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Neighbor Fatally Shoots Donut Store Robber (Ft. Worth TX)
nbc5 ^ | 5/9/08

Posted on 05/09/2008 5:22:56 AM PDT by Kimmers

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Police said a man who tried to rob a donut store was shot and killed by a man who lives near the store Friday morning. The robber broke into the store in the 100 block of Roberts Cut Off Road in West Fort Worth and terrorized the woman who was working there, police said. Police said the woman, Angel Randle, ran out the back door screaming for help.

The neighbor heard the pleas, grabbed his shotgun and then fatally shot the robber, police said. “This is the second time this month she’s been robbed,” witness Raymon Farrell said. “And, God bless her soul, she’s still alive.” A River Oaks officer was passing by the scene and witnessed the shooting. Investigators said they questioned the neighbor, but don’t expect to arrest him.


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To: Kimmers
"A River Oaks officer who, by the very nature of police officer duty was unable to actually prevent any violent crimes such as this from occuring, was passing by the scene, happened to glance over to see if the "HOT" light was on and witnessed a brave, responsible, armed cilvian take out the trashthe shooting."

there...fixed it

21 posted on 05/09/2008 7:51:55 AM PDT by woollyone (entropy extirpates evolution and conservation confirms the Creator blessed forever.)
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To: Kimmers; sit-rep; Squantos
Neighbor Fatally Shoots Donut Store Robber (Ft. Worth TX)

And local police plan ticker-tape parade for the shooter.

22 posted on 05/09/2008 7:52:52 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Dallas
My brother was a police officer in Mpls. There was a dunkin donuts near the U of M,, St. Paul and Mpls jurisdictions.... I guess there were so many cops going there the powers that be set up a boundary they could not cross to get to the donut shop.

They dubbed it the “The thin blue donut line.”

23 posted on 05/09/2008 8:02:58 AM PDT by Kimmers
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To: Kimmers

I wonder what right the shooter had to kill the guy?


24 posted on 05/09/2008 8:03:52 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: SF Republican
"I wonder what right the shooter had to kill the guy?"

As we say here in Texas, "He needed killin'"...

25 posted on 05/09/2008 8:11:23 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
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To: TXnMA
As we say here in Texas, “He needed killin’”...
Yep, Texas is funny that way.
26 posted on 05/09/2008 8:17:15 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: SF Republican
I wonder what right the shooter had to kill the guy?

We all need a happy story now and then.

27 posted on 05/09/2008 8:23:45 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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To: LZ_Bayonet
"It doesn't matter that it wasn't open. You have to trust me, I know this for a fact. Cops freqently stop and check on the status of early morning bakers. Bakers are one of the few people around after the bars close. Donut shop bakers also have access to a very fresh, precious item, as well as hot coffee.

Any other Freepers have personal knowledge/experience that can back me up on this?"

Be glad to.

I used to operate coin operated games (pinball machines,etc) in a donut shop in Rancho Cordova (near Sacramento)Ca.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputies made it a regular stop between 2 and 5 AM (when the shop was closed) to 'check up on the safety of the donut maker/baker'.

And yes, they always got free coffee and a nice warm freshly made donut or ten.

But I'm still glad that they were there checking up on the place.

28 posted on 05/09/2008 8:38:56 AM PDT by Hoof Hearted
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To: SF Republican

“I wonder what right the shooter had to kill the guy?”

The guy was committing an (apparently) armed robbery in Texas. He definitely injured the clerk. What more do you need?


29 posted on 05/09/2008 8:57:00 AM PDT by Belasarius (Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job 5:2-7)
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To: LZ_Bayonet
Donut shop bakers also have access to a very fresh, precious item, as well as hot coffee.

LOL! Reminds me of my college days. I worked at Burger King, and always did the late shift and close on the weekends, because I lived at home, didn't have a curfew, like the girls who lived on Campus did. (this was the 70's), and my parents didn't mind my working late. There was a donut store around the corner, and I usually got off work between 3 and 3:30 am. I stopped off at the donut place quite often, if I saw their light blinking that the donuts were ready. There were always one or two police cars already there when I went in.

Man, those donuts were good, and my family loved it when they woke up the next morning with fresh donuts waiting for them.

30 posted on 05/09/2008 2:37:10 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Larry Lucido

Officer just happened to be passing by........:o)

Doughnut hut hut hut hut !!


31 posted on 05/09/2008 2:46:32 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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