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Man shoots, kills robber in Dothan church
AL.com ^ | July 17, 2017 | Erin Edgemon

Posted on 07/17/2017 4:50:02 PM PDT by boycott

A staff member of a Dothan church shot and killed a man who robbed him and another parishioner inside the church on Sunday night, police said.

Dothan police found Steffon Parreese Valentez Tolver, 26, dead of a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the Crossroads Baptist Church 2574 Westgate Parkway at around 10:34 p.m., police said.

Police said Tolver had entered the back door of the church and robbed a parishioner of about $50.

When Tolver then attempted to rob a staff member of the church, the staff member fired his handgun once, hitting Tolver in the upper torso. Tolver ran out the back door of the church and into the parking lot where he died.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: church; crossroads; dothan; robber; welldone
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I feel sorry for the person that had to shoot another.
1 posted on 07/17/2017 4:50:02 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

Aaaaahhh . . . . happy endings. They’re great !!


2 posted on 07/17/2017 4:52:14 PM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: boycott

The situation is just what most of us were thinking.


3 posted on 07/17/2017 4:52:40 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: boycott

AMEN!!


4 posted on 07/17/2017 4:54:27 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: boycott

No mention in the story of the bad guy having a gun.

This could be trouble.


5 posted on 07/17/2017 4:55:56 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: boycott

At least Steffon had the basic decency to vacate the premises and die outside, rather than incurring a cleaning bill for the churchgoers


6 posted on 07/17/2017 4:55:59 PM PDT by lump in the melting pot (Half-brother is Watching You!)
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To: boycott

Read the comments at the link


7 posted on 07/17/2017 4:56:43 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: boycott

For such little amounts of money... I don’t understand why he didn’t just go in the church and beg???


8 posted on 07/17/2017 4:57:07 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: boycott

Ironically, the teen choir recently sang “We Will Stand Our Ground.”


9 posted on 07/17/2017 4:59:27 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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Any LowLife B@$T@RD who commits robbery in the sanctuary of a Church .... Any Church ..... Deserves what he gets!


10 posted on 07/17/2017 4:59:43 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: boycott
Remember the sister of the guy killed while burglarizing a home in Florida? She said, "How he gonna get his money?" (if he's not stealing from other people, she meant). Sure. Liberal logic. Gotta love it.


11 posted on 07/17/2017 5:04:31 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 21:36 KJV Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all...)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

For Alabama:

Section 13A-3-23

Use of force in defense of a person.

(a) A person is justified in using physical force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly physical force, and is legally presumed to be justified in using deadly physical force in self-defense or the defense of another person pursuant to subdivision (4), if the person reasonably believes that another person is:

(1) Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force.

(2) Using or about to use physical force against an occupant of a dwelling while committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such dwelling.”

The law goes on, but I’m guessing #2 above could be used. “He grabbed Mrs. Brown by the arm...” I was a bit surprised to see that justifiable homicide in Alabama doesn’t include preventing a felony robbery without force. Perhaps it is somewhere else in the law.


12 posted on 07/17/2017 5:05:39 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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Good. Dead thugs are always a step in the right direction.


13 posted on 07/17/2017 5:06:23 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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Tolver ran out the back door of the church and into the parking lot where he died.

Bleeding out in a parking lot on a hot Alabama summer night. I hope he had time to reflect on his actions.

14 posted on 07/17/2017 5:07:08 PM PDT by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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Shooting a bad guy isn’t nearly as traumatic as anti-gunners claim.

It actually feels GREAT putting a savage predator on society down.


15 posted on 07/17/2017 5:07:16 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: CGASMIA68

Read the comments at the link


I just did. Lots of great comments.


16 posted on 07/17/2017 5:08:20 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

Lowlife black decedent. Entirely white church.


17 posted on 07/17/2017 5:10:45 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (HitlerÂ’s Mein Kampf, translated into Arabic, is "My Jihad")
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To: boycott

Good chootin’!


18 posted on 07/17/2017 5:14:03 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: All

Luke 6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.


19 posted on 07/17/2017 5:16:12 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: boycott; ExTexasRedhead

Hey, Black Lives Matter, Right? Problem is, Black lives don’t matter to Blacks!

Note to self: Put this on today’s NITN List! Now, is this #5 today, or is it #6?


20 posted on 07/17/2017 5:16:40 PM PDT by vette6387
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