Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A store owner shot and killed a would-be robber Tuesday night in his store in Prince George's county, county police said.
The store owner took away the robber's gun and shot him with it in the store in the Fort Washington area, said Officer Larry Johnson, a police spokesman.
Two robbers, at least one of them armed, entered the Food Zone store in the 12500 block of Livingston Road about 9:25 p.m., Johnson said. The owner, who was not identified, managed to get the gun from the armed man and fired, Johnson said.
Johnson said that the owner is "definitely a hero" and that he performed a "very courageous act."
Police did not release the name of the slain suspect.
The second robber apparently fled and was still at large late Tuesday night, police said.
The store, a free-standing structure with a peaked roof, is surrounded by a parking area at Livingston and Old Fort roads. The intersection is about eight miles south of the Capital Beltway and about two or three miles east of the Potomac River.
At least one customer was in the store when the robbers entered, about a half-hour before closing time, police said.
Late into the night, police cars surrounded the intersection as investigators continued their work.
A neon sign in front of the store blinked the word: OPEN. Signs there advertise groceries and money orders.
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So, let me get this straight, to be a hero in MD, your have to take the firearm away from the criminal, and then shoot him with it, as having your own already, let alone locked and loaded, would be too easy and anyone could readily get "hero" status...
I can only read this and ask "why?..as let us, just for a moment, digest the casually written statement of " took away the robber's gun and shot him with it ..."
who here would like to step up and try thier hand at taking away the robbers gun? ...obviously it was loaded and ready to fire...obviously it was large enough calibre to drop the one man and make the other one flee for his selfish, ever loving life... I can only come up with various senarios, all of which are heart pounding at the very best... , none of which are the reality, and all include the extreme situation of having a
a loaded firearm in your face...
Obviously the "robber" didn't seem to understand the laws of MD...
and the other obvious fact of how much different it could have been if he had walked in with a blade...
and the final obvious fact of it wouldn't have mattered at all what he walked through the door with if the owner had already been locked and loaded, carrying on his person...
