They were right!
Family Of Subway Robbery Suspect Says Customer Shouldn't Have Pulled Trigger
Former Marine's Actions Called Into Question (but only by robber's family)
POSTED: 10:30 am EDT June 29, 2007
PLANTATION, Fla. -- The family of one of the men who was shot by a retired United States Marine while they attempted to rob a Subway sandwich shop said the customer shouldn't have pulled the trigger.
According to Plantation police, two armed men barged into the Subway at 1949 Pine Island Road shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday, demanding money from the employee behind the counter. When they tried to force John Lovell into the bathroom, he pulled out a gun and shot both men, police said.
Donicio Arrindell, 22, was shot in the head and later died at the hospital. Fredrick Gadson, 21, was shot in the chest and ran from the Subway, but police found him in hiding in some bushes on the property of a nearby BankAtlantic.
Lovell, 71, was the lone customer at the time. Police said he had a concealed weapons permit.
Gadson's grandparents told Local 10 on Thursday that Lovell was wrong for pulling the trigger.
"He should not have taken the law in his hands," said Rosa Jones, Gadson's grandmother.
Her husband, Ivory Jones, also condemned the media for its portrayal of Lovell's actions.
"I don't condone what they did, (but) I definitely don't condone the news people making him out to seem like they're making a hero out of this man because he shot somebody down," he said.
But Lovell's neighbor said he made the right decision.
"He did the right thing," said Wendi Hill. "I mean, I was glad that it was them that got shot and not him."
Police said Lovell, a retired Marine, wouldn't be charged.Rosa Jones says a retired Marine shouldn't have shot her grandson while they attempted to rob a Subway sandwich shop.
Outstanding! Well done and Semper Fi John Lovell!
H/T: Ace of Spades
Updated to add: I just realized this story is a year old. Blame Ace.
Um, what color were the suspects? Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteFuckers, I'm sick of hearing shit like this.
Pardon my language.
Three guesses and the first two don't count.
ReplyDeleteI've been hanging out on some local message boards regarding the little black nat'l anthem episode? And a large, and I mean LARGE, percentage of the folk are saying what I've been saying about how they're making us racists. Many are doing that thing that I went through of "yea, I guess I'm a racist now". You cannot deny the statistics and the mindset of so many people who are minorities.
ReplyDeleteLike my Apache Indian husband says "if they don't want us to be racist, they need to quit giving us reasons to hate them".
"He should not have taken the law in his hands," said Rosa Jones, Gadson's grandmother.
ReplyDeleteYeah, sure Grandma. He should have just laid down and let them kill him right?
They got what was coming to them,even if it wasn't what they wanted.
When you get stuck on stupid. There is a price to be paid.As for the grandma's comment.If your little angel was not breaking the law. He would not have been shot. End of the story.
ReplyDelete"Should not have taken the law into...."
ReplyDeleteI'm left wondering what grandma thinks is a reasonable response to being ordered at gunpoint into a secluded area.
Wait, never mind, I don't want to hear it.