Posted on 05/18/2004 7:54:28 AM PDT by Samwise
INDIANAPOLIS -- Police said a Pizza Hut delivery man fatally shot a man who tried to rob him Monday night.
It happened in the 3600 block of Long Wharf Drive around 11 p.m.
Police said Ronald Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel, was delivering pizza to an apartment complex when Jerome Brown, 20, of Indianapolis, attempted to rob him.
Honeycutt was able to take the Brown's gun away from him and fired 15 rounds from his own gun, striking Brown several times, according to police.
The victim was taken to a local hospital where he later died, RTV6 reproted.
The radio report said that Pizza Hut has fired the delivery man.
Really? He should get a job with Domino's Pizza.
Turn about is fair play.
Won't the Police see that tantamount to shooting an unarmed man?
~~Turn about is fair play~~
Not in many cities in the US. Victims need to take their bullets like men. If you fight back and injure the perp, one could find themselves in prison for a very long time.
If it really happened like this, then Honeycutt is going to be in a lot of legal trouble. He shot a disarmed man. I'm not saying that he should be in trouble, just that I expect that he will be.
Fired? They should use him as their Poster Person.
The radio just said that the prosecutor is considering charges. But I'm confused about how many guns were involved. They just said the Pizza Hut guy had a gun permit and the serial number was filed off the gun used.
The driver was quoted as saying that he'd rather be fired than dead.
Live by the 15-round clip, die by the 15-round clip.
I very much empathize with the pizza deliveryman, who most likely was only defending himself, and probably had just seen his life flash before him, thinking he was going to die.
HF
Hate crime.
Racially motivated.
Delivery Guy is a veteran with PTSD.
Perp was gay.
It's for the chilrun.
Take your pick - those refridgerator word-mix magnets do wonders! Make up your own talking points quickly and without thinking - just pull at random.
"Honeycutt was able to take the Brown's gun away from him and fired 15 rounds from his own gun, striking Brown several times, according to police. "
this statement will prove key. if Honeycutt can prove he got the gun AFTER he shot Brown, he's off the hook. the sentence is worded in a way to simply make one assume, without actually stating anything.
how many times is "several"? was there a gun battle? was Honeycutt injured? we dnt know.
More on this shooting
Delivery driver shot suspected robberMay 18, 2004
Marion County sheriff's deputies were investigating reports late Monday night that a pizza delivery driver shot someone who tried to rob him.
The man believed to have been the robber was found on the ground in a Far-Eastside housing complex, while the delivery driver turned up at the restaurant where he works a couple of miles away.
The shooting was reported at 11:04 p.m. Monday in the 3600 block of Long Wharf Drive by residents who heard gunfire and said they saw a Pizza Hut delivery vehicle driving away. The wounded man, who lay near several shell casings, had chest wounds and was initially reported in serious condition.
Six minutes after the shooting was reported, deputies found the delivery driver at the Pizza Hut restaurant at 8932 E. 38th St. Inside the delivery vehicle were two guns that may have been used in the shooting.
Deputies were looking into reports that the delivery driver and the robber exchanged shots, or that the two fought over a gun and the robber was then shot.
There is more to this story than is being reported so far IMO.
One dead crook is a good thing, but
"and probably had just seen his life flash before him"
with the time it took to fire 15 rounds it was a pretty long "flash"- just how OLD was this pizza guy anyway ?
Id' rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Not surprising. Though I think the delivery man came out ahead in the bargain. What's your job worth, when compared to your life?
Pizza guy - 38.
Dead thug - 20.
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