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MPD: Man Defends Himself with Own Gun
WKRG Tv News ^
| January 18, 2016, 10:39 pm | Updated: January 19, 2016, 5:45 am
| WKRG Staff
Posted on 01/19/2016 1:19:01 PM PST by suthener
Mobile Police say a robbery suspect was shot and killed at Twin Oaks Apartments on Old Shell Road Monday night. According to MPD Spokesperson Charlette Solis, a man was unloading groceries from his car around 8 pm, when a man with a gun walked up to him. The victim says the man took his wallet. It was then the victim managed to grab his own pistol, in a jacket pocket. The victim shot the gun, while still in his pocket, and hit the suspect in the chest. The suspect ran across the parking lot.
Police found the suspectâs body in the breezeway of one of the apartment buildings. Police say the victimâs wallet was in the manâs left hand and a revolver was on the ground near him. The suspect was shot once in the center of his chest and once on the right side of his chest. Investigators say the suspect had no identification and so far, theyâve been unable to confirm his identity.
Police say the homicide was justifiable. The case will be presented to a grand jury.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; armedcitizen; banglist; mobile; selfdefense
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Pretty good shooting. I thought it was interesting that the guy ran away with two shots in the chest. I live very close to where this happened. A few years ago it would have been very unlikely that something like this would happen in this area. Things change. I carry when I walk my dog.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:19:01 PM PST
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suthener
To: suthener
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:25:18 PM PST
by
River_Wrangler
(Nothing difficult is ever easy!)
To: suthener
A pistol that can be fired (repeatedly) from inside a pocket, something to consider for CCW
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:25:19 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: suthener
It was then the victim managed to grab his own pistol, in a jacket pocket. The victim shot the gun, while still in his pocket, and hit the suspect in the chest. The advantage of a small, lightweight, hammerless revolver for concealed carry. (Smith and Wesson Model 642, for instance)
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:25:48 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: suthener
Sounds like a tragic ending. The guy is probably going to have to replace a favorite jacket.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:28:44 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Smokin' Joe
Story has such a happy ending.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:29:11 PM PST
by
WENDLE
(Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
To: Smokin' Joe
Many years ago, also in Mobile, a police officer was on his back with a guy just about beating his head in and managed to shoot the bad guy through his pants pocket with his back up gun; a hammerless revolver. I don’t have one of those but I’m not big into carrying a gun in my pocket. Tried with my LCP but too obvious and just not comfortable.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:29:44 PM PST
by
suthener
To: suthener
Surely we have a pic of this outstanding young man that got shot.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:30:19 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: Smokin' Joe
The Glocksters and the 1911 crew are probably going to flame you, but I agree about hammerless revolvers for CC.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:30:29 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: PAR35
The apartment manager will need to hire some cleaners for the breezeway ...
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:30:39 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: PAR35
“The guy is probably going to have to replace a favorite jacket.”
Not me! I’d wear it everywhere like a badge of honor.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:34:52 PM PST
by
beelzepug
(2 Timothy 2:23 Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments...")
To: unixfox
No picture that I can find, but:
“According to Mobile Police spokesperson Charlette Solis, 18-year-old Michael Lanier Clark was shot and killed during a robbery attempt at the apartment complex.”
I think any assumption about his race would probably be correct.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:34:56 PM PST
by
suthener
To: Smokin' Joe
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:36:56 PM PST
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
To: suthener
To: PAR35
Is there a good holster? Why in his pocket?
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:38:41 PM PST
by
Mercat
(But God prefers crockpots to microwaves.)
To: PAR35
I love an auto, don't get me wrong. I have a couple of favorites, even, but to fire more than once out of a parka (a consideration for much of the year here), you can't beat a hammerless revolver in the parka pocket. You can get a new coat. No time to draw from a holster inside the winter gear.
For the ladies, they can get a new purse, if you get my drift.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:38:42 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: suthener
Defended himself with his own gun???
As opposed to?
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:39:47 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: PAR35
Yeah, I like the simplicity and reliability of a revolver.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:55:56 PM PST
by
Ken H
To: PLMerite
That is a fascinating looking gun. Is it truly hammerless or is that merely a cover I see that simply goes over the hammer?
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posted on
01/19/2016 2:11:46 PM PST
by
T-Bone Texan
(The economic collapse is imminent. Buy staple food and OTC meds now, before prices skyrocket.)
To: River_Wrangler
"To bad about his jacket." Can the robber's body be sold, say for maggot food, to (partially) recoup the cost of repairing the hole in the victim's jacket pocket?
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