Posted on 01/18/2008 5:45:09 AM PST by Brilliant
An armed citizen surprised four men who robbed him at gunpoint last week.
After being ordered to his knees, Russel Olofson warned the men that "they should think about it," according to an Orlando police report released this week.
A private investigator with military training, Olofson, 24, told police the robbers snatched his cell phone and a wallet containing his concealed-weapon permit shortly before 10 p.m. Friday outside Ridge Club Apartments.
After the robbers took his items, Olofson stood up, drew his Springfield XD sub-compact 9 mm handgun "and fired two rounds toward male #1 with the silver handgun, possibly striking him," the report states. "Males #2, #3, and #4 then ran southeast . . . and male #1 ran northeast . . ."
A search by police quickly turned up a pistol likely used in the holdup, the report said.
The .45-caliber Ruger pistol and clothing believed to have been worn by male 1 were found in the backyard of a home on Alrix Drive, reports state. The serial numbers on the pistol had been scratched off, a common sign the weapon may have been stolen.
The cell phone and wallet were not recovered. The wallet contained an Iraq Embassy badge, an Army contractor's ID card, Olofson's drivers license and a credit card. Anyone who finds the wallet or knows the identities of the robbers is asked to call Crimeline at 407-423-8477.
Olofson...was not injured...
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
Eggsactly! ;)
You could have saved yourself a lot of trouble by not insulting him in the first place....
I didn’t insult him. did you read the article. by posting this crap (and posting no caveats, just a link to a website) from the NY Slimes, which basically condemned CCW and pro-victim laws, he let himself open for questioning of his belief in our second amendment rights.
I am sure however he is capable of fighting his own battles and does not need YOU to fight them for him.
Oh, pooh. You insulted him, and now you're trying to weasel out of admitting it.
I'm not fighting his battles for him; rather, I'm suggesting that a moment's worth of self-control on your part would have saved you a lot of embarrassment.
its none of your business.
Good.
I don’t get embarrassed...
at least not by this BS.
WOW, great story. I dont know why, exactly, but this article made me hopeful for our country. Maybe we’re on our way to being a country that is unsafe for the criminals, instead of the victims......(my version of Nirvana)
how many rounds?
Bang!!!
..not in Florida.
Glad you liked it. Of course reading the entire article and relating it to the case at hand helps. Which you, and others seem to have done.
Obviously it's difficult for some to read a separate article and relate it to the topic at hand. (RE: "Once again, the victim will become the felon." ... Slapshot68 post#5)
Knowing that I would say it was my bad. Should have known better and drawn a map. ;)
Actually, my post was tongue in cheek...admittedly I didn’t know FL’s laws on handgun self defense. It was just a sarcastic response given the state of affairs where the perpretrator of a crime having more rights than the victim.
How're you liking it? Any idea how it compares to the Glock 19?
Didn't mention the ammunition, though.
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