Robber shot and killed by bystander at 7-Eleven in Virginia Beach, police say

Pilotonline ^ | 25 July 2019 | Robyn Sidersky and Jane Harper

[MileHi]

Incapaciated will cost the public money.

It will. That wasn't his immediate concern though.

[BobL]

“If you carry, carry this, or an equivalent as well.”

I know someone who read the fine print - I think you have to be charged first to get their help...so if you are being investigated while they debate charges, you better have another lawyer for that.

[northislander]

Whenever a gentleman pulls out a pistol and demands your money everyone in the vicinity should pull out theirs and turn the gentleman into Swiss cheese...

[northislander]

If black people are trying to steal your money you should be able to refer to them as niggers....

[northislander]

If black people are trying to steal your money you should be able to refer to them as niggers....

[Carry me back]

The country won’t allow us to keep bad people in line. They were probably doing it because a black person was a slave 300 years ago.

[Hot Tabasco]

That may come back to haunt him.

Or not.........Most likely not

[Rurudyne]

It’s a pity none of those little shits will likely ever be caught and punished.

Also, I’m not advocating “holding” individuals engaging in crimes, trying to hold them would often be stupid.

If you’ve got a gun and you’re going to pull it ... even three people may be too many to try to hold if it’s just you. You pull a gun under such duress then you use the gun in self defense.

(If they run you let them run, too)

There is no try, only do, as Yoda said.

[HotHunt]

".... As long as the police don’t charge the guy, they’re doing their job, at least for this case...."

"As long as the police don't charge him".

That's key. That's all I was saying. You misunderstand what I said.

[Oatka]

But it wasn't one of the two masked men who shot the gun. It was another man in the back of the store.

Reminds me of this scene from "Taxi". Starts at :20. (Note foot on gun hand.)

[csvset]

I bet the cctv footage is something to see. Blur the shooter’s face and show the footage as a PSA.

Kids, armed robbery is a dead end .

[OldMissileer]

THAT, is a woman?!!!!

[csvset]

So they say.

Police: Customer shoots 7-Eleven robbery suspects, killing one

Video at the link. The other customer said one of the robbers had a BB gun. 😵

[Joe Boucher]

Correct
Shooter stated don’t point a gun at him
I whole heartedly agree
I have a CCW and go no where unarmed
And i don’t go where the state gub mint says i will be unarmed
I just pray i have the fortitude to take down. Perps like these under similar circumstances
Cept i hope to shoot straighter
Gotta go and practice more

[Joe Boucher]

Correct
Shooter stated don’t point a gun at him
I whole heartedly agree
I have a CCW and go no where unarmed
And i don’t go where the state gub mint says i will be unarmed
I just pray i have the fortitude to take down. Perps like these under similar circumstances
Cept i hope to shoot straighter
Gotta go and practice more

[MileHi]

I have a CCW and go no where unarmed

Neither do I, brother.

[rlmorel]

Sigh. Wish it were that way everywhere.

[rlmorel]

Hahahahaha...just a tad more accountability to the electorate!

[Magnum44]

“I know someone whose read the fine print”

Suggest you never make a life decision based on third party unverified info.

In almost every case in a self defense situation where you have discharged a fire arm, or used any weapon for that matter, you will be charged. That charge may be dropped or some prosecutors may try to press the charge even though it was self defense. In either case, for me, I never will have any conscious or unconscious hesitation about protecting myself or family or innocent person for fear of the half million or more dollar defense that would otherwise ruin a person financially just because I choose to be judged by 12 rather than carried by six. Of course you are free to choose differently. Just my unsolicited advice that I would give to anyone I cared about.

[csvset]

Va. Beach police charge two suspects believed to be involved in robbery spree

Left to Right: Deric Breon Simmons and Ronald Lee Brookins Jr. (Images: Virginia Beach City Jail)

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Police say two men believed to have been involved in a robbery spree that ended in a deadly shooting have been charged.

Virginia Beach police said in a news release Thursday three men were suspected of carrying out two robberies in the city and others that happened in other jurisdictions.

The robbery spree ended in the earlier morning hours of Thursday after a customer shot two of the suspects, killing one. The customer has not been charged, a police spokesperson said.

The suspect who was killed in the shooting was identified as 18-year-old Michael Moore.

The other two suspects are now faced with multiple charges.

Police said 19-year-old Deric Breon Simmons, of Chesapeake, is charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Ronald Lee Brookins Jr., 18 of Suffolk, is charged with two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony, abduction and wearing a mask in public.