Alabama: Wounded IHOP Employee Shoots & Kills
Armed Man Shooting At Employees, by Tim Brown, 1/19/19.
Thankfully, this employee was
not only armed, but ready to be the good guy in the situation and end it before
more lives were lost in the process.
A Huntsville, Alabama International
House of Pancakes employee drew his own gun in self-defense and the defense of
others after a man began shooting at store employees. In the process, the employee was wounded but the
confrontation ended with the aggressor being killed, according to police.
According to the Associated
Press: The Huntsville
Police Department on Thursday identified the two people killed in the Wednesday
night shooting as IHOP employee Roy Brown and customer Roderick Turner. Brown
was 56. Turner was 25.
In a statement, police said Turner was
picking up a carryout order and became “disruptive and loud
regarding the service at the business.”
After a confrontation, police said
Turner pulled a handgun and started firing at employees, striking Brown and
another worker. Police said the wounded employee “then pulled a handgun and
shot the customer-shooter in self-defense of others.”
Updated reports indicate that Roy Brown also
died. The updated
report came from WAAY 31, which reported that it was Roy
Brown's son, Jay, who pulled his gun on the aggressor and shot and killed him.
John Powell, a patron of the
establishment said, "It’s amazing that he was able to think so quickly on
his feet in that situation, because I think I probably just would’ve panicked.”
He added, “I’m glad he was carrying. I
think it’s fantastic. I love knowing that the good guys have guns so that, if
the bad guys act up, the good guys can protect themselves.”
Police are not anticipating arresting
anyone in the shooting, but there will be a review by a grand jury.
I'm pretty sure that IHOP probably has a
no guns on the property policy in place for employees. However, as is
common in my neck of the woods, "It's better to be judged by twelve than
carried by six."
Unconstitutional gun laws and stupid
policies by businesses to not allow their employees to carry their weapon on
the job while failing to provide security for them are both recipes for
unrestrained violence, injuries and murder.
Thankfully, this employee was not only
armed, but ready to be the good guy in the situation and end it before more
lives were lost in the process.
Article posted with permission
from Guns in the News
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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