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Great shooting!
1 posted on 01/15/2009 4:35:42 AM PST by Kennesaw
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To: DaveLoneRanger

Ping.


2 posted on 01/15/2009 4:38:30 AM PST by Jaxter (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.)
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To: Kennesaw
Police were treating it as a case of self-defense.
I worry that some day this common-sense fairness on the part of the police will evaporate away into a haze of European-style "justice", in which the only real criminals are citizens defending their own lives.
3 posted on 01/15/2009 4:38:43 AM PST by samtheman
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To: Kennesaw

I guess we’ll put him down as a “no”, then.


4 posted on 01/15/2009 4:38:44 AM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: RobFromGa; AnAmericanMother

Ping. Not far from us, taking a big picture view.


5 posted on 01/15/2009 4:41:23 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: Kennesaw

I wonder if it was 6 for 6 from a revolver, or six of 15 from a semi ...

The good news is he was effective.


6 posted on 01/15/2009 4:41:48 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Kennesaw
a man and woman had just left the Graveyard Tavern and were sitting inside their car waiting for the vehicle to warm up when a man approached with a gun and demanded money

I wonder if all the patrons of the Graveyard Tavern pack heat?

9 posted on 01/15/2009 4:51:17 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Kennesaw

It helps when you keep your weapon within reach of your wallet.


14 posted on 01/15/2009 5:09:45 AM PST by G Larry (Barack's character has been molded by extremists)
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To: Kennesaw

One less career DemoAnimal for society to pay for.


21 posted on 01/15/2009 5:23:45 AM PST by DGHoodini (Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand)
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To: Kennesaw

Have the dead thug’s family started talking about how he was turning his around yet?


26 posted on 01/15/2009 5:40:07 AM PST by sticker
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To: Kennesaw

There’s now a poll at the link. It’s running well in our favor. Go over and vote. Current status:

Did the intended victim make the right call?
Always, you have to defend yourself 90.59% 741
Never, other people could have been hurt 0.73% 6
I don’t know. Depends on the circumstances 8.68% 71


28 posted on 01/15/2009 5:43:50 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: Kennesaw

His death prompted area residents to voice concern about rising crime.
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Rising crime on Memorial Drive? Is it possible for it to get any worse?

I’m proud they’re treating it as self defense, but I’m also surprised considering it’s coming from Atlanta.


29 posted on 01/15/2009 6:05:11 AM PST by Taichi (Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse)
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To: Kennesaw
His death prompted area residents to voice concern about rising crime

and undoubtedly prompted at least some residents to start carrying guns.

42 posted on 01/15/2009 10:19:43 AM PST by arthurus ( H.L. Mencken said, "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.")
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To: Kennesaw

“He just got the jump on him,” Willis said of the victim. “He told me he fired until the guy was no longer a threat to him.”

Bravo! That is the way it is taught.

One of your more well-written pieces for this type of thing.


48 posted on 01/15/2009 11:23:41 AM PST by School of Rational Thought
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To: Kennesaw

Updated Article:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/01/15/east_atlanta_shooting.html

Updated: 12:11 p.m. January 15, 2009

Robbery suspect shot, killed in East Atlanta
Potential victim ‘got the jump on him,’ fires 5 or 6 times
By MIKE MORRIS, TIM EBERLY

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Thursday, January 15, 2009

A robbery suspect was shot and killed by his intended victim outside an East Atlanta Village bar late Wednesday, Atlanta police said Thursday.

Police do not believe the shooting has any connection to the recent high-profile killing at a Grant Park bar.

The suspected robber, a 29-year-old man from the Decatur area, carried a Colt .40-caliber handgun, while the gun that killed bar worker John Henderson was a 9mm, Atlanta police Detective Michael Willis said.

The killing Wednesday comes a week after Henderson’s killing in another popular hangout about two miles away, Standard Food & Spirits, sparked an outpouring of community support and galvanized grassroots efforts to improve public safety by some who say the city is becoming more dangerous.

Willis said he could not release the identity of the dead man Thursday morning because he had not yet notified relatives of his death.

The detective also declined to name the man and woman police said were the intended robbery victims. The man who opened fire in self defense is a 28-year-old who works in the airline industry and lives in a northern suburb of Atlanta, possibly Cobb County, Willis said.

The woman he was with — they have been dating for a couple of months — is around 40 years old and lives in the Marietta area, Willis said.

Wednesday night, the couple made their way to the popular East Atlanta Village, known for its trendy bars and eateries, because they have been taking swing-dancing lessons, Willis said.

Their dancing instructor told them that one of the East Atlanta bars, Graveyard Tavern, had “big band nights,” Willis said.

“So they came down here to dance,” Willis said.

When they left the bar around 11:15 p.m., the man gave his date the keys to his Ford Ranger pickup truck so she could drive. They walked to the truck, parked in an Ace Hardware lot across a side street on the same side of Glenwood Avenue.

Inside the vehicle, the woman was adjusting the driver’s seat and mirrors when the man looked over his shoulder and saw a man standing at his passenger window, Willis said.

Believing the man was going to beg for money, the passenger rolled down his window a few inches, Willis said. But he had a strange feeling about the man, so he grabbed his gun from the glove box and put it on his lap, Willis said.

He asked the stranger what he wanted, and noticed the man was reaching for his waistband or pockets, the detective said. Instinctively, the passenger shoved open his door, knocking the suspected robber back a few feet, Willis said. The woman started screaming.

The man got out of the truck and the suspected robber raised a weapon at him, Willis said. “When he saw that, he just started shooting,” the detective said.

The man shot the suspected robber five or six times, in the stomach and chest, Willis said. The robber did not fire any shots.

“He just got the jump on him,” Willis said of the victim. “He told me he fired until the guy was no longer a threat to him.”

Willis said the man’s accuracy was impressive. In an interview later, the man told Willis that his brother used to shoot firearms competitively and taught him to shoot.

As one could expect, the shooting left the man and his companion visibly shaken.

“He actually said, ‘I’m surprised I haven’t thrown up yet,’ ” Willis said. “He was that upset.”

Willis said he did not know much about the suspected robber. A criminal background check did not reveal any recent arrests by Atlanta police, but he might have a criminal history in DeKalb County.


50 posted on 01/15/2009 11:37:55 AM PST by Kennesaw
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