Clerk shoots & kills robber

[Palladin]

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=fdb6ab76-c0a0-43a2-a39f-9b8e002d9890

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Police say the man who was killed by a clerk at a 7-Eleven has been identified as 18-year old Vincent Williams.

It happened about 10:30 p.m. at 2635 Van Brunt Boulevard.

Two clerks were in the store; one was in uniform and the other was not. The plainclothes clerk had a gun and a concealed carry permit.

According to authorities the teen walked into the 7-Eleven and attempted to rob the store. He was then shot in the neck by the clerk.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police say they have viewed surveillance video and the shooting appears to be self defense. Officers did not believe there were any customers inside the store at the time of the shooting.

Also Tuesday, a possibly-armed man was shot by a security guard at a Kansas City liquor store. The security guard told police the man had been in the store earlier and waved a gun at customers.

Then early Wednesday morning, a homeowner shot three alleged burglars, one fatally, when they tried to break into his Kansas City home.

Initial investigations into both of these incidents also indicate the shootings happened in self defense.

 

[theGringo]

... plainclothes clerk? Hmm.

 

[vellnueve]

Yeah... odd wording.

 

[Pete85]

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Why is this being called vigilante justice? If it went down the way the story tells it, it's plain as day defense.

 

[Snapshot]

Also Tuesday, a possibly-armed man was shot by a security guard at a Kansas City liquor store. The security guard told police the man had been in the store earlier and waved a gun at customers.

Then early Wednesday morning, a homeowner shot three alleged burglars, one fatally, when they tried to break into his Kansas City home.

Initial investigations into both of these incidents also indicate the shootings happened in self defense.

Good to see the news reporting these sorts of things. We're finally getting good press these days.

 

[GSG]

... plainclothes clerk? Hmm.

I can just hear that Inner Circle song playing..."Clerks, following the men and women of cash register enforcement."

 

[Scrivener]

Why is this being called vigilante justice? If it went down the way the story tells it, it's plain as day defense.

Indeed.

Use of the term "vigilante" is certainly pejorative and possibly mendacious.

 

[drgrant]

Gotta love this shit...

Then early Wednesday morning, a homeowner shot three alleged burglars, one fatally, when they tried to break into his Kansas City home.

No, I thought people just BROKE INTO houses, "just for the hell of it." I'm sure there are reams and reams of people who break into houses strictly for entertainment value, and not because they're going to commit a crime when they get inside.

-Mike

 

[pbearperry]

What does a clerk uniform look like?Turban maybe?