Just before walking into Babcock Square Pharmacy, the gunman lurked suspiciously around the parking lot Wednesday morning — even moving his car several times before making his move.
Carole Ann Aguirre, manager of the neighboring Martha's Mexican Restaurant, said the white Honda lingered enough that her grandson, Christopher, mistook it as that of a relative's and walked up to it.
“He opened the car door and thought it was his uncle,” Aguirre said. “But he saw the man had a bandana around his face and was wearing rubber gloves, so he came back in and told us what happened.”
No, this isn't a rehash of the OK pharmacy shooting. Apparently there's a rash of pharmacy robberies. And, now, apparently a rash of pharmacy robbers getting shot dead for their troubles. Which, naturally, is how it should be. Reading how it went down, it appears that a massacre was narrowly averted, with the would-be robber stating "Let's get it on" as he began the robbery.
However:
Police said Wynn reacted quickly, shooting the gunman in the chest.
A hearty HOO-RAH to the pharmacist for a steady resolve, good aim, and sufficient gun...
And because we all love a story with a happy ending:
Police arrived to find the gunman, whose identity wasn't released Wednesday, lying on his back in a pool of blood. In his right hand was a cocked revolver.
Yeah. Read that again. This
McManus said Wynn wouldn't face any charges in connection with the shooting.
Double HOO-RAH. They do it right there, [clap][clap][clap] deep inna hearta...
And one last thing to put a smile on your face:
Wednesday's pharmacy shooting became the third justifiable homicide of the year for San Antonio, not including a shooting death May 17 that's still being investigated as possible self-defense. The number, however, is half of what it was at this time in 2008, a year the city's justified homicide rate jumped significantly from previous years.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: G-d Bless Texas.
Dead Goblin Count: 19
That is all.
A big tip 'o' the keyboard to the lovely Sabra for e-mailing me this heartwarming tale of a goblin getting exactly what he had coming to him...
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They were also saying on the radio yesterday that police suspect he might have been behind a rash of armed robberies in that area of town lately. Which makes it doubly good that he was stopped.
Like the song says, God blessed Texas with His own hands.
People who go into any store, let alone a pharmacy, armed and with robbery on their minds deserve pretty much what they get.
If more store owners killed would be robbers, it would deter other would be robbers.
Maybe the law should require store owners to be armed and trained to use their weapons.
Silly me.
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