Philly Phone Store Shooting

[bogey1]

Saw it yesterday. That was a text book awesome shoot. Like wilderness said,
something will happen to the defender.

[Krichardson]

Yep,at the very least the employee can't work at that location anymore as the corpse was likely from the neighborhood and there may be retaliation from someone who knew him.

[Manxdriver]

At first I didn't see that the perp was armed, he was, but he was not carrying it in a manner that would allow him to fire it easily. I wonder where he got his weapons training?

Yeah, I missed it on the first watch too! I saw it while in a hotel on Long Island. New York news broadcast. Surprised the hell out of me that they played it again, slowed down, and CIRCLED the gun so it was apparent that the asshole needed to get shot!

[donotknowme]

I hope Metro lets their employees carry.

[Defender]

In watching the video, the perp was surprisingly confident after making his demand. He was more concerned about concealing his face from the security cameras. His body language suggests to me that he was confident that he was going to be the only one armed and that his victim would simply comply.

Take that confidence and multiply it by 1,000 times if the day comes here in PA (as it has in NYC and NJ) where a criminal can safely operate under the assumption that his or her chosen victim will be defenseless.

This is a textbook case of how not to attempt a robbery. For any chance of success, the perp needed to come in the store with his weapon pointed at the clerk ready to fire and then make his demands. Thankfully, this clown was a screwup and the good guy came out on top.

[esh21167]

Yeah, I can see it now. His mother Taneesha and his brothers Dequan and Deshawn and their nefarious supporters will descend on the store hooting and hollering about their poor baby who was shot down in cold blood, ruthlessly murdered for no good reason by an evil white store clerk. No justice, no peace!

That is a likely scenario. The family and friends usually come out of the woodwork to say what a good boy he was, and that they should have just called 911 instead of shooting him.

And build a shrine on the sidewalk...

[57springer]

Every time
a scumbag dies,
an angel gets his wings!

[streaker69]

It's murder, the guy was just coming in for a new battery for his phone.

[Krichardson]

....heard he was looking for an upgrade.

[Wilderness 1864]

....heard he was looking for an upgrade.

Perhaps he needed batteries for his Smart Gun purchased in NJ.