Would-Be Dairy Queen Bandit Shot, Killed by Armed Employee

Abran Gallegos was shot multiple times by an employee at the South Valley restaurant, according to BCSO. Gallegos reportedly demanded money from an employee when another worker opened fire on him.

Center mass until down.

I am a pharmacist. When I worked retail pharmacy I was armed which was against all the rules of where I worked. The reason I was armed was for the crazy ones. My plan of action was if I thought the just wanted the drugs and money was to give it to them and request they take any future business to WalMart down the street. The ones I was afraid of were the dopers that did not act in a rational manner. My plan was to take them out as they would probably take me out.

Fortunately I was never confronted with this. I will give you my drugs and the money, I will not give you my life.

I do remember one funny incident with a doper but he did not seem crazy. He came in with a prescription for a schedule two drug for Percodan. The drug was misspelled and had refills on it. The Rx was obviously forged. It was closing time. That is when the dopers come in with hot scripts as they think you want to just close the pharmacy and get home. I evaluated his danger to me and decided he did not look like a violent threat. I tore up the prescription in front of him and told him to get the F--k out of my pharmacy and he did.

I was happy as I could close the pharmacy and go home. He was happy as I did not call the cops. If I had of called the cops it would have meant a few hours down at the cop shop and filling out papers and making a charge against the doper. I also knew he would not be waiting outside my house or pharmacy to kill me.

This was in Eastern Kentucky up in coal country. Freepers that live in that area will understand I made the right decision. The entire time that I talked to the doper there was a 9mm Browning Hi Power in my right hand below the counter where he could not see.

The best gunfight is the one that does not happen. It was a good day.

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