I'm not sure how many of you have already seen this story, but received it this morning and thought it was interesting enough to post!!
Here we are only at the end of March and we already may have the 2005 winner
of the Darwin Award. This guy is going to be hard to beat.
The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Washington 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.
