Being a pizza delivery person is an inherently dangerous occupation as far as I can surmise. "Pizza Hut" doesn't seem to care at all if their employees become victims or not.
This man was well within his legal rights to defend himself, and I believe he was much smarter than the company he worked for.
I'll NEVER order from "Pizza Hut" again.
From: PaulGallant2A@cs.com
From: "Ronald Bloom" <rbloom2@sysr.com
Subject: Pizza deliveryman won't be charged
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 13:34:00 -0400
A pizza deliveryman who killed an armed man who was trying to rob
him will not face criminal charges, the Marion County
Prosecutor's office announced today.
"It's a clear case of self-defense," Deputy Prosecutor Barb
Crawford said. "He did what the law allows him to do to protect
himself."
Ronald B. Honeycutt, 38, Carmel, shot Jerome Brown-Dancler, 20,
9500 block of East 39th Place, more than a dozen times on May 17.
The evidence shows that Brown-Dancler pointed a 9mm handgun at
Honeycutt, who had had just finished making a delivery about 11
p.m. in the 3600 block of Long Wharf Drive on the Far Eastside.
Brown-Dancler's gun was loaded with 14 rounds, but had no bullet
in the chamber, Crawford said. Honeycutt produced his own 9mm and
fired until it was empty.
After the shooting, Honeycutt told The Star he was just getting
into his van when Brown-Dancler appeared to go for a gun.
Honeycutt kept shooting after the would-be robber hit the ground,
evidence shows. He took the man's gun, fearing it might be stolen
if it was left with the body. He got in his van, drove to the
Pizza Hut Restaurant where he worked and told his manager to call
police, Crawford said.
"This was late at night. This was a high-crime area," Crawford
said. "He left because he wasn't sure whether or not
Brown-Dancler had any friends with him. As it turns out, he did
indeed have friends with him. They left when they heard shots
fired."
Police found both guns in Honeycutt's van.
Honeycutt says he fired 15 shots, but Crawford said the medical
evidence cannot determine how many times Brown-Dancler was hit.
The evidence shows only that he was shot more than 10 but less
than 15 times, Crawford said.
Honeycutt said he was fired from his job at Pizza Hut because he
had violated the firm's policy against carrying a gun.
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