Posted on 01/06/2011 7:58:27 AM PST by DCBryan1
Posted: Jan 05, 2011 4:49 PM CST Updated: Jan 05, 2011 4:49 PM CST By Rusty Mizell
LITTLE ROCK – A pair of would-be robbers are in the hospital following an attempted armed robbery at a grocery store on Colonel Glenn Road.
Police were called to Joe's Grocery Store at 12223 Colonel Glenn Road just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Two men who were attempting to rob the store were shot in the chest and in the leg by the clerk and owner of the business.
According to a police report, the robbers pulled a gun and were taking money from the register, when the clerk pulled out a .357 handgun and shot both men. The suspects have not been identified.
While fleeing the store, the men dropped the stolen money and their handgun, and sped away in a maroon Oldsmobile, hitting a fence in the process.
A short time later, police responded to the intersection of Colonel Glenn and Interstate 430, where the men had summoned an ambulance to transport them to the hospital.
Little Rock Police Lt. Terry Hastings says the owner of the store does not face charges related to the shootings at this time, and that the prosecuting attorney's office will ultimately decide if any charges will be filed.
Hastings says it is his opinion that the store owner was within his rights to shoot the men, because they had a gun pointed at him.
Hastings added that an investigation is underway to determine if the men have been involved in other recent robberies.
"We've had some other robberies around Christmas, before and after, that were two individuals that match this description. So we'll definitely be looking at that as well as some other factors that I'm not able to reveal at this moment", Hastings said.
No one inside the business was injured in the attempted robbery.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STATON BREIDENTHAL Police and paramedics prepare to transport one of two suspects Wednesday morning after they were reportedly shot by a grocery store owner during a robbery attempt in Little Rock.
Both were firing .357 magnum rounds. My buddy took one in the elbow which traveled up his arm, exiting near his shoulder, rupturing his brachial artery. My friend survived but lost a hell of a lot of blood.
Mr. Bad Guy took 4 rounds, one of which severed his spinal cord. Both shooters emptied their weapons in less than 3.5 seconds according to the surveillance cam video.
Mr. Bad Guy did the world a favor and put his final round into his own head.
The first round was fired at less than 9 feet, the final shots at less than 3, measured distances supported by above video.
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L, yer bud is a lucky man...sometimes the good guys win...
Short barreled revolvers, like the immensely popular SW 642, don’t benefit from the .357 cartridge. You get flame, but not the velocity increase. Virtually everybody opts for the .38SPL version. However, for the 1/8” additional length, it’s still worth it to be able to use .357 ammo on a pinch.
I was one of the very first in the US to use and RELOAD the 357SIG and I finally ditched it a few years back. The cartridge design doesn’t allow for a proper neck, so bullets experience setback during chambering. I had a factory Federal round fall back into the case and detonate the grips and extractor on my SIG P229 back in 1994. I don’t think ammo manufacturers were ever able to properly solve the problem. That, and it was a pain in the ass to resize and reload.
Stick with 9mm, .40SW and .45ACP and you’ll be fine.
LMAO .....Sweet !
I pack this as my CHL rig......:o)
http://www.guncrafterindustries.com/sneakpreview.shtml
Loaded with their CHP 185gr Copper Hollow points.
I also have their 1911A1 Model 1 version in 50GI yet like the combat tupperware for EDC. Comfy and simple.
Stay Safe ya’ll !
Above post was for you...messed up yer moniker !....my bad.
I recall looking at a .357 Sig at a gun shop and thinking it was an odd little number. I couldn’t figure out the attraction of this new round, unlike the .40 S&W which has been very successful.
You can definitely tell the difference when firing the 357SIG. Out of my P229, it was pushing around 1300+ with 124gr Speer Gold Dots, IIRC. Loud and the recoil was very punchy. It would ring the hell out of a 50lb metal plate I had swinging from chains. Not very good for double taps, but it had penetration in spades.
Still, it was a pain to reload and the factory rounds were just as problematic with bullet setback. After a year, I installed a Bar-Sto .40SW barrel and swapped that out for carry. Finally sold the whole package to fund my Glock 19 and never looked back. The Glock is just the better carry platform - lighter, thinner, more compact. I never got any of the anti-9mm nonsense because the one-shot-stop percentages aren’t that different from .40SW or even .45ACP.
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