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Customer kills gunman during Jacksonville robbery attemptCustomer's wife: 'I left him a little grocery list this morning.'
Posted: August 28, 2012 - 12:39am |
Updated: August 29, 2012 - 6:40am
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Clifford Davis A 57-year-old Jacksonville grandfather stopped off on his way home from work Monday night to fill a grocery list his wife left for him that morning.
But after entering the Dollar General at 1921 Dunn Ave., he was thrust into an armed robbery that ended with him firing his weapon and one of the two robbers lying dead on the floor.
Two unidentified men entered the store about 9:20 p.m., both with handguns, said Lt. Rob Schoonover of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
“One of them had the clerk and one of them was at the front cash register,” Schoonover said.
The manager then alerted the customer to the situation.
“The customer, who had a concealed firearms permit and a firearm, fired at the suspect, striking him apparently two times, killing him,” Schoonover said.
The other robber, wearing a blue bandana and gloves, ran out the front and fled eastbound on Dunn Avenue in a small sport-utility vehicle.
Soon after the incident, police allowed the customer to call and reassure his family.
“We just get a phone call saying, ‘I’m OK, but something happened,’” said the man’s son. “It just sucks that we have to work late and have to carry a gun.”
The man, who the Times-Union is not identifying because the other robber has not been caught, knew well how to use his gun, according to his family.
“He’s always been a marksman,” his wife said. “He shoots in competitions, but this is the first time he’s ever killed anyone and I don’t know how he’ll handle that.”
The store was equipped with video surveillance and the man was being taken in for questioning, but he’s not being charged, Schoonover said.
“The citizen did not get shot, none of the employees were hurt, this worked out good tonight,” Schoonover said.
Times-Union writer Dana Treen contributed to this report.clifford.davis@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4207 Read more at Jacksonville.com:
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-08-28/story/customer-kills-gunman-during-jacksonville-robbery-attempt#ixzz24zvmaRRnupdate.............
Jacksonville robbery suspect charged with accomplice's death
Posted: August 29, 2012 - 12:03pm |
Updated: August 29, 2012 - 2:55pm
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Dana Treen A customer who shot and killed an armed robber inside a Jacksonville discount store Monday reacted with calm and precision in an extreme situation, police said Wednesday at a briefing on the arrest of a second suspect.
“He put himself in harms way by getting involved,” homicide Lt. Rob Schoonover said. “To me that is an extraordinary person to do that.”
The two men who came into the Dollar General at 1921 Dunn Ave. were holding CO2 BB pistols that resembled handguns and were threatening the two employees in the store, police said.
Police are not identifying the man who shot Rakeem Deveal Odoms, 22, at the counter where Odoms was holding the store manager at gunpoint. Odoms died at the scene from .45-caliber wounds to his head, chest and shoulder.
On Tuesday police arrested Aundre Krishna Campbell, 19, of the 12300 block of Kiwi Court as Odoms’ accomplice. He was picked up on an unrelated burglary warrant after a family member contacted police. He was later charged with robbery and felony murder because Odoms died during the crime.
“To us he prevented any other violence from happening,” Schoonover said of the man who was picking up groceries at the store when the attempted robbery unfolded just after 9 p.m. The manager and clerk in the store could have been harmed, he said.
The man, described by his family as a 57-year-old business owner and grandfather, was at the rear of the store and walked to the front where he pulled his concealed handgun about 5 feet from the suspects.
“He produced his weapon, [and] ordered both suspects to drop their guns,” Schoonover said. “Rakeem Odoms did not. He fired three times, striking him, killing him at the scene.”
The suspect later identified as Campbell dropped his gun and ran, jumping into a white sport-utility vehicle and heading east.
“The citizen used good restraint in not firing at him,” Schoonover said.
Schoonover said store surveillance was helpful in determining what happened at the scene.
The two CO2 guns were recovered at the store.
Campbell and Odoms are being investigated for several other robberies in Jacksonville, Schoonover said.
The man’s family told the Times-Union he did not want to comment.
“He unfortunately got put in a situation,” his son said Wednesday.
And while his father understands he may have stopped something from escalating, there are consequences.
“He’s got to deal with taking someone else’s life.”
Dana Treen: (904) 359-4091
Read more at Jacksonville.com:
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-08-29/story/jacksonville-robbery-suspect-charged-accomplices-death#ixzz24zwDW2BGOn the up side of this event, the customer saved the people of Jacksonville the cost of a trial, and the cost of feeding another lowlife.
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