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Man Open Carrying AR15 Attacked by Career Criminal, Ends in Gunfight
AmmoLand ^ | June 6, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 06/10/2022 6:53:57 AM PDT by marktwain

On May 27, 2022, at Clay’s Wellston Food Market in Missouri, next to the Illinois border on the east side of St. Louis, a man “openly carrying” an AR15 type rifle, under a jacket, with a “gun sleeve” on the rifle, was accosted by an armed man who approached him from behind and demanded the rifle and the jacket. From ksdk.com:

Major Ron Martin with the North County Police Cooperative spoke to 5 On Your Side after the shooting. He said that moments before the shooting, a customer with a rifle had entered the grocery store.

Martin said the patron was “open carrying” the rifle in a gun sleeve underneath an article of clothing and did not threaten anyone while inside the store.

The robbery did not go well for the robber, who turned out to be a career criminal. It seems the owner of the rifle objected to the theft. Strenuously. With gunfire. From fox2now.com:

According to court documents obtained by FOX2, surveillance footage captured Booker putting a gun to the head of the rifle-toting individual before he took the AR-15 and a jacket. The footage also showed him wielding a pistol he possessed, in addition to the stolen AR-15 rifle while several others were present.

Police say the victim of the stolen rifle fired shots at Booker, who was struck multiple times. That victim left the scene, but police believe another man returned moments later and also shot the man who took the rifle.

Officers found Booker laying in front of the store with several gunshot wounds. He was treated for his injuries at a hospital. Authorities served a warrant for Booker’s arrest on Tuesday. Booker is scheduled for an arraignment hearing in the case for June 6. 


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: ar15; banglist; missouri; mo; opencarry
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“So I count two victims. Don’t you?”

No. One victim. The victim who had his rifle stolen, retrieved his pistol from his truck and then left the scene after a gunfight.


41 posted on 06/10/2022 7:35:01 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Graybeard58

Did you have to pay the lawyer more than the replacement cost of the pistol?


42 posted on 06/10/2022 7:36:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: NorthMountain

Yeah...I’m confused. It said the perp took the AR. Did the victim have a pistol or something?


43 posted on 06/10/2022 7:37:47 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: Gaffer

I can remember when high school kids had gun hooks on the inside window of their truck cabs-—and guns were there all day at school in deer hunting season.

Trucks were NOT locked up , either.

NO ONE every did any pilfering.


44 posted on 06/10/2022 7:38:54 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: marktwain

As gun writer Massad Ayoob called it years ago, “Veiled exhibitionism.”


45 posted on 06/10/2022 7:41:38 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
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To: Lazamataz

“Good guy got rifle back.”

Police are looking for “Good guy” and his three companions that left in a bullet-ridden Ford.


46 posted on 06/10/2022 7:42:26 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“As a side note, this article is just more proof how woefully bad the 5.56 round is as this dummy took multiple hits from it at close range and is still breathing.”

AR-15 never fired.


47 posted on 06/10/2022 7:45:30 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: TexasGator; marktwain

Dean, it’s not clear if the rifle was successfully stolen or not. Can you elaborate?


48 posted on 06/10/2022 7:46:43 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: ChuckHam

Well reading is fundamental.
Thanks for the clarification!


49 posted on 06/10/2022 7:48:01 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: mabarker1

terribly written article...


50 posted on 06/10/2022 7:50:28 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Antihero101607

Nope I missed it and thank you for clarifying.

I remember Petraeus being shot by an M16 and they stitched him up and he walked away fine that same day. Seeing feral dogs shot with a .223/5.56 they always run away. Not so with other comparable cartridges where they drop instantly (5.45/7.62 Soviet).


51 posted on 06/10/2022 7:50:42 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Lazamataz

Yeah the joke is on me - I didn’t read (I admit it).

That Lungblaster 9 is an amazing round!


52 posted on 06/10/2022 7:51:26 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal; All
It may take a year or so, but he should get it back - he needs a lawyer to ensure it.

As far as I can tell, the police never had possession of he rifle.

The rifle owner retrieved the rifle before he fled the scene.

In some accounts, it is implied the second person who shot the robber took the rifle before he fled the scene.

I have not seen any accounts where the police had possession of the rifle.

53 posted on 06/10/2022 7:51:27 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: TexasGator

Yes, I didn’t read far enough clearly :)
Thank you.


54 posted on 06/10/2022 7:52:11 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Lazamataz

“Dean, it’s not clear if the rifle was successfully stolen or not. Can you elaborate?”

From the article:
Robber was taken to the hospital and arrested. Third man left with rifle.

Probably companion of “victim”

Sounds like “victim” and companions were up to no good.


55 posted on 06/10/2022 7:52:12 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: TexasGator

From the article, it remains unclear if the rifle was successfully stolen. I’ll wait for Dean.


56 posted on 06/10/2022 7:54:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Lazamataz

“From the article, it remains unclear if the rifle was successfully stolen. I’ll wait for Dean.”

Robber did not get rifle.


57 posted on 06/10/2022 7:57:31 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: TexasGator

Again, I’ll wait for clarification from Dean... but, if the rifle was unstolen, and the bad guy got shot up, I consider it a successful transaction.


58 posted on 06/10/2022 8:00:17 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Wayne07; All
Thanks for the link to the shootout video.

It appears much as I expected, a gang shootout, probably enforcing their "turf" against someone who dared attempt to steal from a gang member.

You can see the rifle was not what would normally be called "openly carried", but was sloppily concealed carried under the jacket.

The person carrying it covers it up when it is exposed.

The robber who stole it, tries to get it to work while he is under fire.

The robber is unsuccessful.

Confederates of the rifle carrier work in coordination to shoot the robber, then flee together in a white car.

59 posted on 06/10/2022 8:03:22 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Chode

Yup


60 posted on 06/10/2022 8:07:33 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !)
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