Posted on 05/21/2004 10:26:28 AM PDT by NJ Freeper
A Pizza Hut deliveryman who police say fatally shot a man on the city's east side Monday night says he acted in self-defense.
Ronald Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel, says he had just delivered a pizza at the Oaks Apartments around 11 p.m. Monday when a man approached him with a gun.
Honeycutt (pictured, right), who was near his delivery van and had his own gun, fired 15 times at the man, later identified as Jerome Brown, 20, of Indianapolis. Brown was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
"The only thing I can do is protect myself, and if that means shooting somebody that intends to shoot you, so be it," Honeycutt told RTV6's Jack Rinehart Tuesday. "I'm sick of the crime and I'm sick of being victimized."
Honeycutt said that after the shooting, he picked up Brown's handgun and drove to a Pizza Hut, where sheriff's deputies took him into custody. Police questioned Honeycutt and then released him.
Pizza Hut, which has a policy forbidding deliverymen to carry weapons, fired Honeycutt soon after the shooting, Rinehart reported.
The county coroner's office Tuesday determined Brown died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Honeycutt said he used all the ammunition he had because Brown kept standing.
"The guy literally stood there the whole time with his arm up," Honeycutt said. "The whole time, I'm popping off rounds ... (and) the guy's still standing there after 15 rounds went off in him."
Honeycutt, who has a valid license to carry a firearm, said he planned to buy another handgun and go back to work with a different pizza business.
The Marion County prosecutor's office will review the case to determine whether Honeycutt acted in self-defense, Rinehart reported.
(in IL he'd face life)
semi-joking
Time to re-evalute that whimpy 9mm, I wouldn't get caught dead with it, pun intended.
Good.
Ok, ok..some POS died and the Pizza dude did a good job. BUT the article doesn't answer one all important question.
Did the Pizza's get delivered on time??
you said"He should be fired. The company policy says that employees are not allowed to carry guns. If he didn't get fired the company would have to allow all employees the ability to register for a carry permit. " And the down side is?.....
I agree with you.
Way too many employers have these stupid policies, which are a result of court systems not holding miscreants responsible for their actions. The simple fact is, a company's policy is easily ignored and they can't search your person(bags can be checked) so no one is really protected. The person who means harm will ignore the policy AND ignore the law on murder or robbery. Meanwhile the rest of us will be disarmed in the face of such an act or will be fired when we are a FRIGGING HERO!
The use of private regulations is the way the Second Amendment will be made useless. Combine it with the increased technology and soon everywhere you go will be scanning you for weapons and our rights will be lost forever.
That's what I load up my S&W "Shorty .40" with. And if not, I just go for head shots.
He was then refired about a month later after the ruckus died down.
Very nice. You can't go wrong with either.
Previous thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1139902/posts
One recent evening, as I arrived at a competing pizza chain's carryout-only location, one of the delivery guys was just coming back from a run.
He spotted the pro-2nd Amendment vanity tag on my car and called out,
"Hey, man! I really like your tag!
And proceeded to briefly raise his shirt to reveal the semi he was carrying in an inside-the-waistband holster.
I thanked him, grinned and patted the small bulge on my hip twice as I turned and walked into the store.
PH is not part of Pepsi anymore, but the idea is correct. Back in 1994, when I first started working with Frito-Lay (still a part of Pepsi), one of the drivers who took me on my initial training was killed in a robbery. He was unarmed. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I have a carry permit. If my employer new that I was armed I would expect to get fired if I brought by weapon into the office. He knew the rules BEFORE ACCEPTING EMPLOYMENT WITH PIZZA HUT. He was fired for breaking the company policy.
And he exercised it. Good for him. He does not, however, have a God-given inalienable right to work for Pizza Hut.
Agreed. I upgraded from a Browning hi-power some years ago to the old reliable 1911 .45 ACP with Hornady Custom 200Gr JHP XTP
Pizza Hut hasn't been part of PepsiCo since 1997.
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