Posted on 02/04/2017 10:37:11 AM PST by Navy Patriot
An attempted armed robbery turned deadly Thursday when the would-be victim pulled a gun and fired, killing one of the robbers and injuring another, police said.
Billy Dean Dickerson, 19, of St. Louis died Thursday morning when he and Perry A. Richardson, 23, tried to rob a 70-year-old man who was dropping off a friend at her house in the 200 block of Abbott Street in Venice, police said. The man is a Vietnam War veteran from St. Louis.
The veteran and his friend were sitting in his car when Dickerson pulled his vehicle up next to the driver's side, police said. Richardson, who was sitting in the passenger seat, pulled out his gun and demanded money.
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Let me guess, they were just turning their lives around, ready to enter college and their careers as aspiring rappers were just beginning.
Well, at least he’s a smiley-faced stiff.
Thank for asking this before I did!
Was this in east St. Louis?
The Paris police could use some marksmanship training from this Veteran.
That would be a fairly safe bet.
He who steals my purse steals TRASH. He who kills me steals
ALL I HAVE or EVER WILL HAVE. The purse he can have BUT I
cannot read his mind which is his misfortune. EVERY day is
precious to an old person and they will just shoot you if
you play around with guns while attempting to rob them.
Thats the photo of the one who hasn’t died yet. Give him time.
“Venice, Eminence Township, MO, about 55 miles Southwest of St. Louis. Significantly Rural, the good people.”
If Venice is in Missouri how does Illinois law trump Missouri state law according to this quote from the article?
“Under Illinois law, someone committing a forcible felony, like the armed robbery, can be held legally accountable for a death that occurs while the felony is being committed, said Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons.”
Did the Illinois cops drag the dead and living suspects and the intended victim across the state line or is therea Venice, IL?
Yes, Abbott St is in East St Louis. The dead bad guy was hit with a head shot. The bad guy who lived was hit in the chest and arm.
Venice is a little town just north of East St Louis, south of Madison. Madison used to be predominantly Polish, folks who worked at the steel mills in Granite City. Needless to say it is no longer mostly Polish. Might not even have any left...
Nope. This is in metro east, therefore it’s in Illinois.
Venice Illinois.
Earlier mug shot, he's a non smiling career criminal now who also goes by the name Deandre Richardson.
(Snicker.)
East St Louis wasn’t safe at night 5+ decades ago.
One can only imagine what it is like now.
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Venice is 96% black now.
23% of the people are married.
42% of households are single women with kids.
11% are elderly men or women living alone.
You both are correct, I have a friend in Venice, MO, and jumped too quickly, there is a Venice IL.
Enter with bad intentions, exit with bad endings.
FUBDD
Rot in Hell.
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