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CA: Pot club robbery ends in shooting (one armed robber killed)
SF Gate ^
| August 21, 2005
Posted on 08/21/2005 9:15:47 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A San Leandro neighborhood was on edge Saturday after a brazen daytime robbery and shootout at a medical marijuana club that led to the death of an 18-year-old Oakland man.
Alameda County sheriff's investigators were still searching for three suspects after five men -- several armed with semiautomatic rifles and pistols -- stormed the medical marijuana club at 16360 Foothill Blvd. on Friday and exchanged gunfire with the store owner.
The shooting happened just before the pot club was due to open at noon, said sheriff's Sgt. Linda Thuman. The owner was inside with one other employee, she said, when they heard loud footsteps on the roof. Five men then forced the store owner at gunpoint to open the safe before they made off with an untold amount of money and pot, she said.
As the men left, the owner got a gun from a hiding place, followed the men outside and demanded that they "freeze." That's when the intruders opened fire, according to Thuman. The club owner fired back, mortally wounding one.
The intruder, whom the Alameda County coroner's office identified Saturday as DeMarco Lowrey of Oakland, was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital Oakland, where his accomplices dropped him off after the melee, Thuman said.
"It scares me," said one nearby business owner. "It scares my employees. Pretty soon, it might scare my customers. All my customers are against them being here. It's too close to the houses where they live."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; dopers; giveuptheweedyo; onearmedbandit; potheads; stoners
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:15:47 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: NRA2BFree; Grannyx4; wardaddy; Squantos; Eaker; Ladysmith; .38sw; .45MAN; 230FMJ; ...
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:16:13 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:18:24 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
To: Mr. Mojo
Cant even get high in peace anymore. GEEEZ!
10 points for the fatal shot.
Being stupid gets you dead.
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:19:45 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Its only funny till someone gets hurt, Then its HILARIOUS.)
To: Mr. Mojo
I don't know Mr. Mojo, that headline made me want to ask if the owner's name was Richard Kimble... ;)
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:21:24 PM PDT
by
kAcknor
(Don't flatter yourself.... It is a gun in my pocket.)
To: Mr. Mojo
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:30:23 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(thinking.....)
To: Mr. Mojo
The shooting happened just before the pot club was due to open at noon, That's kind of early for a pot club isn't it?
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:33:05 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: Mr. Mojo
The intruder, whom the Alameda County coroner's office identified Saturday as DeMarco Lowrey of Oakland, was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital According to Sarah Brady, another child killed by a gun.
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:34:12 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: Moonman62
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:34:23 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...oops, did I say that out loud?)
To: Mr. Mojo
By the way, to the survivors: If you go rob a guy, and there's five of you and one of him, and he pulls a gun, and you exchange shots, and he kills one of you, and you don't even touch him...it's time for you to find honest work and get out of the 211 game. You suck.
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:37:11 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...I don't want relationship, I just want BANG BANG BANG!)
To: RichInOC
five men -- several armed with semiautomatic rifles and pistols -- stormed the medical marijuana club at 16360 Foothill Blvd. on Friday and exchanged gunfire with the store ownerSounds like they need some lessons on how to fire the weapons they've got....
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:40:58 PM PDT
by
freebilly
(Go Manitowoc Bandits!)
To: RichInOC
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:43:08 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: Mr. Mojo
Budda Bang...Budda Boom...
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:44:30 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
To: Mr. Mojo
Hot Dam! Democrats shooting each other. It just doesn't get any better than this.
(Unless, a coroner arrives at the scene.) **S**
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:44:38 PM PDT
by
dk/coro
To: Mr. Mojo
To: BurbankKarl
Several armed robbers.
One armed robber killed.
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:48:23 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: RichInOC
and there's five of you And at least one with a sem-auto rifle. Incompetence in the extreme.
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:50:33 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
I thought all these clubs were illegal and banned for a while now.
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posted on
08/21/2005 9:54:45 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Mr. Mojo
One Armed Bandit
To: Mr. Mojo
5 guys, mostly armed, gets into shootout with pot store owner, and store owner pulls out his gun and owner kills one?
I love it.
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