Armed citizens making a difference thread.

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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) * A double homicide at a Shreveport vape shop began as a robbery that ended in a shootout between at least one customer and the robbery suspects, police say.

Two of the robbery suspects * 19-year-old Anthony Lee and 18-year-old Martavious Henderson * were struck by gunfire and ultimately succumbed to their injuries.

Now detectives are sharing surveillance camera videos and photographs in hopes someone can help them identify the third robbery suspect as well as the two customers who were in the store at the time of the robbery.


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While this was going on, the two customers escaped the business and went to their vehicle, described as a blue Chevrolet 1500 extended cab pickup. There, they armed themselves then engaged the robbery suspects as the three left the business.
https://www.fox8live.com/2023/08/15/...ut-police-say/

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Law enforcement sources confirmed a state prisons correctional sergeant shot a suspect who also shot her during an attempted carjacking in North Philadelphia.

Investigators said it happened around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday while the victim was pumping gas at North 22nd Street and West Allegheny Avenue in North Philadelphia.

"The cameras clearly show the 35-year-old putting gas in her BMW vehicle when the male approaches her and grabs her, puts her in a bear hug from behind and then there's a physical altercation and they both pull weapons and they shoot each other," said Chief Inspector Scott Small.

https://6abc.com/philadelphia-shooti...illy/13687400/

[Krichardson]

....hit in the back,maybe the criminal will be a cripple!

[olderguy]

https://crimeresearch.org/2022/10/ma...-gun-free-zon/

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LISTEN: *@PhillyPolice describe how armed robber was shoving cash into his pockets behind counter of Happy Day Food Market at 58th Street & Whitby Avenue,when store owner then pulled his own gun & shot the armed robber killing him.
https://twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/stat...57569311015392

[GunLawyer001]

LISTEN: *@PhillyPolice describe how armed robber was shoving cash into his pockets behind counter of Happy Day Food Market at 58th Street & Whitby Avenue,when store owner then pulled his own gun & shot the armed robber killing him.
https://twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/stat...57569311015392

Am I being racist if I say the odds are that whoever named "Happy Day Food Market" was Asian?

Just feels like a lot of Asian products and entities include adjectives like sexy, happy, pretty, while most European and American things do not. Euro-influenced businesses are named for the product line (General Widgets, Inc) or the founder (Ford, Walmart) or places (Central Ohio Foundries).

Not sure about African-influenced names, all I can think of offhand is the ANC.

Maybe I'm wrong. But probably not.

Anyway, good shoot. Perp was armed, present, still an obvious imminent threat to life, and there's been a lot of robberies where the thug killed the witnesses after getting the cash. Not even the Philly excuse for a DA could get a conviction.

[JaySmith]

Am I being racist if I say the odds are that whoever named "Happy Day Food Market" was Asian?

No. Pattern recognition is not racist, despite what they want you to think. Pattern recognition is a key part to the survival of our species. You touch fire, you get burned, you don't touch fire again. Imagine if that didn't register properly in your head, and you kept touching fire. Or over-eating. Or petting skunks. Without that basic instinct, we would have been killed off long ago.

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Armed robber shot dead by Oxford Ave Pizza shop owner. Philly business owners increasingly ready to use deadly force to defend themselves,their staff&their customers to fight back against armed robbers coming in to take their lives & hard earned livelihood.
https://twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/stat...72043313717468

[Capt]

People keep this up maybe the crims will think twice but on the plus side one less to deal with