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Employee killed trying to prevent liquor store robbery in West Covina
Fox11 LA ^ | October 9, 2023 | staff

Posted on 10/10/2023 9:48:05 AM PDT by Leaning Right

An employee tragically lost his life while attempting to thwart a robbery at Big Bob's Liquors and Market, located at the corner of Sunset and Point Avenue in West Covina.

The shooting occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday during what authorities described as an altercation while the employee attempted to stop a theft.

Police said that two males entered the store and stole merchandise. The victim confronted the men at which time the shooting occurred.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; crime; robbery; shoplifting
Trying to stop shoplifters in such places is, sadly, a fool’s errand.
1 posted on 10/10/2023 9:48:05 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

I can see brick and mortar stores eventually shutting down and delivery ops in place. Armed.


2 posted on 10/10/2023 9:50:04 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉 🇮🇱)
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To: rktman

Then they will prey on the delivery guys...................


3 posted on 10/10/2023 9:53:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Leaning Right

The shame of it is that we are left with the only path that is the one that destroys society (probably not be accident).

You can’t just shoot them. Then YOU got to jail.
You can’t call the police. They wont get there in time, and even if they do they’ll just be released, and you might face retaliation.
So option 3 is to let yourself be robbed and hope there is no violence. You reward the crime and crime becomes a plague.


4 posted on 10/10/2023 9:53:11 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: z3n

“You can’t just shoot them. Then YOU got to jail.”

Especially in CA.


5 posted on 10/10/2023 9:54:14 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: z3n

> So option 3 is to let yourself be robbed and hope there is no violence. <

Yep. Awhile back I read about this liquor store owner in San Francisco. She was robbed, on average, six times a day. Not six times per month. Six times per day.

It was always shoplifting. People would come in, grab a few bottles, and just leave. As you noted, it was a waste of time to call the police.

The owner said she was going to lock up the booze to make it more difficult to steal. I suppose that might work…until an angry and armed thief appears.


6 posted on 10/10/2023 9:59:27 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Red Badger

That’s why I added ARMED. 😁👍

🇮🇱👍


7 posted on 10/10/2023 10:00:34 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉 🇮🇱)
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To: Leaning Right

Time to resort to the old west “justice” system. “SHOOT, SHOVEL AND SHUT UP”. No use bothering the LEOs.


8 posted on 10/10/2023 10:02:53 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun in South Carolina" ROTFLMAO!)
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To: Leaning Right

Not too many decades ago West Covina was a nice place. Nowadays...Ferrrget it.


9 posted on 10/10/2023 10:04:14 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

> Time to resort to the old west “justice” system. <

Someone on another thread said that if these outrages continue, folks just might set up old-fashioned Vigilance Committees.

Maybe. But back then city folks were made of sterner stuff. And back then most city officials didn’t actively oppose personal self-defense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilance_committee


10 posted on 10/10/2023 10:12:25 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right
Two Mexican boys killed a Sikh.


11 posted on 10/10/2023 11:10:32 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Leaning Right

Murdered By Pelosi, Feinstein, Newsome and others of that ilk.


12 posted on 10/10/2023 11:18:04 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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