another darwin award winner

[andrew.brandon]

got this in an email. can anyone confirm?

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The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Washington, USA, appeared to be the robber's first (and last), due to his lack of a previous record of violence, and his terminally stupid choices:

1. His target was H&J Leather & Firearms. A gun shop specializing in handguns.

2. The shop was full of customers - firearms customers.

3. To enter the shop, the robber had to step around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door.

4. A uniformed officer was standing at the counter, having coffee before work. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a .22 target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, the police officer with a 9mm Glock 17, the clerk with a .50 Desert Eagle, assisted by several customers who also drew their guns, several of whom also fired, The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics.

Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt in the exchange of fire. Here we are at the beginning of March and we already may have the 2005 winner of the Darwin Award. This guy is going to be hard to beat.

[mjparme]

Surprisingly enough this one appears to be true:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/dumdum/gunshop.asp

(some of the facts are slightly wrong but besides that it is true)

[3.4 slow to go]

and if the "almighty" snopes says it's true, it's gotta be :rolleyes:

[mjparme]

Originally posted by 3.4 slow to go:
and if the "almighty" snopes says it's true, it's gotta be :rolleyes:

Well they actually do research on these things to confirm or deny. So snopes is usually a definitive source.

[L32Projekt]

Mwahahaha! Priceless! [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

[TucsonBird]

That's gotta hurt. Glad no one was hurt in the cross-fire.

[Dan M]

Wow. I'd figure after the first five shots it would be unnecessary to shoot any more.

[12secondv6]

Originally posted by DrSquirts:
Wow. I'd figure after the first five shots it would be unnecessary to shoot any more.

Hell no!

Shoot till it's empty..... reload... shoot some more..... reload.... inspect body [img]smile.gif[/img]

[shock_core]

Originally posted by DrSquirts:
Wow. I'd figure after the first five shots it would be unnecessary to shoot any more.

haven't you seen a horror movie?? Shoot until have no more bullets!

[98Camaro3.8]

Originally posted by 3.4 slow to go:
and if the "almighty" snopes says it's true, it's gotta be :rolleyes:

What about the 3 newspaper stories that confirm what they said? :rolleyes:

A would-be robber who was shot in a battle with a King County police officer and a clerk at a Renton Highlands gun shop died last night at a Seattle hospital, police said.

David Zaback, 33, of Renton died about 8:15 p.m. at Harborview Medical Center, Renton police said. No one else was injured.

Hospital officials said Zaback had been operated on for gunshot wounds to the chest.

Renton police Capt. Don Persson said the on-duty officer and the clerk both opened fire on Zaback as he tried to rob H&J Leather & Firearms Ltd., 4047 N.E. Sunset Blvd., about 4:40 p.m. ``after the suspect fired first.''

Police declined to identify the officer involved.

It had not been determined whether Zaback was hit by shots from the officer's gun, the clerk's gun, or both, Persson said from the

gun shop as he investigated the incident.

The store was full of customers when the shooting happened, Persson said. He said the police officer, whom he described as a veteran, had gone into the store to ``pick something up.''

``The surprising thing is that the man had to walk right past a marked police car to get in the front door,'' Persson said. He said the suspect announced his intent to rob the store, spied the police officer and opened fire.

Dale Freeberg, an X-ray technician and freelance photographer, said he walked into the gun shop about 5 p.m. and ``saw a pool of blood just inside the front door.'' He said officers told him to leave immediately.

After the shooting, the suspect's weapon, a small-caliber semi-automatic handgun, lay beside a stack of videotapes, including one titled ``Assault Rifles and Machine Guns.'' Blood pooled near the front door about two feet from the gun.

Renton and King County police are investigating jointly.

The incident is the third in King County in less than three months in which an officer has shot someone while on duty.

On Dec. 14, Auburn police officer Robert Michnick shot and killed an unarmed burglary suspect. Samuel Johnson of Tacoma, who was shot in the back of the neck, and another man had led police on a chase. Michnick was fired two weeks later and a police shooting review board determined he had violated departmental guidelines. An inquest into Johnson's death begins tomorrow in Aukeen District Court in Kent.

On Jan. 11, Seattle police Officer Tom Bacon returned fire on a man in Holly Park who had shot him in the abdomen. Bacon was questioning Pedro Angulo when the man shot him at point-blank range with a .45-caliber pistol. Angulo, who was shot in the shoulder, has pleaded not guilty to attempted first-degree murder.

But it's from Snopes, so I guess they had the Seattle Times make up a news story and date it to 1990. :rolleyes:

[Dirty8-un-Dreds]

I wonder if this guy had a mental handicap, or perhaps he just wanted to die in a hail of gunfire. Hard to believe that someone could shoot multiple rounds at a close range and not hit anyone (unless he just sucked) weird story.

[3.4 slow to go]

Originally posted by 98Camaro3.8:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 3.4 slow to go:
and if the "almighty" snopes says it's true, it's gotta be :rolleyes:

What about the 3 newspaper stories that confirm what they said? :rolleyes:

A would-be robber who was shot in a battle with a King County police officer and a clerk at a Renton Highlands gun shop died last night at a Seattle hospital, police said.

David Zaback, 33, of Renton died about 8:15 p.m. at Harborview Medical Center, Renton police said. No one else was injured.

Hospital officials said Zaback had been operated on for gunshot wounds to the chest.

Renton police Capt. Don Persson said the on-duty officer and the clerk both opened fire on Zaback as he tried to rob H&J Leather & Firearms Ltd., 4047 N.E. Sunset Blvd., about 4:40 p.m. ``after the suspect fired first.''

Police declined to identify the officer involved.

It had not been determined whether Zaback was hit by shots from the officer's gun, the clerk's gun, or both, Persson said from the

gun shop as he investigated the incident.

The store was full of customers when the shooting happened, Persson said. He said the police officer, whom he described as a veteran, had gone into the store to ``pick something up.''

``The surprising thing is that the man had to walk right past a marked police car to get in the front door,'' Persson said. He said the suspect announced his intent to rob the store, spied the police officer and opened fire.

Dale Freeberg, an X-ray technician and freelance photographer, said he walked into the gun shop about 5 p.m. and ``saw a pool of blood just inside the front door.'' He said officers told him to leave immediately.

After the shooting, the suspect's weapon, a small-caliber semi-automatic handgun, lay beside a stack of videotapes, including one titled ``Assault Rifles and Machine Guns.'' Blood pooled near the front door about two feet from the gun.

Renton and King County police are investigating jointly.

The incident is the third in King County in less than three months in which an officer has shot someone while on duty.

On Dec. 14, Auburn police officer Robert Michnick shot and killed an unarmed burglary suspect. Samuel Johnson of Tacoma, who was shot in the back of the neck, and another man had led police on a chase. Michnick was fired two weeks later and a police shooting review board determined he had violated departmental guidelines. An inquest into Johnson's death begins tomorrow in Aukeen District Court in Kent.

On Jan. 11, Seattle police Officer Tom Bacon returned fire on a man in Holly Park who had shot him in the abdomen. Bacon was questioning Pedro Angulo when the man shot him at point-blank range with a .45-caliber pistol. Angulo, who was shot in the shoulder, has pleaded not guilty to attempted first-degree murder.

But it's from Snopes, so I guess they had the Seattle Times make up a news story and date it to 1990. :rolleyes: </font>[/QUOTE]what tool :rolleyes:

[L32Projekt]

I like how they added the part about the videotape in the story... is the newspaper trying to imply that the gun store owner and its patrons were a bunch of gun nuts? Grrrrrrr....