Posted on 10/01/2008 7:57:48 PM PDT by marktwain
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police said a homeowner shot in self-defense when armed suspects tried to rob him overnight.
Shortly before 10:30 p.m. Monday, 67-year-old Douglas Dabbs pulled into his driveway on Tobylynn Drive and was getting out of his pickup truck when two armed men came up to him and tried to rob him. The two men were identified as Nibeyu Demissew Yosef and Jermichael Jerome Burgy.
Armed with BB guns the two men demanded money from Dabbs. Dabbs said he reached into the console of his truck, retrieved a handgun that fires .410 shotgun rounds and opened fire on the two robbers.
Yosef, 19, was wounded and transported by ambulance to Southern Hills Medical Center where he died shortly after arriving.
Burgy, 23, took off after the shooting, but police later tracked him down at Southern Hills where he was recovering from a non-critical gunshot wound to the head. Police said that Burgy admitted to being with Yosef during the robbery attempt, so police charged him with attempted aggravated robbery.
Police also said that Dabbs does not have a handgun carrying permit, but no charges against the homeowner were anticipated.
Burgy has been lodged in lieu of $80,000 bond. A convicted felon, Burgy had previously been found guilty of aggravated assault in 2006 and has been on probation for that offense. Burgy also has convictions for unlawful gun possession and driving without a license.
Yosef had been issued a total of four state misdemeanor citations in 2007 and 2008 for driving without a valid license.
Police said they were looking into whether this overnight robbery may have been linked to other robberies in the area, or whether this robbery was a random or targeted attack.
I would like to know the kind of handgun myself.
DH has a cute little gun, shoots shotgun shells. He says it is like to shoot snakes,no distance, holds two shells. Funny, you can’t saw off a shotgun but these are legal.
Very odd names. I wonder what their nationality is?
Must have missed his brain.
Thanks - That’s the kind of bed time story I like to read!
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives - Proverbs 1:18
Good close in weapon when needed, but 5 rounds max I think in that revolver.
I’m guessing an American Derringer .410/45 Long Colt.
I own one and would NOT want to be on the receiving end of the .410 round. Shot pattern is wicked, as the .410 is almost as long as the barrel. Can fire triple ought rounds.
Never hit anything firing the 45 long colt.
I love a story with a happy ending.
Never bring a BB gun to a shotgun fight
Could also be a 45/410 derringer. And a number of older designs could shoot 410, like the old Thunder Five (which is more likely than the Taurus.)
Yosef sounds like a Mideast name, and the other punk sounds like a black guy.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
My first thought was the Taurus. They specifically advertised it as a good gun to carry in your car or truck.
Sounds like someone hiccuped while they were naming him.
Obviously Lutherans.
Those have been at a sale price. Not sure how much longer they will be discounted.
*ping*
Could be the Taurus Judge revolver. 45Colt/.410
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