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Dollar General Clerk Faces Manslaughter Charge After Shooting Alleged Armed Robber
Breidbart ^ | 01/06/2023 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 01/06/2023 6:14:47 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A Dollar General store clerk in Monroe, Louisiana, shot and killed an alleged armed robber Monday and was subsequently charged with manslaughter.

FOX News reported Monday’s robbery made six times the store had been targeted since August.

The News Star noted clerk Rafus Anderson shot the alleged robber Monday, and police found the suspect collapsed and “lying on the money he had taken from the store.”

Anderson told police he feared for his life and shot at the suspect but was not sure he hit him “because he continued to run.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: dollargeneral; manslaughter; robber; shooting
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To: EnderWiggin1970

Burglary is different from armed robbery.


21 posted on 01/06/2023 8:48:55 AM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: BipolarBob

I like it.


22 posted on 01/06/2023 9:00:14 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I don't get it. I thought Louisiana was friendly to self-defense and 2A issues.

Here's the DA for Ouachita Parish:

ROBERT S. TEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY

23 posted on 01/06/2023 10:07:40 AM PST by GunRunner
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To: Magnum44

In Louisiana?
Quite likely.🤔


24 posted on 01/07/2023 3:23:44 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: marktwain

“If they have pointed the gun at you and threatened your life, if they still have the gun and are within range of you, they are still deadly threat, running away or not.”
This!.👍


25 posted on 01/07/2023 3:24:59 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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