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Customer Shoots, Kills Robber At Tanning Salon
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | Dec 12, 2010

Posted on 12/12/2010 8:08:20 AM PST by KeyLargo

Customer Shoots, Kills Robber At Tanning Salon

December 12, 2010 8:41 AM

ORLAND PARK, Ill. (STMW) - A man died Saturday night after he was shot with his own gun while attempting to rob a tanning salon in southwest suburban Orland Park.

Police received a call at 6:36 p.m. of an armed robbery occuring at L.A. Tan, 15633 S. 94th Ave, according to a release from Orland Police.

Surveillance video from inside the business showed that a man entered the business, announced a robbery and pointed a handgun at a female employee, according to the release. The man then ordered a female customer using a tanning bed to tie the hands and feet of the female employee with rope he had brought with him.

A male customer entered the business minutes later for a scheduled appointment and the suspect pointed the handgun at him and ordered the customer to tie his hands together, according to police.

The male customer then grabbed the handgun away from the suspect, police said. The man moved aggresively toward the male customer, who then shot the man twice with the gun, police said.

The unidentified man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

The suspect’s name has not been confirmed and is pending identification by family members or fingerprints, according to the release. A vehicle belived to be the suspect’s was recovered near the scene, the release said.

The male customer, female customer and female employee were unharmed, according to the release. The handgun was also recovered at the scene.

The male customer, who cooperated fully with police, was released without charges and Orland Police are continuing their investigation.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: crime; guns; latan; robbery; tanning; victim
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To: KeyLargo
Has anyone seen Charlie Crist or John Boehner lately?
21 posted on 12/12/2010 8:38:17 AM PST by southernnorthcarolina ("Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop)
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To: Vaquero

I never missed one “Leave It To Beaver” when I was growing up. I was impressed by how Ricky could sing and get the girls. But,,, I wanted to be his guitar player! Heck! I still wanna be James Burton!


22 posted on 12/12/2010 8:39:48 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Grunthor
If people everywhere only always fought back against the robbers,rapists, and murderers I believe there would be a lot fewer of these crimes.

The heck with call 911-just shoot the punks THEN call 911 for disposal.

23 posted on 12/12/2010 8:45:22 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: Vaquero

Looks like it. I think the lady in the first row, first one on the left looks like Ann B. Davis from the Brady Bunch. :)


24 posted on 12/12/2010 8:46:58 AM PST by MissTed ( Do women in burqas have fun tagging each other in Facebook photos?)
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To: hoosierham

Reminds me of a sign I saw once...

‘I don’t call 911...Smile, wait for the flash.”


25 posted on 12/12/2010 8:50:41 AM PST by t-dude (Sarah causes banal and vituperous evil snarks to shriek in horror!)
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To: KeyLargo; All

WHat we need to do is post these stories on the light poles in inners cities.

Perhaps the thugs would get the not so subtle hint.


26 posted on 12/12/2010 8:51:30 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Planning on using 911? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: KeyLargo

Wow. I didn’t know that they still had not solved that case.


27 posted on 12/12/2010 8:51:57 AM PST by 2111USMC
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To: Vaquero

Kinda looks like him, but seems the era of that photo is late 40’s and Hugh was fairly young when Leave it to Beaver was televised in the late 50’s.


28 posted on 12/12/2010 9:06:56 AM PST by downtownconservative
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To: KeyLargo

Dead criminals, killed during the act of their crime, is always good news.

The customer more than likely prevented another 10-20 crimes from happening


29 posted on 12/12/2010 9:11:32 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Whenever something is "Global"...it means its bad for America)
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To: downtownconservative

Hugh Beaumont (February 16, 1909 – May 14, 1982)


30 posted on 12/12/2010 9:15:20 AM PST by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: KeyLargo
Photobucket
31 posted on 12/12/2010 9:19:23 AM PST by xuberalles ("The Right Stuff" Conservative Novelties http://www.zazzle.com/xuberalles)
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To: Vaquero

You may be right! Guess you could be made to look pretty young on B&W TV.


32 posted on 12/12/2010 9:23:30 AM PST by downtownconservative
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To: KeyLargo
A man died Saturday night after he was shot with his own gun

This incident will be used by the anit-gunners and included with other such incidents as a reason not to carry a weapon..........it may be used against you.

33 posted on 12/12/2010 9:24:15 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: chicagolady
HDYLTAB! How Do You Like Them Apples Boy!
34 posted on 12/12/2010 9:25:12 AM PST by kinghorse (Ameristroika, the re-awakening. Repudiate FDR, repudiate JFK, repudiate big govsoc)
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To: KeyLargo
Good job by customer.

Just how much money did the perp expect to get at a tanning salon? It's a not a cash intensive business is it?

35 posted on 12/12/2010 9:27:37 AM PST by csvset
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To: KeyLargo

I can fathom a scenario where the good samaritan is charged with illegal possession of a gun. This is the Chicago area, after all.


36 posted on 12/12/2010 9:27:39 AM PST by krogers58
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To: KeyLargo

I thought someone came to steal a free tan, “I’m getting into this booth for a few minutes and remember, I have a gun!”.


37 posted on 12/12/2010 9:27:59 AM PST by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: KeyLargo

Perhaps some artistic Freeper could create a photo of some tanned bikini-clad gal, except that her hip is missing its tan in the shape of a handgun.


38 posted on 12/12/2010 9:35:30 AM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: KeyLargo
The male customer, who cooperated fully with police, was released without charges

???

How do obvious gaffes like this make it to the final copy?
Is there no such thing as proofreading anymore?

39 posted on 12/12/2010 9:40:50 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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I can easily imagine the HERO being charged, especially if there is a racial element to this case. Is Holder on his way to the scene of the robbery ?


40 posted on 12/12/2010 9:43:22 AM PST by white17x
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