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Armed bystander stops attempted robbery at fast-food joint
Fox News via Yahoo ^
| September 12, 2023
| Pilar Arias
Posted on 09/12/2023 7:21:13 PM PDT by grundle
Police in Georgia say a bystander stepped in and shot a would-be robber at a fast-food restaurant.
A 57-year-old man tried to rob the manager of a Zaxby's in Alpharetta, but a man who had just pulled in to order some food also had a gun, police told FOX 5 Atlanta.
"I’m glad somebody was there to help the people who could have been a victim," customer Shameerah Bates told the TV station.
The attempted armed robbery happened at closing time Sunday night. Police said that as the manager was leaving, an armed man approached him in the parking lot and tried to rob him.
An independent witness observed the robbery in process, and intervened in the robbery, and shot the suspect after the suspect pointed his firearm at the witness and the victim," Alpharetta Police Lt. Andrew Splawn told FOX 5.
When police arrived on the scene, they set up a perimeter to search for the suspect, who had fled into the woods.
When officers located the suspect, they found he had two bullet wounds to his leg.
The suspect was rushed to the hospital and will face a number of charges, including armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, when he's discharged.
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:21:13 PM PDT
by
grundle
To: grundle
“You want a few rounds with that order?”
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:23:54 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: grundle
No photos of the perpetrator. That tells me all I need to know.
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:27:25 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: grundle
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:28:20 PM PDT
by
joshua c
(to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
To: frank ballenger
Not bad, but next time aim higher.
To: No name given
No photos of the perpetrator. That tells me all I need to know.Robbed a chicken place in Alpharetta, GA. Good chance everyone involved was black.
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:30:27 PM PDT
by
Drew68
(Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins..)
To: grundle
This sounds like a story I read here about 6 weeks ago. No clear photo of the Robber, but showing a photo of the helpful customer. That customer was a rotund middle aged black man in a white t shirt, seen with arm outstretched as he took shots.
To: frank ballenger
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:41:41 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
To: grundle
“… customer Shameerah Bates”
I got one of those dime-a-dozen Saint names that every guy got in the 50s. How about a name like “Shameerah” where you wouldn’t just be the only one in your class or school, but in the entire USA? That would be cool.
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:49:36 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: No name given
No photos of the perpetrator. That tells me all I need to know.
"I’m glad somebody was there to help the people who could have been a victim," customer Shameerah Bates told the TV station.
The good guy was black, too. We make fun of the Scrabble bag names, but give credit where due.
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:54:30 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I got one of those dime-a-dozen Saint names that every guy got in the 50s.
I have two dime-a-dozen saints names (early '60s). That gives me two first class Saints to call upon and receive protection from. Our children all have dime-a-dozen saint names, too. Yay!
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:56:35 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: grundle
“I just stopped in to shoot the guy.”
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posted on
09/12/2023 7:59:06 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: Drew68
Looks like a decent area of town.
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posted on
09/12/2023 8:02:14 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Alpharetta is north of Atl. Lots of money in this burn
I was shocked that Alpharetta had a Zaxbys
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posted on
09/12/2023 8:35:53 PM PDT
by
Nifster
( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
To: Nifster
Have to admit I do not know what a Zaxbys is.
Is it normally in a bad part of town?
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posted on
09/12/2023 8:43:47 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
To: grundle
Needs more range time.
Classic FR tradition upheld.
You’re welcome. 😁
To: grundle
Aim higher the next time. Save the taxpayers a lot of prison costs.
To: grundle
“”I’m glad somebody was there to help the people who could have been a victim,””
The powers that be want there to be “victims”.
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posted on
09/12/2023 11:39:05 PM PDT
by
CFW
(I will not comply!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Zaxby's is a Chicken Sandwich/Salad restaurant chain in the Southeast. The ones that I have eaten at were nice, clean, Personal were cordial and delicious food.
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posted on
09/12/2023 11:41:11 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
To: grundle
No mother should be fearing that her child will be shot will robbing a store.
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