Paper, Plastic - Or Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?

I guess would be robber Dwain Smith didn't feel lucky at all ... especially after the clerk chambered a round and the perp was packing an empty .380. There's a more detailed account of the confrontation below. Bluffing in poker is risky. Bluffing with a handgun is just freakin' stupid.

Police recovered an unloaded .380-caliber handgun from the suspect and $779 in cash, according to the report.

While the suspect was demanding cash from the workers, the police report states that Merrell pulled his own handgun, pointed it at the robber and ordered him to put down his weapon.

When the suspect hesitated, Merrell racked the slide on his gun to load a round in the chamber, Officer Jason Bockting wrote in the report.

The suspect placed his gun and a bag of cash on the counter, dropping some of the money, police said. The suspect removed his mask and lay on the floor. Merrell held the suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived and took him away in handcuffs.

Via WTHR:

A man police later identified as Dwain Smith reportedly ran into the store wearing a ski mask and yelling.

Cashier Dianna Brooks repeated what she says she heard. "I heard the guy say 'give me all your money' and the next thing I heard was stacy saying 'somebody help me.'" 

Charlie says he responded immediately. "When I heard it I automatically took mine (gun) out." And Charlie says he was ready to act. "If he had raised it (gun) up yes I would have shot him."

According to police reports, Smith jumped over the counter demanding the cash. Charlie pulled his gun and started for the commotion.

"He was turning against the other woman. He didn't actually see me coming up at first and then when he did, he turned around and I yelled at him to put down his weapon," Charile explained.

"(The) next thing I know is Charlie is jumping over the, uh, courtesy booth into the courtesy booth," said Brooks.

Charlie says was face to face with the suspect. "He just stare and looked at me for a minute. I cocked it back and then, all of a sudden, he laid it down on the counter and put all the money down."

The suspect gave up the money and his gun and took off his mask. The people who work at Buck's say the suspect has been casing the place for days.

When police arrived, Charlie had the suspect on the floor. "(I) just held him until the police got there. (I) put my foot in his back and the gun to his head."

Dwain Smith is now in the Marion County Jail facing several charges.

Comments

[Fred Beloit]

I don't think we'll find this story on page 1 of the NYT.

[seekeronos]

Here, here. The antichrist, anti-freedom MSM would never let this story see light of day.