Hamtramck (Michigan) robbers make BIG mistake


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Hamtramck is a small, historically Polish, city within the boundaries of Detroit. As noted in the story most Hamtramck shop owners are armed, a fact well known in the area. Darwin wins again.

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/23023945/robbery-suspect-fatally-shot-at-hamtramck-pawn-shop

Robbery suspect fatally shot at Hamtramck pawn shop

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (WJBK) - Three men walked into Mike's Detroit Jewelry and Pawn Shop on Joseph Campu in Hamtramck around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. It appears they planned to rob the store. Police said they had guns and drew their weapons.

Staff members reacted fast. They also had guns and opened fire.

"Some of the surrounding shops heard some gunfire, and I believe some people also witnessed some people going in and seen the commotion, so they immediately called us," said Hamtramck Police Chief Max Garbarino.

One of the suspects was fatally shot. The other two escaped injury, but not police. They were arrested.

"Preliminarily it appears that it was in self-defense that they fired on the suspects," Garbarino said.

"It's not too often we get things like this in Hamtramck. Most of our shop owners are armed around here, not to mention our police response is under 30 seconds. In fact, we were here within 30 seconds of getting the call."

No customers were inside the store when the shooting occurred.

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Class :) shows you shouldn't be trying to rob a shop if you arn't prepared to deal with the consequences.  If this was in the UK the shop owners would have been arreseted the the robbers allowed to go practically go free.

 

What I mean is the shop owners will get a tougher sentence than the robbers.

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In these parts actions have consequences.

Heard a story on the news this morning where some moron in Oregon tried to hold up a gun shop with a baseball bat :rofl:

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Class :) shows you shouldn't be trying to rob a shop if you arn't prepared to deal with the consequences.  If this was in the UK the shop owners would have been arreseted the the robbers allowed to go practically go free.

 

What I mean is the shop owners will get a tougher sentence than the robbers.

 

Not true anymore.

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Good shoot.

No doubt about it, several different ways; Stand Your Ground, Castle Doctrine, Common Law Self Defense, if they fled (some did) the Fleeing Felon Rule - basically that whole section of the Michigan criminal code. Pick one.

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Man, I miss the Polish festivals there. Awesome food, folk music, and booths to visit. Ahhh memories.

 

That said, good on them. Always good to see people able and willing to defend their own.

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Too bad the pawn shop owners didn't get the other two scumbags while they were shooting.

Agreed. Guess they'll have to put in extra range time :ninja:

What remains to be seen is if the surviving robbers will be charged with murder in their partners death. It's possible in many states to hit them with a murder charge because they used firearms in their crime, regardless of who killed him. There is a nearly identical 2011 case in Illinois where this was done.

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/08/30/man-charged-with-partners-death-during-pawn-shop-robbery/

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If I wasn't on my phone there'd be a facepalm picture here. Not sure what these guys were expecting when they decided to try to rob a pawn shop, and that goes for any city I feel.

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