. Deserves the dirt nap. Had he merely asked, they would have been paid for free and clear. Moron. Darwin Award Recipient.


34 posted on 02/05/2017 9:19:01 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Reno89519

It says that one reached into the car and the guy with the gun in hand thought he was going for a gun. If he said nothing else and asked for an attorney he should be okay. The carjacking that preceded this won’t endear the dead guy to a jury. I saw Wl Mart-Florida and looked quickly to see which town. I know a vet with some unattended PTSD who has a Glock which he has used several times as a third party (never fired) to end altercations. I have watched D. go downhill and have worried he was going to shoot someone without the necessary prov. He was often at one of the local WalMarts and would pursue someone if he saw him stealing. He always carries.


35 posted on 02/05/2017 9:19:34 PM PST by arthurus
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To: sargon

There is no tragedy here except for possibility hubris on the part of the dead guy in thinking himself immune to lead.


36 posted on 02/05/2017 9:21:03 PM PST by arthurus
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To: howlinhound

Hey, maybe you could sell that as a script to La Raza or BLM, whichever is relevant.


37 posted on 02/05/2017 9:22:15 PM PST by arthurus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I love that picture.


38 posted on 02/05/2017 9:23:19 PM PST by arthurus
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To: BenLurkin

DLM!!!


39 posted on 02/05/2017 9:23:24 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dfwgator

40 posted on 02/05/2017 9:25:07 PM PST by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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