Four people shot during robbery-gone-bad at Shawnee gun store

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Source: Kansas City Star

01/09/2015 2:55 PM | Updated: 01/09/2015 3:55 PM

Four people were shot and another was punched in the face Friday afternoon during an attempted robbery of a Shawnee gun store, police said.

The gunfight broke out after four robbers entered She’s A Pistol, at 57th Street and Nieman Road, about 2:10 p.m.

One robber struck the store’s female co-owner in the face, police said. The shooting started after that. Police didn’t know who fired first or how the gun battle unfolded, but it left the other co-owner and two robbers with critical gunshot wounds. A fourth person had less-serious gunshot injuries.

Two of the robbers fled the store, shedding some of their clothing as they ran, police said. They tried to get inside a nearby home and ended up hiding in the screened-in porch. The resident, who had heard the gunfire, already had dialed 911. ... Police arrested all four alleged robbers.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article5700804.html

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Gee, holding up a gun store seemed like such a good idea at the time. I mean, what could go wrong?

I read years ago about someone who held up a runners' equipment shop (you know: running shoes, shorts) and tried to escape on foot. The owner simply locked up the shop and took off after him. The robber did not get away.

[christx30]

1. Holding up a gun store...

"Yeah Jerry! That sounds like an awesome idea! It's the last thing they'd ever think of!"

[olddots]

2. mind boggling

I just don't get how humans exist .

[blueridge3210]

3. Like robbing a Krispy Kreme

when the "Hot Donuts" sign is lit.

[99th_Monkey]

4. If only there had been a few more guns there

wielded by good guys...

oh wait, it's a gun store?

never mind.

[GGJohn]

5. And because the good guys were armed,

they were able to defend themselves and their business.

[yeoman6987]

7. Thank goodness

I shutter to think how much worse it would have been for the owners had they not been able to protect themselves. Families planning funerals for sure.

[kentauros]

12. That may still happen:

but it left the other co-owner and two robbers with critical gunshot wounds.

[99th_Monkey]

8. I suppose

you have a point.

I still don't care much for guns, and wish
our country wasn't as 'armed to the teeth'
as it is.

[Raine1967]

14. MAybe, however:

One robber struck the store’s female co-owner in the face, police said. The shooting started after that. Police didn’t know who fired first or how the gun battle unfolded, but it left the other co-owner and two robbers with critical gunshot wounds. A fourth person had less-serious gunshot injuries.

[GGJohn]

15. It could have been a hell of a lot worse.

[Lurks Often]

19. Owner hit 3 of the 4 robbers at what was likely close range

Under those conditions, that's pretty good shooting, hopefully he makes a quick and full recovery. I also hope the wife is ok and recovers from her injuries quickly as well.

[Hoyt]

6. Hope survivors get well. Just goes to show, robbers don't target "no gun zones" as gunners tell us.

[Dont call me Shirley]

9. Gun shops so close to residential neighborhoods and schools? What were the owners thinking?

[GGJohn]

10. They were in a strip mall zoned for such businesses.

And it sounds like you're blaming the owners because of their location.

[Dont call me Shirley]

17. It's very close to residential. I know the area.

And yes, the owners could have put their gun shop in a less residential area of Shawnee. As for being robbed, they would have been less likely to be robbed in a more trafficked area.

[GGJohn]

20. So you are blaming the victims.

Thanks for clarifying that.

[Dont call me Shirley]

21. Nope, got that wrong, blaming the robbers.

[GGJohn]

22. Ok.

[Blue_Tires]

11. Who the hell robs a gun store?

If they were going for the cash, then there are softer targets...If they were trying to steal guns, then why when they are so plentiful and dirt-cheap to purchase??

[GGJohn]

13. Especially an open for business gun store.

Every gun store I've ever been in, the personnel are armed. What the hell were these guys thinking about?

[BlueJazz]

16. "Keep this on the QT Sam, after the gun store we're robbing the Police Station"

[GGJohn]

18. And then, we're going to the nearest Military base armory and rob it.

These guys weren't the sharpest knives in the drawer.

[AgingAmerican]

23. But but

...the presence of guns deters crime! If everyone was armed, crime wouldn't happen! An armed society is a polite society! What about all that rot?

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Locking, sorry, but this is a local story, rather than national

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