Posted on 04/29/2008 7:24:24 AM PDT by FreeManWhoCan
WEST PALM BEACH — It could've been a typical spat between grocery store customer and manager, with the customer announcing he planned to take his business elsewhere. But then the customer drew his gun. The store manager drew his and so did the assistant manager.
It all happened at 5 p.m. Monday at the IGA Supermarket at 1000 36th St. in West Palm Beach. And in the end, West Palm Beach police arrested customer Marshall Hugo Grant for attempted first degree murder, shooting into an occupied dwelling, aggravated assault with a firearm and carrying a concealed firearm. Marshall Hugo Grant
Police reported Tuesday morning that Grant, 73, entered the store through the exit despite manager Marino Hernandez's warning not to enter that way. The confrontation escalated, Grant drew a handgun, assistant manager Roberto Espinal drew his handgun. Hernandez also pulled a gun. Grant backed out of the store firing three times as he went, the arrest report states.
The managers, who witnesses said never returned fire, ended up surrounding Grant, who hid behind a vehicle while continuing to fire, police report. Grant eventually surrendered his weapon to the managers once they told him police were on their way.
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Strange definition of “customer”. What indication is there that Mr. Grant’s purpose for entering was, in fact, to make purchases? Smells to me more like he was planning a robbery.
Mark
I'm sure it was nothing... Just like an illegal alien is really just an "undocumented immigrant," or a bank robber is just making an "undocumented withdrawal."
No big deal.
Mark
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