Posted on 01/30/2016 12:53:19 PM PST by csvset
HAMPTON
A gift card ATM store employee shot two men, killing one of them, during a robbery on Friday evening.
Around 6:21 p.m., police were called to the first block of West Mercury Blvd. after a report of a robbery, according to a news release. When officers arrived, they found a man who had suffered a gunshot wound. Timothy L. Johnson, 18, of Hampton, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A second man was found in the 2000 block of Seldendale Drive suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition. The man, who hasn't been identified, will face multiple charges when he's released from the hospital, police said.
Police said the two men entered the store to commit a robbery, but during the crime, an employee who was legally armed with a handgun, fired the weapon and struck both men.
The store employee, who hasn't been identified, is not facing charges and sustained no injures, police said.
Got ‘em both and conserved ammo.
“Timothy L. Johnson, 18, promising career as a robber, cut short. “
No perp photo. Must therefore be a “Holder’s Person.”
I like happy endings.
5.56mm
He was turning his life around.
LOL...Loved that movie.
Good.
He was Dindu Nuffin’s cousin.
Chances are they will release a pic and a name for the other perp. Usually a day or so.
More concealed carry permits = more dead perps and fewer dead innocents.
The left would still count this as gun violence. I call it justice.
What is a gift card ATM store?
Actually that’s what they do.
West Mercury Blvd. - yep.
Well, thank God the named perp was 18, and the other was identified as a man. If Johnson was only a few months younger, the employee would have been accused of shooting “children”.
I have no idea. Just don’t try to rob that one. The television news showed a Small older home that they operate out of. I guessing this is probably a business aimed at a demographic other than mine
No, Dindu Nuffin's cousin is named Woondu Dat. :=)
I googled it and didn’t get much - just a couple of links to Facebook pages. It seems to be a type of business that pays cash for around 70% of the value of gift cards. Then the proprietors must, by some means, convert the cards to cash or goods at over 70% of their value. I can see issuers’ being willing to pay an in-between amount.
I expect this sort of business has to keep a lot of cash on hand, making them obvious robbery targets.
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