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Customer Shoots Robber in Drug Store???
SemperFiGuy:
Here's a later version of the account:
Updated: April 27, 2010 02:01pm
Investigators say two masked suspects entered the Walgreen's near 61st and NW Radial Highway [Omaha] shortly before 9pm Monday night, one armed with a short shotgun.
Police say the armed suspect had leveled the gun at customers, and one of the customers at the register saw the suspect point the gun in the direction of the register where there were several others standing. This customer who had a valid permit [ed. Open Carry] to carry a gun, drew a handgun from his waistband shot the suspect holding the shotgun multiple times.
The suspect was able to run from the store and collapsed outside. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
The second suspect was held in the store by the same customer until officers arrived. The suspect, a 17-year-old male, was booked into the Douglas County Youth Center for Robbery and Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony.
The customer who shot the first suspect has been identified as 32-year-old Harry McCullough III of Omaha.
Police say McCullough was in possession of a loaded handgun that was concealed on his person without a Concealed Weapons Permit. He did possess a carry permit which only allows a person to carry a loaded handgun in plain view (typically in a holster).
McCullough was cited for a misdemeanor charge of Carrying a Concealed Firearm.
sfg
JimP:
He'll use Affirmative Defense ..... hope he gets a sympathetic Jury.
JimP:
My contribution to comments at wowt .......
To all you who wish there were more people like this customer: BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE. Get a permit. Get Trained. Carry your gun. Continue to train. Pray you never need it, but be ready if you do. There are 1.7 MILLION people in the state and less than 10,000 Concealed Handgun Permit holders. There should be ten times that. You want criminals to be the ones worried if they might be shot? Carry your own gun. Scary? Yes, but most of the fear is the fear of the unknown. Knoledge is power, so empower yourself. You can understand the problem or persist in your ignorance, the choice is YOURS. Google "Concealed Carry classes Nebraska" and you should be able to find somone who can help you. Things don't just happen by themselves: YOU have to accomplish them. Be the change you want to see.
SBarry:
We need to get all the facts first, then send out an email to all NFOA members, and have them bombard the county attorneys office with phone calls, faxes and emails. Maybe some personal visits to the office or even a picket line. Is this guy a member?
I'm thinking a picket line outside the city attorney's office or county attorney's office, or outside the police station would be monumental. Someone plan it, I will be there as long as graduation doesn't get in the way.
Husker_Fan:
Ironically, if the CCW charge sticks, this guy will be disqualified from getting a permit.
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