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-Land of the Free
'He shot my arm off!' Robber armed with AR-15 flees California liquor store after 80-year-old owner blasts him with SHOTGUN
2022-08-02
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Craig Cope, 80, a business owner in Southern California, defended his store with a shotgun early Sunday

  • The would-be robbers approached Norco Market & Liquor in Norco, California, planning to rob the store

  • Deputies identified three of the suspects as Justin Johnson, 22, Jamar Williams, 27, and Davon Broadus, 24

  • The fourth suspect who was shot during the robbery is in critical but stable condition; he remains unnamed

  • Shortly after Cope fended off the suspects, he suffered a minor heart attack. The store owner's employees, say he is recovering and ready to come back to work
Posted by:Skidmark

#12  ^ Bandini mountain went away with the suburbs
Posted by: Frank G   2022-08-02 22:56  

#11  Norco used to be last place you'd see south central LA democrats. Mostly Dutch dairy farms and cowboys will a rough (like hard-working honest take no shit people) edge. Suffice to say the place has changed. More of bedroom/commuter community now. A short 2 hour commute to LA...
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2022-08-02 22:40  

#10  80 year old store defender was hospitalized for a heart attack suffered immediately following the attempted robbery.
Posted by: Phons Omert2327   2022-08-02 19:48  

#9  At the rate the soft on crime prosecutors are going, I'd bet soon guys like this will qualify for disability.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-02 17:58  

#8  Sometimes crime really doesn't pay. Perp should have gone into politics. That's where the big bucks are.
Posted by: JohnQC   2022-08-02 17:48  

#7  I thought AR-15's weren't allowed in California!
Posted by: Bobby   2022-08-02 16:25  

#6  
Posted by: jpal   2022-08-02 14:37  

#5  And no charges against the shotgunner - must be one of those rare civilized California counties.
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-08-02 13:55  

#4  What would you have him use, Daily Mail, a spoon?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-02 13:46  

#3  I love a happy ending.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-08-02 13:12  

#2  Go Granny, Go Granny, Go Granny, Go
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-02 12:35  

#1  Feel good video of the day!
Posted by: Chris   2022-08-02 12:30  

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