Posted on 10/05/2009 4:09:12 PM PDT by csvset
NEWPORT NEWS
A 62-year-old store owner shot and injured a man during an attempted robbery, police said.
At about 11 p.m. Friday, two masked men entered White’s Grocery in the 3300 block of Chestnut Ave., and as one suspect held a shotgun on the store owner and a male employee, the second suspect came around the counter, a police news release said. As he walked around the counter, the store owner reached for his gun and shot the second man.
The injured man, Barry Lee Hooker, 26, was taken to the hospital, where he remains in the intensive care unit, police said. The store owner and employee were not injured. The armed suspect ran from the store, and police are trying to identify him.
Hooker had two outstanding warrants for assault and battery and now faces two counts of attempted robbery, two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony, two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and wearing a mask in public.
Police are trying to identify the second man who is described as a dark-skinned black man with a goatee, about 160 pounds and 5 feet 10 inches tall.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP (562-5887).
A happy ending.
Takes guts to draw and fire on one a guy when his buddy has a shotgun trained on you, kudos to the owner.
B. Hooker must really appreciate his choice of partners now. I bet he flips on him after leaving him laying there like that.
If we are lucky, the wound is to his "lower abdomen" and we can count him out of the gene pool
Is Virginia one of those states (even though it is a commonwealth) that will allow Mr Hooker to sue the store owner for shooting him?
...The shotgun wasn’t loaded?...
I don’t think so.
Nope.
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