[Chat] [Discussion] Charles Village store owner shoots man attempting a robbery - 6/11/08

[Stephen J Gewirtz]

Rod,

As much as I hate to see guns out there, especially since police train 
and retrain and still occasionally make errors with guns, I have to 
agree with you.  Someone who waves a knife in a robbery attempt is 
asking to be shot.  I just hope that the victim of the attempted robbery 
(the shooter) does not suffer from PTSD or a similar malady.

And this time, the robber is off the streets, and the police know 
exactly who he is and can prove it in court.  If the courts deal 
appropriately with him, he will be held without bail and then will be 
sentenced to be off the streets for a long time.

This comes only days after the "larceny" at Standard Cleaners just a 
block away.  In that case, someone walked into the establishment, walked 
around the counter, took the money from a drawer, then left.  June (the 
owner) was very shaken up but otherwise okay.  It was written up by 
police as a larceny and not a robbery since no weapon was shown and no 
verbal threat was made.  (I was taking a number of things to Standard 
Cleaners and had to wait for the police to finish their investigation 
before I could enter to drop the things off for cleaning, and I chatted 
for a while with June.)

We have a real crime problem in Charles Village, and unfortunately the 
cleaning establishments seem to be especially vulnerable.  But at least 
one thug hopefully will be out of circulation for quite a while.

Steve.

Roderick Fry wrote:
> http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-robbery0611,0,1271991.story
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> Good for him!
>
> Rod Fry
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