"Harry K" wrote in message
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| Wednesday, January 2, 2008
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| WEAPONS OF CHOICE
| Shopper pulls gun, stops robbery cold
| Held suspect at grocery store until police officers arrived
|
| A grocery store customer in Indianapolis is being credited with
| halting
| an armed robbery by pulling his own weapon and pointing it at the
| assailant until police arrived.
|
| According to a report in the Indianapolis Star, Charlie Merrell, 51,
| was
| in a checkout line at a grocery store called Bucks IGA on the city's
| south side when a "masked man jumped a nearby counter and held a gun
| on
| a store employee."
|
| The police report cited by the newspaper said the incident happened
| at
| 5:17 in the afternoon Monday as Merrell was doing some year-end
| shopping.
|
| "While the suspect was demanding cash from the workers," according to
| the police report, "Merrell pulled his own handgun, pointed it at the
| robber and ordered him to put down his weapon."
|
| The newspaper noted that Officer Jason Bockting, in his documentation
| of
| the incident, said when the suspect seemed to hesitate, "Merrell
| racked
| the slide on his gun to load a round in the chamber."
|
|
| At that point, the report said, "the suspect placed his gun and a bag
| of
| cash on the counter, dropping some of the money . the suspect removed
| his mask and lay on the floor."
|
|
| Merrill, meanwhile, held the suspect at gunpoint until officers
| arrived
| and took him away in handcuffs.
|
| Police reported Merrell had a valid permit to carry the handgun, and
| they recovered an unloaded .380-caliber handgun and $779 cash from
| the
| suspect.
|
| Police records show Dwain Smith, 19, was being held in the Marion
| County
| Jail on a bond of $30,000 on initial charges of robbery, criminal
| confinement, pointing a firearm, battery and carrying a handgun
| without
| a license.
|
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| Outstanding that the robbery was stopped by a CCW person.
|
| That person needs a bit of instructions on using a weapon for such
| things.
|
| What was he doing pointing an unloaded weapon at the robber?

I don't see anything in the article that indicates that his weapon was
unloaded. Many times I will rack just to make sure. So, perhaps he ejected
one while injecting another. Maybe he racked for effect. Lots of ifs and
maybes here. Anyhow, all's well that ends well.