Posted on 11/28/2022 2:37:40 PM PST by montag813
by Jim Clayborn | RNN
Two men attempted a broad-daylight theft from an Alabama Tractor Supply store on Black Friday, but some customers weren't having a bit of it — including one who pulled out his gun and blew out at least one tire on the getaway vehicle.
What are the details?
Witnesses said the two men were trying to steal merchandise from a Tractor Supply Co. location in Theodore on Friday morning, WPMI-TV reported. Theodore is about 15 minutes southwest of Mobile.
Ryan Maxie and his fiancée, Katie Clark, were in the store's parking lot when they heard shots after two men loaded up a shopping cart with unpaid merchandise, WPMI said.
"I was trying to call 911 while we were seeing what was going on," Clark explained to the station.
Witnesses told WPMI a customer pulled one of the suspects, Toby Priest, out of the getaway SUV.
The other suspect, Troy Brown, was able to take off in the vehicle — but was stopped when a different customer shot out at least one of the vehicle's tires, the station said.
"They kind of beat on each other inside the car, the guy was trying to [hit the driver's hands] so he wouldn't start the car," Maxie told WPMI. "Unfortunately he was able to get it started and floored it back, so the guy had to step back so he didn't get hit. When he floored it back he came out this entrance ... and went to that light right there and hit a U-turn and kind of did a couple donuts in the road."
Mobile Police soon found the getaway SUV abandoned on Highway 90 at the Interstate 10 entrance — with at least one flat tire, the station said.
(Excerpt) Read more at rightnewsnow.org ...
Let’s rob a store on the busiest shopping day. Oh yeah, let’s do it in Alabama...said no ever.
They were instantly surprised that tires don’t explode like in the movies.
The customers will probably get charged with some type of crime. The felons will go free.
LOL - “Country folks can survive”
“The customers will probably get charged with some type of crime. The felons will go free.”
Not in Alabama.
“The other suspect, Troy Brown, was able to take off in the vehicle — but was stopped when a different customer shot out at least one of the vehicle’s tires, the station said.”
At least some courts have ruled that firing at a fleeing automobile is illegal and subjects the firing person to criminal prosecution.
Not only all that, but let’s rob a store that services rural “good ‘ol boys” who usually are packin’...
We’re they after the Ivermectin horse paste?
In that case the felons need to be a lot more careful about where they commit their crimes. They must be really stupid.
That’s what I meant by Alabama...
There you go...
According to the story, a customer pulled one of the thieves out of the vehicle before the other thief took off. I wonder what happened to the guy who got pulled out of the vehicle, I suspect he might have taken a few shots of a different kind.
Yep, we're living in an upside down world, so what you said is true.
Ebony and Ivory Dumbass Duo.
Half-Amish
They keep that in a clear, locked case...at least around here. Gotta grab a clerk.
Yeah, let’s rob tractor supply. The local gun store must have been too busy to get inside to rob it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.