Gas station clerk suspended after shooting robber

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | September 21, 2017 | by Megan Cruz, KOAT

[Oldeconomybuyer]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Circle K clerk who shot an accused armed robber, says she was suspended for two weeks.

Reporter Megan Cruz spoke with the clerk Tuesday afternoon. Jennifer Wertz said she's upset.

She claims robberies happen all the time and yet workers are told they can't defend themselves.

Wertz said she had her gun with her Monday because she was supposed to work until 10 p.m. She said she feels uncomfortable walking to her car at night.

Wertz put her gun in her pocket after she heard that another nearby convenience store was just robbed. She said she was not behind the counter when a man barged in with a gun.

"We are not to chase or provoke. We are just supposed to stand there and give them what they want and they leave," she said.

"So why didn't you do that yesterday?" Cruz asked.

"I'm sick and tired of being a sitting duck," Wertz said. "He pointed the gun at my face, I grabbed my gun from my pocket, I cocked it and I shot."

[ByteMercenary]

There were a couple of good shoot-outs in convenience stores in one or two of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Dirty Harry’ movies ...

[dragnet2]

I’m not fooled. But thanks for the concern.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Like the Post Office with the extra door for the Postal Inspectors.
Never know if they are there or not.

[IYAS9YAS]

You are going to start seeing this more frequently, as our court system has turned into a merry-go-round for violent criminals.

Right now, the City of Albuquerque, more specifically, the local circuit judges, are getting a lot of heat for this revolving door policy. Letting violent offenders out on light bail, or no bail, not locking them up until trial. Hell, we've had two or three cops shot, with at least two killed by violent offenders who were out on bail from prior violent act arrests.

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...this is a general all-purpose message, and should not be seen as targeting any individual I am responding to...

Just $542.00 dollars to 97.00%

[octex]

...It should be constructed such that there should be no way for a thug to verify if a guard is there...except the hard way.
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In Dallas in the ‘50s or ‘60s robberies of convenience stores became frequent. DPD established “shotgun” squads, wherein off duty cops would work for the stores as armed guards with shotguns.

The stores usually had a door that led into the back storage area and they replaced the clear glass window with two-way glass and fortified the door. The guard would sit in the storage area on a stool and watch the store.

After a half dozen well publicized deaths by shotgun of would-be robbers, the robberies became significantly less, as no one could know if the store had a guard or not.

[minnesota_bound]

“I’m sick and tired of being a sitting duck,”

Perfect response.
Democrats and Circle K execs cannot understand.

[MileHi]

Ummmmmm.....

[MileHi]

...unfortunately since we are talking about California...

BZZZZZZZZ.... Wrong answer.

[AndyTheBear]

Technically I said: talking about California...so if you forget the "we are" part and squint....

[MileHi]

LoL OK