Posted on 11/04/2005 10:30:30 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
Khalid Latif remembers hearing about the shooting down the street.
In July, the owner of Peavy Burger killed a bandana-clad robber who came in one night waving a shotgun.
A month earlier, a man had walked into Mr. Latif's business, Noble Food Mart at the corner of Peavy and Garland roads, in Dallas' White Rock neighborhood and stuck a gun in his face. The dot from the red laser sight bobbed on his clothes as he handed over about $400.
"I bought a gun after that," Mr. Latif said.
On Tuesday night, he used it, mortally wounding an armed robbery suspect.
Just before 9 p.m., the 41-year-old noticed someone backing into one of his parking spaces never a good sign at a convenience store, as it often indicates someone is planning a speedy getaway.
The driver walked in, picked up a soft drink and plunked it down on the counter.
As Mr. Latif was giving him his change, the man raised his finger to his lips and pulled out a gun. He demanded money.
Mr. Latif already had a hand on his own pistol, which he wore on his right side, under his coat. His mind rushed. "I was thinking, 'Should I pull the gun?' " he said.
The robber had a revolver, and Mr. Latif said he grabbed its rotating chamber as the man tried to shoot him. At the same time, he drew his own gun and fired.
By the next morning, Cortney Rivers, 21, was dead at Baylor University Medical Center.
Mr. Latif said he will reopen, though he knows someone might want revenge for his actions.
"If they want to come after me, I don't know," he said. "I have too much invested in this store.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
I stand corrected - "let me hold your gun while my bullet goes through your face" is that better?
I would just add - nice shot
"pushing an auto out of battery"
Explain please?
Crime Stoppers owes this store owner some money
He ended a violent crime in progress, and ended the career of a violent criminal. You got a problem with that? Hmmm?
Nice reaction and good shooting Khalid. Lock and load for any revenge seekers. Maybe your neighbors will pitch in and help. Any time a felon gets ventilated during the commission of a crime, it's a good day.
Explain your post.
- Sure let me hold your gun while my bullet goes thru your chest. Will there be anything else? Thank you for shopping at the Noble Market - your one stop final destination spot.
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Oh....hahahahahahaaaa.... I'm crying...help! Hee ho ha ha ha ha..bwahahahahahaaa. That's just too funny!
Like he wouldn't have shot the owner in the face. Who cares what age the perp was-he was a criminal with a loaded pistol.Good Grief...
Pushing back slightly on the slide of most auto pistols will push it out of battery, disabling it.
Best to not press a 1911, etc, hard into the back of someone or you may disable it yourself.
It would be a gutsy move to attempt such a maneuver, much like the clerk grabbing the cylinder of the revolver.
I think I know this bad guy
WTF are you talking about? A 21 year old is not a kid, a 4 year old is a kid. You seem to have a problem with happy endings.
Hill..... Doin' what we can. Always gonna' be some leakage :)
Beg pardon, Mr. Jim..... I'll stand corrected.
As I understand it, most (if not all) semis must have the slide completely closed before it can fire (a safety feature, I presume). Think of it as in interlock system.
Therefore, in theory, if we push on the slide so that it exposes the chamber, even slightly, we prevent the gun from firing. Having the slide slightly open is what is meant by "out of battery."
Impressive
I agree, I know how a revolver works, but would never have that presence of mind in a situation like that. That's thinkin!
On what station did you see the tape? I hope it's on their web site.
Yep, and that area has had some problems. There was a shooting at a store in the very intersection a number of years back, but I think the clerk ended up dead in that one. A block over, three Blockbuster employees were murdered during a robbery. The punk who did it later said he was too high to remember doing it, but that "they must have done something wrong to make me shoot them."
Leroy Jenkins, is that you?
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