Retired Marine Is Top Gun At Sub Shop (Subway Owner Hails Best Customer's Actions Alert)

Miami Herald ^ | 06/29/2007 | Erika Beras And Jennifer Lebovich

[goldstategop]

Stand-up guy. The Plantation Subway owner said John Lovell is a great customer. Comes by nearly every night to order off the menu. Says he loves him even more after he took down two armed perps. What a great review, eh? Castle Doctrine Bump!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Nailbiter]

ping

[RhoTheta]

Here is a better take on the story you posted a couple days ago.

[USMCVet]

Hope somebody can post the video!

Semper Fi

[padre35]

Well, I am going to quit making fun of vegetarians after this one.....good show by the Marine...

[Krankor]

I don’t know, something doesn’t sound right about this story. I mean, the guy said his grandson was a “good child”. And with a name like Donicio, he sounds like a pretty nice kid.

[csvset]

''What could possess them to do this?'' Prince said.

Probable possessors

1) Satan
2)Thug Life Attitude

[FreedomPoster]

3) All of the above.

[Nailbiter]

I missed the veggie part, more impressed by the ruthless way he dispatched the perps. Wish we all had the right to CCW

[driftdiver]

Its possible they were just collecting money for church, isn’t it?

/sarc

Shot them both in the head! Hows that for a Jared diet?

[madconserv]

Great story...Sempher Fi. Rettig said Lovell, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, is not expected to be charged. ''He was in fear for his life,'' Rettig said.

Great case for conceal carry. Which we don't have here in Wis. dangit! But we're trying.

[JarhedAirmanPatriot]

The man is a hero in every way. Thank God for the Marines. Just wish more Americans like him were out there. Oohrah from one Marine to another. I have my permit to carry here in Pa but hope I never have to use it, but if I have I will......

Support our troops and the 2nd amendment...... God Bless

[Sapper26]

But Lovell, who neighbors and friends say is in tiptop shape and looks years younger than he really is

That’s an understatement. On the site below, they have a picture of the guy (in the video portion).

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbsubway0629nbjun29,0,1772093.story

[freema]

No one could find Lovell on Thursday. But when he shows up again, Malik said, the hero will have free heroes at the shop for life.

Freedom isn't free. Heroes always pick up the tab. But not in this case.

[JohnLongIsland]

i love a good heart warming story.

[Mark was here]

Fredrick Gadson, 21, of Fort Lauderdale, was critically wounded.

Too bad the ambulance could not of driven to the hospital any slower. Would of helped save the hospitals resources.

[stevie_d_64]

Depends on what state you live in...According to the government...

But as far as I can tell you have the right already...

What state do you live in BTW...

[stevie_d_64]

Yeah, and the other part about him being in fear for his life...

Marine...Fear...

They just don’t go together...Doesn’t compute...

[Nailbiter]

IL, thanks to king Richard and his minions, impossible to get CCW.

[csvset]

From the story.

But Gadson's grandmother, Rosa Jones, said: "He ain't no hero. He is a murderer and God will serve justice."

She and her husband, Ivory Jones, pastor of a Fort Lauderdale church, sat on their front porch in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday wondering how a man could shoot two people and not go to jail.

They said their grandson sometimes hung with the wrong crowd but never got into legal trouble. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, he has no arrest record. They said Gadson, who never finished high school, got tired of low-wage jobs and was pursuing his GED.

Yo Granny, how can two thugs go around robbing people?

They can until they meet up with an armed citizen. He put an end to his criminal career.