Man Uses Lunchbox to Deflect Bullets During Shooting

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? A New Haven man is recovering after being shot during a robbery, but his life may have been saved by his lunchbox.

Carlos Juarez, 32, was waiting for his ride to work Tuesday morning in his driveway before dawn and two robbers accosted him, demanding money, police said.

Juarez refused the demand and the robbers opened fire.

Juarez said he reflexively held up his lunch cooler over his chest to shield himself from the bullets. The cooler was hit twice.

The gunman kept firing and Juarez was hit twice in the side.

Juarez, who was released from the hospital after treatment, said two bullets remain in his side because doctors were not able to remove them because of swelling.

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That lunchbox must be well built to be able to deflect a bullet :blink: .

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Man, my state is in rare form today. I heard about this on the radio this morning, I'm glad the guy didn't get killed. And what Gary said is correct. It's even the first thing we teach students in my self defense class. Whatever you have on you is not worth your life, so don't risk it.

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With a lunch box? This sounds just like Mythbusters material...

I knew someone would say that :laugh: ! And Sethos, I owned one of those lunch boxes back in my younger years, still got it somewhere if I can find it.

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Stupid idiot. Could have been killed for a couple of bucks.

Wow, pretty harsh calling the guy that almost got robbed and idiot.... you should be ashamed of yourself. Who SHOOTS a poor worker waiting for a ride over a couple of bucks? The guys that did that should be shot.

And I would do the same thing too. The more success people like that have, the more people that will do it. i worked hard to get what is mine, and no punks are going to take that away from me.

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Wow, pretty harsh calling the guy that almost got robbed and idiot.... you should be ashamed of yourself. Who SHOOTS a poor worker waiting for a ride over a couple of bucks? The guys that did that should be shot.

And I would do the same thing too. The more success people like that have, the more people that will do it. i worked hard to get what is mine, and no punks are going to take that away from me.

Not if your life is at risk. Do you really carry that much money in your pocket? It would have been a different story if you had a gun to shoot back, but not with a lunchbox.

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