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'Hero' customer, a licensed gun owner, shoots 2 robbery suspects at 7-Eleven: reports
Fox News ^ | July 26 2019 | Brie Stimson

Posted on 07/26/2019 2:31:00 AM PDT by knighthawk

A customer at a 7-Eleven store in Virginia shot two suspects who were allegedly trying to rob the business early Thursday morning, police said, according to reports.

The customer killed one of the suspects and injured the other during the 2 a.m. attempted robbery in Virginia Beach, Richmond's WTVR-TV reported. Both suspects were also armed, according to the report.

The customer, whom witnesses called a “hero,” had a concealed carry permit, police said, according to Norfolk's WTKR-TV.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 7eleven; concealedcarry; gun; guns; robbery; virginia

1 posted on 07/26/2019 2:31:00 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
A customer at a 7-Eleven store in Virginia shot two suspects who were allegedly trying to rob the business early Thursday morning, police said, according to reports.

Okay, question.

How come the two shot guys were only 'suspects' who were 'allegedly' trying to rob the business but they come right and say the guy 'shot' them.

Why didn't he 'allegedly' shoot them?

Something's not right here.

I want my money back.


2 posted on 07/26/2019 2:46:29 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: knighthawk

Were the suspects non-white and the shooter white? Then obviously racism was involved and he’s a white supremacist Nazi with white privilege.


3 posted on 07/26/2019 2:56:07 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: knighthawk
I like how Fox pulls a pic of the 7-11 from Google Map for their article. And the story at WTKR is pretty interesting; this was apparently a known gang of three that had been robbing places a long time. The unidentified man said "You're not going to point a gun at me" as he allegedly shot them.
4 posted on 07/26/2019 3:35:46 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: bagster

Maybe because the robbery was a crime, so the perps are presumed innocent until convicted, while the hero’s actions were noncriminal, so there is no need to presume innocence?


5 posted on 07/26/2019 3:49:29 AM PDT by coloradan (The Enemy Media isn't chartered to inform but rather to advance the interests of certain elites.)
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To: bagster
How come the two shot guys were only 'suspects' who were 'allegedly' trying to rob the business but they come right and say the guy 'shot' them.

I too am getting sick and tried of the word "Suspect" . I believe innocent until proven guilty, but being caught with a gun pointed at a store clerk or found with 50# of dope means, He / she was pointing a gun at the clerk demanding money or he/she was found with 50# of dope in their vehicle. period....

otoh, if my mom had taken this approach, I probably would have turned out as a criminal.. IE.. I was caught with my hand in the cookie jar and a pile of crumbs were around my mouth, You can't spank me! I'm just a 'suspect" "you have to prove I was stealing cookies and I had full knowledge of what I was doing was wrong>>

6 posted on 07/26/2019 3:59:24 AM PDT by Ikeon (Are you going to flap your lips until I die of boredom or are you gonna shoot me?)
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To: knighthawk

“He saved our lives.” Well said.


7 posted on 07/26/2019 4:58:12 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: knighthawk

Nothing good ever happens at a 7-11 at 2 AM.


8 posted on 07/26/2019 5:00:21 AM PDT by AlbertWang
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“I too am getting sick and tried of the word ‘Suspect’.”

Me, too. But I prefer it to the even more watered-down “person of interest”. Next it’ll devolve to “poor misunderstood some person who maybe did something”.


9 posted on 07/26/2019 5:55:44 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: knighthawk

Is he a hero for saving lives with his gun ? Or is he a hero because he had a permit ?


10 posted on 07/26/2019 6:20:22 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: knighthawk

Is he a hero for saving lives with his gun ? Or is he a hero because he had a permit ?


11 posted on 07/26/2019 6:20:22 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: knighthawk

I never go anywhere without my CHL and gun. I also never go to convenience stores (or pretty much anywhere) at 2:00 AM.


12 posted on 07/26/2019 6:44:11 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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