Posted on 04/29/2008 11:05:34 AM PDT by stravinskyrules
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- There was a deadly gunfight at a liquor store in Inglewood Saturday night. An armed robbery suspect was gunned down, after trying to rob the place. But it wasn't a police officer who took action.
None of the clerks in Sinkers Wine and Spirits had a gun to protect themselves, but they said they're thankful one of their customers did.
Sinkers Wine and Spirits lost some of their merchandise on Saturday night, but Clifford Baxter is hardly upset. He's just happy to have survived the gunfight that took place in his store over the weekend when two armed men tried to rob Sinkers late Saturday.
"I was in the back room, and came out and a man walked in with a pistol in his hand, and I went back to call 911," said Baxter.
Meanwhile, police said the suspects pointed a gun at store clerks and forced two customers to the ground. The would-be robbers probably didn't suspect that one of the customers would be carrying a gun nor that he would end up using it.
Baxter believes the customer and the suspects exchanged about ten gunshots. The would-be robbers tried to flee, but one of the men collapsed at the scene and died shortly after. Police said the citizen had a valid carry permit, and a right to protect himself.
"A citizen just like a police officer has the right to defend themselves or others, if they're in fear of death or serious bodily injury and that right extends to using deadly force," said Capt. David Imhof with Metro Police.
Even though the store was closed Sunday, Clifford Baxter had to come to work to clean up,
and while the workers at Sinkers are armed only with broken glass and a mop they're thankful one of their customer protected them with something more.
Metro police are still out looking for the other robbery suspect. They are also interviewing witnesses in the case to make sure the citizen's actions were justified. As for the workers at Sinkers who were unarmed at the time they said they have plans to protect themselves in the future.
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I’m in the process of getting my license for concealed carry.
Ten shots fired and no good guys hurt.
Looks like the perp will be sink'n 6 feet under. Nice
I’m sure his relatives will be flooding out the crocodile tears saying that he was a good boy and shouldn’t have been shot. The gun control advocates will trot them out to demonstrate the evils of citizens being allowed to defend themselves.
Irrespective of a permit, people have a right to protect themselves. The question is, under the law, how does one exercise this separate right without a permit?
Lesson learned, not too late.
It would be fitting for Perp the Second to face life in prison on account of Perp the First assuming room temperature.
Heh,heh,heh,It looks like there was another”Sheepdog” on duty looking over and protecting the flock!
Good shooting, sir!
Good thing it wasn’t a cop who shot the robber, or we’d be hearing about “cold blooded murder” by the police. If the dead guy was black, Sharpton would be down in a heartbeat to stir things up.
The only downside to this is that some whiskey was lost.
The observation that the article studiously avoids any sort of description of either the deceased robber or his accomplice leads me to the conclusion that both were black.
When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
The customer deserves a case of 16 year old Scotch.
dont forget DLR on self defense stories...
Which is why I can't understand the position of most police forces on citizens carrying legally.
You'd think they'd rather show, mop up and move on than have to justify a shoot, fill out endless reports, turn in their weapon, be assigned to a desk, face a board of review, face the media, face the family who is filing a civil suit and possibly lose his job and possibly have to pay damages to said family.
Hey Officer! We're on YOUR side!
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