Man at ATM Shoots Robbers to Defend Himself

On December 20, 2012 shortly after midnight in Shreveport, LA, two robbers attempted to rob a man at an ATM at gunpoint. The victim gave them his cash and possessions, but it wasn't enough for them, so they ransacked his car looking for more valuables. The man was able to grab his handgun out of his vehicle and quickly shoot at one of the robbers, who fell to the ground and quickly ran off with his accomplice.

A man was later dropped off at a local hospital suffering from gun shot wounds and died. Police suspect that he was one of the burglars.

In an additional revelation, it appears that the two robbers in this case are also connected to the September 16 robbery of a Shreveport Police Officer at an ATM while he was off-duty. They made off with money and his department issued weapon. So much for police and their "emergency tactics training."

There is a reoccurring theme here that has been demonstrated in dozens of posts already in this only two week old blog: the perpetrator(s), even when armed, almost NEVER (I can recall one instance out of the dozens of stories reported here) shoot back. This ridiculous notion that the introduction of a second gun into an altercation is going to lead to shootouts is simply and demonstrably false. I'm not cherry picking these stories. So far, in all but one case reported here, the criminal gives up or flees without fighting back and the victims have come away uninjured nearly every single time.