2 shot during robbery had BB guns

[schr8er2000]

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Taken from the Milwaukee Journal website Milwaukee Wisconsin...
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2 shot during robbery had BB guns


By Ryan Haggerty of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Jun. 7, 2009 8:34 p.m.

The two men who were shot by a security guard while trying to rob a Milwaukee check cashing business last week were armed with realistic-looking BB guns, according to a Police Department spokeswoman.

Ronald X. Reed Jr., 24, was shot in the back and died at the scene, police said. His cousin, 22-year-old Vidal D. Mason, was shot in the abdomen.

The BB guns "looked very much like authentic weapons," police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz wrote in an e-mail.

The men also used BB guns while committing a string of armed robberies in 2005, court records show.

Reed and Mason were wearing masks when they entered Check Into Cash, 3906 N. 76th St., on Wednesday afternoon and ordered everyone to the floor, including the armed guard, police said at the time.

One cousin told the other to shoot the guard, who got up and fired shots at both men, police said.

Reed ran from the store and collapsed in a nearby alley. Mason also ran and turned up at a hospital a short time later.

The preliminary investigation suggests the guard, who has not been identified, was properly licensed to carry a gun on the job, police said.

The guard is employed by Pratt Security and Investigations. The company's president, John Pratt, said the company and its employees have the proper licenses and permits. He declined to answer questions about the robbery and shooting.

The Milwaukee County district attorney's office will review the incident Monday, Schwartz said.

Reed and Mason also were armed with BB guns when they committed five armed robberies together over four days in 2005, targeting people returning home late at night on the city's west side, according to a criminal complaint filed against them.

Both were convicted in 2006 of two counts of armed robbery, according to online court records.

Reed was sentenced by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Elsa Lamelas to three years in state prison - with credit for 263 days for time served - and five years of extended supervision, the court records show.

He was released from prison Aug. 26, according to the state Department of Corrections.

Lamelas sentenced Mason to two years in state prison - with credit for 236 days for time served - and five years of extended supervision, according to court records.

Mason was released from prison Aug. 21, 2007, according to the Department of Corrections.

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AGAIN some asshats are released and go about their "DAILY" business.....

[ADerhammer]

If you make a large bluff you better be expected that someone may call that bluff and then you are screwed!

[TXDMERC73]

jeez criminals are getting dumber everyday,they should have gotten longer prison terms and send to the hole the entire prison term...Gov Rendell should pass stiffer prison sentences for anyone that uses a gun during a crime even a bb gun.

[Stooperzero]

The preliminary investigation suggests the guard, who has not been identified, was properly licensed to carry a gun on the job, police said.

WHo gives a fuck.. this is MOOT

I don't care if he hit the dipshits with a chainsaw,he did his J O B

[KeithPA]

One cousin told the other to shoot the guard, who got up and fired shots at both men, police said.

And this would have accomplished what!?!?.......... a welt?

[Pector55]

The guard just had a "bb" gun too. Fortunately, his bb's were much larger and launched by a firing pin, primer, and powder instead of air. Sounds like a fair fight to me. Good work sir!!!

[duane1]

I don't think the world would miss these two clowns. Sorry to be heartless but You play the game you gotta pay the price!

[knight0334]

Another example of jails/prisons not working.. I've said it before, prison/jail time does not reform people. Beating people works more to keeping folks from offending again than jail does.

Anyone convicted of a forcible felony, or any crime of violence, should have to run the gauntlet on the way to jail after conviction and once again upon release. 100 people on each side with ax handles each get to swing at you as you run through.

Hell, while we're at it - lets start cutting off hands of thieves and butchering genitals of rapists. ..And for those that falsely claim rape or theft, and the "convict" has already been "altered" - they get to be tortured to death in the most painful methods.

Jail does not work. If they are to be put back into society, they need to feel their punishment.

[Stooperzero]

IMHO you can beat/maim a person all you want.


They have to change for themselves.

All these bullshit programs/qualifications they gotta meet to get out of jail nowadays are bullshit....

Change comes from within OR it'll come at 800+ FPS...

[ReconLdr]

If these 2 jackasses are dumb enough to rob a place that has an armed guard, they got what they deserved. The guy who did his JOB should be commended, maybe an extra week vacation or something.