A man walked into Camden City Wireless & Fishing Supply at 27th Street and Westfield Avenue around 12:30 p.m., grabbed the owner's wife, and held a knife to her, saying he intended to rob the store, police said.
The owner, in his 30s, pulled a handgun and told the robber to drop the knife. When the robber refused, the owner fired one shot, striking the assailant in the head, authorities said.
This genius brought a knife to a gunfight. Ummmm, not gonna cut it there big boy. How about that store owner? One shot, a head shot? With his wife as a hostage? BIG BRASS ONES, OH YA! My only problem, the police call this a homicide. If there was EVER a situation were a killing was NOT a homicide, but just a plain old case of self defense, this is it!
DEAD GOBLIN COUNT: 11
4 comments:
Mike,..cool post, but as current resident of Philly, PLEASE don't confuse us with Camden!
(Sorry, local in-joke)
Guess the honeymoon's over, huh?!
Little side note:
A serial rapist in Camden was shot and killed by the owner when he tried to rob a convenience store. This story only made the news the other day when the deceased's DNA evidence finally matched. Apparently, he looked like the 3 BOLO drawings of the rape victims.
Homocide: a killing of one human being by another.Merriam-WebsterThere are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy ...Ambrose Bierce
"The Devil's Dictionary"This was a praiseworthy homicide but still homicide.
Joe
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