Posted on 11/22/2016 11:43:05 AM PST by marktwain
On Wednesday, 16 November, 2016, two brothers decided to rob a Bucks County pizza shop in Levitown, Pennsylvania. It was just after 10 p.m. The shop had closed only moments before, but there was one customer left inside.
During the robbery, one of the brothers, Shawn Rose, pistol whipped the customer on the forehead. The customer dropped to one knee.
In a fluid and rapidly changing situation, it is very hard for perpetrators to keep track of all the actors. It only takes a momentary lapse to give a victim a chance to strike back.
Rose looked away. The customer drew a .45 caliber Glock 30 or 36 from his pocket, and shot both brothers. Shawn was killed and Justin was critically wounded in the throat and shoulder. From nbcphiladelphia.com:
Shawn Rose allegedly pistol-whipped the customer in the forehead causing him to drop down to one knee. As Shawn Rose looked away for a moment, the customer pulled out his own .45 caliber handgun from his jacket and fired one shot, striking him in the torso, officials said.
Officials said the customer then fired two shots at Justin Rose, striking him in the throat and shoulder area. Justin Rose fell through the door of the store. The customer then aimed his weapon at the two brothers until police arrived.
Every fatal shooting is fraught with consequences. In this case, there was an added complexity. The shooter had a concealed carry permit, but the permit was expired.
Weintraub said the customer could have been charged however because he had an expired permit to carry a concealed weapon. They decided not to charge him based on the totality of the circumstances.
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They need to be charged, convicted, and shot to death at a pizza parlor, with the pizza just out of reach.
That's some damn good shooting - particularly after having been pistol-whipped.
Good shoot, glad to see the prosecutor made a smart decision.
They must not have been black robbers or the cops would have charged him because of the expired permit.
And, of course, the fact that the weapon was not concealed when the police arrived...
The prosecutor knew he’d be wasting his time because he’d never get a conviction.
Permit? Second amendment.
The prosecutor mentioned that the state has open carry without a permit.
Two brothers, later identified as Shawn Rose, 24, and Justin Rose, 22, entered the shop carrying realistic-looking airsoft guns, according to Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub.
“They had the security feature, that orange tip, removed so that they looked and felt like real guns,” said Weintraub.
Based on the totality of the incident, the Prosecutor acted appropriately.
Whoops! Don’t bring an air gun to a gun fight...
Great choice of caliber. Wonder if it was .45 ACP or .45 Colt?
Well, I think it may have been a fake pistol...
...at least according to one article I came across trying to find pictures of the per..., er, alleged persons of interest.
One comment was "Can the guy in the hospital sue the news station for calling him "brother"?".
“They need to be charged, convicted, and shot to death at a pizza parlor, with the pizza just out of reach.”
Am I missing something?
The customer who shot the robber was not charged. You think he should have been?
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Combo toppings...
Sniff Sniff I just love a happy ending....
Glocks are not chambered in .45 Colt.
Oops. Right.
If it was a Glock, it was either a .45 ACP or .45 GAP. “It make heap big hole!” (Is that culturally insensitive of me...?)
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