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Robbery suspect attacks cop--killed by businessman
- Thread starter bestdefense357
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Let's see now, "gun violence" results in dead 17 year old "child" (suspect). "Child" had attacked a deputy and was attempting to disarm same. Citizen shot at "child", possibly causing fatal hit on "child" and thereby saving deputy. Proof that not all "gun violence" against children is bad, but the "stats" and "spin" will be used to show otherwise.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Suspect killed after holdup at Skyway
service station
by Dave Birkland
Seattle Times staff reporter
Jerry Comer plans to have his service station in Skyway open for
business this morning, just as it has been for the past 40 years.
"It's not going to scare me out of business," Comer, 69, said as he
stood in the office of his BP station at Renton Avenue South and
South 116th Street, and talked about the armed robbery at his
station yesterday that left one suspect dead - possibly shot by
Comer himself.
Adam Boston, 17, of Seattle died in Harborview Medical Center
in Seattle at 10:20 a.m., about four hours after the robbery.
Late yesterday, King County police detectives were still trying to
determine who fired the fatal bullet during a struggle about six
blocks from the gas station.
According to Gregg Walker, spokesman for the King County
Sheriff's Office, Boston was not involved in the struggle with a
sheriff's deputy. Boston and the second suspect had been
detained by the deputy when the shooting took place.
Walker said a deputy's handgun and a weapon Comer armed
himself with apparently were fired at least once each during the
struggle. One of the robbers may have fired a handgun, too. But
investigators had been unable to confirm that.
"We don't have any evidence right now to indicate that any other
guns were fired," Walker said late yesterday. "If anything else was
fired, that'll come out in the investigation."
Comer said he was in the back office at the station just after 6
a.m. yesterday when he heard shouting. He looked out and was
confronted by a man with a handgun who ordered him to open the
cash register.
He handed over some cash, but the gunman wasn't satisfied,
telling Comer that he wanted $20s. "I told him we didn't have any.
We just opened," Comer said.
The gunman and his accomplice started to leave, but then changed
their minds and ordered both Comer and his employee into a
back room. "That's when I kind of got worried," he said, fearing
they both might be shot.
They were ordered not to move for 10 minutes, then the robbers
left. Comer waited about 10 seconds, he recalled, and looked out
to see the two men walking west along 118th Place South. He got
in his truck and followed, calling 911 on his cell phone and
keeping well back from the two men.
About six blocks from the station, at South 117th Place and 60th
Avenue South, a female police officer intercepted the two men
and had them both leaning over the hood of her patrol car when
Comer pulled up.
The officer was handcuffing one of the men when he lurched
backward, knocking her to the ground, Comer said. The man was
on top of the officer, hitting her, and it appeared they were
struggling over the officer's gun, he said.
"When I saw her on the ground, I thought I should do something,"
Comer recalled.
He got his own handgun and fired once, possibly hitting Boston in
the chest, Comer said. About the same time, the deputy's gun also
fired.
It was unclear what Boston was doing when he was shot. But
Walker said Boston wasn't handcuffed at the time of the shooting.
Other officers arrived and took control.
Comer was grazed in the chin by a bullet during the fracas, but he
doesn't know which gun that bullet came from, either. "Bullets
were flying," he said. "It happened so fast."
The second robbery suspect, about 18, was not injured and was
taken into custody.
The 45-year-old deputy, a 14-year veteran with the Sheriff's
Office, was uninjured. She has been placed on paid administrative
leave pending a review of the shooting, Walker said.
Copyright © 2000 The Seattle Times Company
[/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
service station
by Dave Birkland
Seattle Times staff reporter
Jerry Comer plans to have his service station in Skyway open for
business this morning, just as it has been for the past 40 years.
"It's not going to scare me out of business," Comer, 69, said as he
stood in the office of his BP station at Renton Avenue South and
South 116th Street, and talked about the armed robbery at his
station yesterday that left one suspect dead - possibly shot by
Comer himself.
Adam Boston, 17, of Seattle died in Harborview Medical Center
in Seattle at 10:20 a.m., about four hours after the robbery.
Late yesterday, King County police detectives were still trying to
determine who fired the fatal bullet during a struggle about six
blocks from the gas station.
According to Gregg Walker, spokesman for the King County
Sheriff's Office, Boston was not involved in the struggle with a
sheriff's deputy. Boston and the second suspect had been
detained by the deputy when the shooting took place.
Walker said a deputy's handgun and a weapon Comer armed
himself with apparently were fired at least once each during the
struggle. One of the robbers may have fired a handgun, too. But
investigators had been unable to confirm that.
"We don't have any evidence right now to indicate that any other
guns were fired," Walker said late yesterday. "If anything else was
fired, that'll come out in the investigation."
Comer said he was in the back office at the station just after 6
a.m. yesterday when he heard shouting. He looked out and was
confronted by a man with a handgun who ordered him to open the
cash register.
He handed over some cash, but the gunman wasn't satisfied,
telling Comer that he wanted $20s. "I told him we didn't have any.
We just opened," Comer said.
The gunman and his accomplice started to leave, but then changed
their minds and ordered both Comer and his employee into a
back room. "That's when I kind of got worried," he said, fearing
they both might be shot.
They were ordered not to move for 10 minutes, then the robbers
left. Comer waited about 10 seconds, he recalled, and looked out
to see the two men walking west along 118th Place South. He got
in his truck and followed, calling 911 on his cell phone and
keeping well back from the two men.
About six blocks from the station, at South 117th Place and 60th
Avenue South, a female police officer intercepted the two men
and had them both leaning over the hood of her patrol car when
Comer pulled up.
The officer was handcuffing one of the men when he lurched
backward, knocking her to the ground, Comer said. The man was
on top of the officer, hitting her, and it appeared they were
struggling over the officer's gun, he said.
"When I saw her on the ground, I thought I should do something,"
Comer recalled.
He got his own handgun and fired once, possibly hitting Boston in
the chest, Comer said. About the same time, the deputy's gun also
fired.
It was unclear what Boston was doing when he was shot. But
Walker said Boston wasn't handcuffed at the time of the shooting.
Other officers arrived and took control.
Comer was grazed in the chin by a bullet during the fracas, but he
doesn't know which gun that bullet came from, either. "Bullets
were flying," he said. "It happened so fast."
The second robbery suspect, about 18, was not injured and was
taken into custody.
The 45-year-old deputy, a 14-year veteran with the Sheriff's
Office, was uninjured. She has been placed on paid administrative
leave pending a review of the shooting, Walker said.
Copyright © 2000 The Seattle Times Company
[/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
Is it just me or is a lot missing here? The guy apparently shot the one that WASN'T attacking the officer, from what is actually printed here, and left the officer to deal with the one who was. They state that Boston "wasn't involved with the struggle."
So what's missing here? If it had really happened that way--citizen comes upon a cop struggling with an attacker so he shoots the attacker's friend who isn't doing anything wrong at the moment--he'd be up on murder charges, wouldn't he?
I don't understand, but there's something we're not being told. My first leaning is that the paper is hiding the true extent of what Comer did; if it were the other way around, meaning he'd been as useless as the article seems to imply, then they surely wouldn't hide that and they'd be trumpeting the charges against the "vigilante." Therefore I don't believe this story. But good for Comer anyway.
So what's missing here? If it had really happened that way--citizen comes upon a cop struggling with an attacker so he shoots the attacker's friend who isn't doing anything wrong at the moment--he'd be up on murder charges, wouldn't he?
I don't understand, but there's something we're not being told. My first leaning is that the paper is hiding the true extent of what Comer did; if it were the other way around, meaning he'd been as useless as the article seems to imply, then they surely wouldn't hide that and they'd be trumpeting the charges against the "vigilante." Therefore I don't believe this story. But good for Comer anyway.
Jeff Thomas
New member
I see why you're confused ... something is wrong with the story. Another blow for quality journalism.
Glad that the good guys are alright. And, yes, this will be chalked up as another 'child' killed by gun violence. So what's the lesson here? Take guns away from LEO's so 'children' can't grab them, and instead just beat LEO's to death? I guess I'm just a little slow on getting the 'right message' from HCI et al.
Regards from AZ
Glad that the good guys are alright. And, yes, this will be chalked up as another 'child' killed by gun violence. So what's the lesson here? Take guns away from LEO's so 'children' can't grab them, and instead just beat LEO's to death? I guess I'm just a little slow on getting the 'right message' from HCI et al.
Regards from AZ
Sounds to me like 'Tea Party' might have been the second guy to be cuffed.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The officer was handcuffing one of the men when he lurched
backward, knocking her to the ground, Comer said. The man was
on top of the officer, hitting her, and it appeared they were
struggling over the officer's gun, he said.
"When I saw her on the ground, I thought I should do something,"
Comer recalled.
He got his own handgun and fired once, possibly hitting Boston in
the chest, Comer said. About the same time, the deputy's gun also
fired.
It was unclear what Boston was doing when he was shot. But
Walker said Boston wasn't handcuffed at the time of the shooting.
[/quote]
Sounds like Boston was the second guy to be cuffed, but the first one tried to overtake the officer while she was trying to cuff him.
The other perp should rightfully be charged with the death of "his childhood playmate"
Best Regards,
Don
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The most foolish mistake we could make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms; history shows that all conquerers who have allowed their subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall.
Adolf Hitler
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The officer was handcuffing one of the men when he lurched
backward, knocking her to the ground, Comer said. The man was
on top of the officer, hitting her, and it appeared they were
struggling over the officer's gun, he said.
"When I saw her on the ground, I thought I should do something,"
Comer recalled.
He got his own handgun and fired once, possibly hitting Boston in
the chest, Comer said. About the same time, the deputy's gun also
fired.
It was unclear what Boston was doing when he was shot. But
Walker said Boston wasn't handcuffed at the time of the shooting.
[/quote]
Sounds like Boston was the second guy to be cuffed, but the first one tried to overtake the officer while she was trying to cuff him.
The other perp should rightfully be charged with the death of "his childhood playmate"
Best Regards,
Don
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The most foolish mistake we could make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms; history shows that all conquerers who have allowed their subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall.
Adolf Hitler
CassandraComplex
New member
Donny:
That is a pretty amazing quote as your signature. Do you have a source for that? I would like to use it, but ust have a verifiable source.
That is a pretty amazing quote as your signature. Do you have a source for that? I would like to use it, but ust have a verifiable source.
Who cares.The LEO is okay and the taxpayers are saving a bunch of money to support the scum in a motel taht tells you when you can check out.Wake up everybody!!!This is the way it should be period!!!I would wager $1000.00 the anti's latch onto poor lil' innocent perp #x's social conditioning blah blah and once again a handgun is ued to destroy another misdirected youth. B!S!
George Hill
Staff Alumnus
Help can also be everywhere.
It would go a long way to healing the rift between citizens and LEOs... Because Not All Good Guys wear a Badge.
This is PROVEN.
Citizens and Leos are TOGETHER - all on the same side. As it should be.
It would go a long way to healing the rift between citizens and LEOs... Because Not All Good Guys wear a Badge.
This is PROVEN.
Citizens and Leos are TOGETHER - all on the same side. As it should be.
bestdefense357
New member
Here's an update on this story.
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/shot29m_20000429.html
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/shot29m_20000429.html
George brings up a good point. LEOs alone are not responsible for maintaining the law. It is a cooperative effort between the citizens and the LEO as evidenced by the old saying, "A city gets the law enforcement it deserves."
On the follow-up story, I still get the warm and fuzzys about the death of Boston.
On the follow-up story, I still get the warm and fuzzys about the death of Boston.