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Attempted Barber Shop Robbery Turns Deadly in Detroit(MI)
myfoxdetroit.com ^ | 8 July, 2011 | RON SAVAGE

Posted on 07/09/2011 6:36:10 AM PDT by marktwain

DETROIT (WJBK) - Two guys walked in to a very busy Gents Barbershop at about 5:30 p.m. Friday on Whittier at Stratman on Detroit's east side. One with a gun said, "You know what time it is."

What the two bad guys didn't know was two customers were legally carrying handguns.

A man in a chair getting a cut took advantage of pulling his gun under the cover of the smock.

When one bad guy said, "Why you stalling? Empty your pockets," he then fired a shot into the floor of the barber shop. That's when the customer in the chair opened fire and emptied his automatic clip containing multiple rounds.

Three children were also standing behind the barber chair. That same customer took his unarmed hand and swept the three children into a safe spot out of the way against the wall.

The end result was that none of the customers or children were hurt. One bad guy was killed and the other ran off during the shooting.

Police say the deceased has a long rap sheet. He was currently out on parole for an armed robbery conviction. They are still looking for a suspect that is described as a black male with scruffy hair between the ages of 22 and 30. They say he is six feet tall with a thin build and was wearing a white tee shirt and blue shorts.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: banglist; barbershopdoctrine; defense; detroit; mi; michigan; robber
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"The end result was that none of the customers or children were hurt. One bad guy was killed and the other ran off during the shooting."

You would never see this statement in the MSM.

1 posted on 07/09/2011 6:36:14 AM PDT by marktwain
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>emptied his automatic clip containing multiple rounds. <

huh?

2 posted on 07/09/2011 6:38:08 AM PDT by Jerrybob
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To: marktwain

That’s one way to cure an infection.


3 posted on 07/09/2011 6:38:33 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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>> emptied his automatic clip containing multiple rounds. <

> huh?

Yeah.

Most “journalists” know NOTHING about guns.


4 posted on 07/09/2011 6:40:12 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: marktwain
"You know what time it is."

'Yeah homie. It's time for your mama to scream and shout!'

5 posted on 07/09/2011 6:40:24 AM PDT by Realman30 ("I've already made a donation to Haiti. It's called taxes". . . . El Rushbo.)
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“automatic clip containing multiple rounds”

Writer is not too gun savvy.


6 posted on 07/09/2011 6:40:46 AM PDT by pf flyers
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emptied his clip is confusing I agree, who writes this stuff? He emptied his magazine, which of course would contain more than one round, at least they got the rounds part right heh.


7 posted on 07/09/2011 6:41:02 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: marktwain

This never could have happened in Chicago.


8 posted on 07/09/2011 6:45:56 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: Westbrook

Don’t be silly. MSM journalists always know what they’re writing about. The customer obviously was carrying a sawed off M-1 Garand.


9 posted on 07/09/2011 6:49:13 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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Don’t be silly. MSM journalists always know what they’re writing about. The customer obviously was carrying a sawed off M-1 Garand.


10 posted on 07/09/2011 6:49:43 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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They are still looking for a suspect that is described as a black male with scruffy hair between the ages of 22 and 30.

It figures that the description given at a barber shop was "scruffy hair".

11 posted on 07/09/2011 6:53:09 AM PDT by glorgau
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No mention is made of the ages of the customers. I’m kinda betting that these homies may not have guessed that messing with “crazy old black guys” ain’t any smarter than messing with “crazy old white guys”. I did some time for “contempt of court” so I got some first-hand skinny on what these guys think and what they’re scared of. Old guys, race doesn’t matter, who are tired of their crap is at the top of the list.


12 posted on 07/09/2011 6:53:37 AM PDT by Emmett McCarthy
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That's when the customer in the chair opened fire and emptied his automatic clip containing multiple rounds.

It's a journalist. Be grateful he didn't say:

That's when the customer in the chair opened fire and emptied his automatic 12 gauge machine-gun assault revolver containing multiple magazines and newspaper rounds.

13 posted on 07/09/2011 6:55:13 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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They are still looking for a suspect that is described as a black male with scruffy hair between the ages of 22 and 30. They say he is six feet tall with a thin build and was wearing a white tee shirt and blue shorts.

It’s Detroit, my hometown and birthplace. Shouldn’t be too hard to locate this suspect ya think?


14 posted on 07/09/2011 6:55:15 AM PDT by Artie
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‘Scruffy hair’ — hardihar. I love a happy ending.


15 posted on 07/09/2011 7:01:00 AM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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Shouldn’t be too hard to locate this suspect ya think?


I was thinking there should be a few people that match that description. The one with the brown streak on the back of his blue shorts is the one you want.


16 posted on 07/09/2011 7:03:31 AM PDT by cableguymn
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and blue shorts with a brown stain
17 posted on 07/09/2011 7:05:30 AM PDT by Errant
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They are still looking for a suspect that is described as a black male with scruffy hair between the ages of 22 and 30. They say he is six feet tall with a thin build and was wearing a white tee shirt and blue shorts.

...with a very, very large brown stain on the back.

}:-)4

18 posted on 07/09/2011 7:06:34 AM PDT by Moose4 ("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
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To: marktwain

19 posted on 07/09/2011 7:10:42 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: Jerrybob

Fourth dimensional physics.


20 posted on 07/09/2011 7:13:42 AM PDT by Jonty30
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