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Assault victim with concealed weapon stops bat-wielding attacker at east Yakima Wal-Mart
Yakima Herald-Republic ^ | April 14, 2015 | Donald W. Meyers

Posted on 04/14/2015 4:08:40 PM PDT by mdittmar

YAKIMA, Wash. — A 32-year-old man who was shopping with at least three children at a Yakima Wal-Mart was the victim of an unprovoked assault when a stranger picked up a metal tee-ball bat and struck him, according to Yakima police.

The victim was not injured, but he did have a concealed weapons permit, which he immediately put to use, police said.

A store security officer reported hearing a man in the sporting goods department yelling “Get on the ground!” and found one man pointing a pistol at another, who was lying on the floor.

Police arrived a short time later and arrested the 30-year-old suspect, who remains in Yakima County jail in lieu of $30,000 bail set Monday.

The incident took place about 11:20 a.m. Saturday at the east Yakima Wal-Mart.

The victim told police he did not know the suspect, nor had the two exchanged any words before he was hit by the bat, according to an affidavit filed by police.

A video from the store’s security system shows the victim shopping with at least three children. According to the affidavit, the video shows some of the children move out of view as a man is seen coming over, picking up a metal tee-ball bat from a rack and striking the other man in the shoulder with it.

The victim, who police said has had a concealed pistol license since March 2013, then pulled a .357 Sig Sauer pistol from a holster and pointed it at the suspect, the affidavit said.

The suspect is a transient and is being held on suspicion of second-degree assault.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
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1 posted on 04/14/2015 4:08:40 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Victim = 10

transient = 0

Game over


2 posted on 04/14/2015 4:11:43 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: mdittmar

Too bad the transient is not dead.


3 posted on 04/14/2015 4:12:01 PM PDT by petercooper ("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
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To: mdittmar

Being the typical unbeleiving Doubting Thomas FReeper I think we are gettingt he whole story here. ;-)


4 posted on 04/14/2015 4:12:37 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: mdittmar
so they can tell us the kind of pistol used, but NOT the criminal's name or it's description
5 posted on 04/14/2015 4:15:08 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: mdittmar

YAKIMA + TRANSIENT = ILLEGAL ALIEN.


6 posted on 04/14/2015 4:16:48 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I want the Halal butcher to cut up my pig. If he doesn't, I'm filing charges.)
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To: Chode

You noticed that too, huh?


7 posted on 04/14/2015 4:21:55 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Kartographer

Maybe not. Its a new form of the knockout game.


8 posted on 04/14/2015 4:22:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Kartographer

Perhaps they had been dating on the internet.


9 posted on 04/14/2015 4:24:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Chode

Or of the victim.


10 posted on 04/14/2015 4:24:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
My immediate thought: White concealed carry person attacked by black person.

If it weren't we would have been given descriptions of the victim and attacker.

11 posted on 04/14/2015 4:25:48 PM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: mdittmar
Knockout game gone bad


12 posted on 04/14/2015 4:28:07 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
conspicuous by it's absence
13 posted on 04/14/2015 4:28:41 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: BenLurkin
that too
14 posted on 04/14/2015 4:29:05 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: wintertime

Msm would never not indicate a white attacker beating a black guy with a baseball bat. Never.


15 posted on 04/14/2015 4:36:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: mdittmar

The guy was carrying a nice gun. I hope they didn’t take it away from him as “evidence”.


16 posted on 04/14/2015 4:39:12 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: mdittmar

Neatly done.


17 posted on 04/14/2015 4:41:48 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: mdittmar

Wonder what Nanny Bloomers has to say about this?


18 posted on 04/14/2015 4:44:33 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: petercooper

Metal bat could kill you.

Hard not to yank that trigger with all the adrenaline.

Probably his concern for his kids kept him cool.

Two years he’s had his carry permit. When a guy gets the permit, he’s always going to wonder if he’s going to have to use it.

God bless this guy and his family.


19 posted on 04/14/2015 4:48:52 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: mdittmar

Transient. New speak for illegal alien.

The press. Working for you. LOLOLOLOLOLOL


20 posted on 04/14/2015 4:52:39 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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