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>DARWIN WINNER * April 2005 > >The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Moses Lake, >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. > >5. 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. > >6. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the >shop. > >7. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified >rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt in the exchange of >fire. > >8. Here we are at the beginning of April and we already may have the 2005 >winner of the Darwin Award. This guy is going to be hard to beat
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