Posted on 10/25/2008 5:20:58 AM PDT by marktwain
No charges will likely be filed against the manager of a Pensacola bingo hall who took the law into his own hands.
Escambia County Sheriff's deputies say Chad England shot and killed an armed robber who stormed into Beachside Bingo on Jackson Street in Pensacola.
Investigators say Alton Prewitt, 20, entered the bingo hall around 10pm Wednesday. According to witnesses, Prewitt demanded money and fired at least one shot in the ceiling before England grabbed his own gun and fired back.
Prewitt was pronounced dead on the scene. No one else in the bingo hall was hurt.
"It looks like a clear case of self defense," says Glenn Austin, spokesperson for the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. Austin says he believes England was within his rights to shoot the suspect. "He was defending himself and everyone else in the parlor," he says.
Florida has a law that allows residents to protect themselves when they are attacked. The state's "Stand Your Ground Law" makes it legal to use deadly force against an intruder.
Hold your cards, please...
We have a possible winner...
OTOH, let's give the manager here his due: One shot, one kill, no innocents hurt. Way to go!!!!!
“B - 4” ...”C -6”...”D-o-a”
I love these heartwarming stories of Freedom. This is a great picker-upper in the face of so much 0bamanation news these day.
(Proud owner of a Sig Sauer .357Sig P229 DA/SA Auto)
HOLD YOUR CARDS, THIS MAY BE A MISTAKE.
Not so in England,
Lately there has been a lot of incidents where a homeowner attacks a robber or intruder and gets fined for unnecessary force or some such b.s.
Dimwitt fading to Nowitt.
Agreed. Stupid reporter needs to know that shooting an ARMED ROBBER is not “taking the law into his own hands”.
Well he must get as much sensationalism out of it as possible.
Wait for the ‘other shoe to drop’ and will probably find the Bingo Hall has a ‘no employees with weapons’ policy and the poor guy will probably be looking for work...You know, like the 7/11 people....
That's what 'gun control' is all about...
Freedom just scares some people.
Bingo!
Would anyone be interested in starting a fund to send a box of ammo to anyone who puts down a scumbag. Great publicity opportunity.
I related this story to my wife who smiled and said, "B-14 !"
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