Posted on 04/04/2011 11:49:55 AM PDT by verum ago
An armed security guard, hired by Apple to protect one of its San Diego stores, confronted and killed a smash and grab suspect in a gun battle early Monday.
One person is dead and two people have been taken into custody following the shooting at Otay Ranch Towne Center in the Eastlake section of Chula Vista according to police.
The Apple store manager was working inside when just before 7 a.m. the guard confronted two men and a woman. The suspects had smashed into the store's front doors, sending shattered glass out onto the sidewalk. The guard told police a gun battle started when one suspect produced a handgun. More than a dozen yellow evidence markers were on the ground just outside the store's front door.
Investigators said the three suspects got into a silver Acura and crashed into a light pole and a post before stopping on the curb outside Banana Republic. The passenger side door was left open with what appeared to be a body still inside.
Police confirm the unidentified man was shot and killed by the security guard. The second man and woman ran from the mall heading east, police said.
Patrol cars blocked the intersection of Eastlake Parkway and Birch Road leading into the outdoor mall. Chula Vista police officers, U.S. Border Patrol agents and San Diego County sheriff's deputies searched the neighborhood near the mall.
Around 8 a.m., law enforcement officers with guns drawn approached a section of townhomes in the Winding Walk community east of the shopping center.
Officers entered an alley between two buildings and pulled out two people. A female was cuffed and walked to a patrol car. The second, a man, was originally cuffed and patted down. Then, he was treated by medical personnel for a gunshot wound in the buttocks before being taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.
The suspects were positively identified by Apple store employees, according to Chula Vista police.
The Apple store security guard was not injured, police said. Eastlake High School, Wolf Canyon Elementary School, Veterans Elementary School and Olympian High School were placed on lockdown according to district officials. Those lockdowns were lifted by 9:30 a.m. Mater Dei Catholic High School, first reported to be on lockdown, reported that it was back in session as well.
I should resist the temptation to ask how many ipads it took to sop up the mess, but I just can’t...
I hope not. More often than not, however, employees who stand up to thugs, are found to have violated some HR Director's rule-book. This guy should be made Apple Employee of the Month, and given a new MacBook Pro for his bravery and competence. But, we'll see...
There's an APP for that. I'm sure that Apple can find them when they try to use them!
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I have heard --- don't know for sure --- that when the steal this stuff, they sell it to fences who ship it overseas. They don't try to use it here.
I guess they were right to hire a security guard.
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And it looks like for a little extra coin, they got a rent-a-cop who had actually become proficient at the range, too.
Haha, more like a Ronnie Barnhardt!
What do you know, there IS an app for that:
Tactical NAV iPhone app used to help destroy Taliban fighting position
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The 21st century equiv of the 18th century ‘firing/ballistics tables’.
There’s a (dirt n)app for that! ;’)
he was treated by medical personnel for a gunshot wound in the buttocks
I wouldn't bet on it. I bet they get a lot of people who cross the border to buy gear cheaper than they can get it in Mexico. I've heard of foreign visitors to the US buying laptops and throwing away the packaging so it looks used when they go through customs on the way home. A border-town Apple store is in practice, if not officially, a duty-free store.
Only problem I've had is I keep running the battery down by using it too much.;-)
The guard was uninjured in the gun battle? It’s a good thing that perps are too stupid to put in range time.
JMHO
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