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UPDATE: Victim Wounds Suspected Robber(TN)
newschannel9.com ^ | 17 November, 2011 | Sarah Jennings

Posted on 11/18/2011 6:07:43 AM PST by marktwain

Chattanooga Police are still investigating an attempted robbery and shooting that occurred Thursday morning at 4409 Drummond Drive. Calvin McGhee called police immediately after the shooting and said that two black males attempted to rob him as he was leaving for work. The two men pulled guns on McGhee. McGhee then pulled his own gun and fired at both suspects, hitting at least one of them.

McGhee describe the suspects as two young black males wearing all black clothes. One was believed to be at least 6 feet tall and the other around 5’07. Moments after the call was reported to police, responding officers were advised of a shooting victim who’d just shown up at a local hospital. The victim seemed to match the physical description of one of the suspects described by McGhee.

The shooting victim was identified as 25-year-old Brandon Foster. He is being treated for a gunshot wound to the abdomen which do not appear to be life threatening. Investigators are working to verify that Foster is one of the involved suspects and trying to determine who the other suspect is. McGhee was not injured in the incident and no charges are expected to be filed against him.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: banglist; defense; robber; tn
Making robbery dangerous for criminals benefits all of society.
1 posted on 11/18/2011 6:07:45 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Isn’t the normal LSM meme for something like the following: “Attempted robbery goes horribly wrong”?


2 posted on 11/18/2011 6:19:37 AM PST by piytar (The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
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To: marktwain

POW!

That’s really going to ruin his Thanksgiving.


3 posted on 11/18/2011 6:33:32 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: marktwain
Why does the gunslinger who draws first always get shot? The person reacting to a gun draw uses a quicker decision pathway in the brain for about a 9% increase in speed.

The speed increase generally won't save you, but if the initiator did not fully commit to draw and fire it does give you a chance. Lucky the victim here made sure he wasn't.

4 posted on 11/18/2011 6:38:57 AM PST by SorbetCon
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To: marktwain

two black males

Tell me it ain’t so/s


5 posted on 11/18/2011 6:39:46 AM PST by bikerman (you can take the man out of the jungle but can't take the jungle out of the man)
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To: piytar

Not in East Tennessee. we appreciate it when a citizen takes one or more of the vermin out of the cycle.


6 posted on 11/18/2011 6:46:10 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they cannot be deceived, it's impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: smokingfrog
"It ain't cool to be no jive turkey this close to Thanksgiving!"-Trading Places
7 posted on 11/18/2011 7:56:55 AM PST by stormhill
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