Liquor store clerks shoot armed robbery suspect, fight over gun
by Jessica Remer and Angelica Brown
8 ABC Tulsa
February 23, 2018
TULSA, Okla. -- The owner of Forest Acres Liquor Store has released graphic surveillance video showing a violent run-in with an armed robber.
Tulsa police responded to the store near 12th and Memorial just after 6 p.m. Thursday after the clerk called 911, saying they shot the suspect multiple times. The suspect was gone by the time officers arrived, but he later showed up at a local hospital.
Police have identified the suspect as Tyrone Lee and believe he's connected to 10 other robberies in the area. They say Lee walked into the liquor store Thursday evening with a shotgun, demanding money.
Surveillance video shows the suspect behind the counter before walking out of the camera's view. The owner and her daughter both grab their guns, and when the suspect returns, the owner opens fire.
The suspect again appears to leave but comes back, prompting more gunfire. Video shows the owner's daughter shoot him at close range. Even after being shot multiple times, the suspect fights with the owner for her gun, pistol-whipping her.
Video shows the man chasing the women around the counter before they leave the store.
The owner suffered a gash to the head, which required staples. Both she and her daughter declined an interview but gave us permission to share the video. The owner's son said their guns saved their lives.
"We're not going to be victims," said Justin Christen.
The suspect remains in critical condition at the hospital.
The liquor store was back open Friday.
EDITOR’S NOE: If this had happened in California, them gals would probably have been charged with attempted murder because they shot poor ole Tyrone more than one time.
And Black Lives Matter would have screamed about white chicks trying to kill a young black man.
Rev. Moses Washington of the Second Antioch African Baptist Church said Tyrone was a good boy just trying to support his dear mother and his seven brothers and sisters.
3 comments:
I wonder what prompted the stupid bastard to reenter the store. Maybe he was pissed at being challenged by two white women and wanted to teach them a lesson. Maybe he was an even bigger stupid bastard than one would think. I hope the local merchant's association gives them an award and buys them a couple more boxes of ammo.
Haven't heard much from BLM lately.
Turned out they had an electric lock sallyport on the business. When they activated it, it SHOULD HAVE trapped the bad guy between the doors. It malfunctioned and the inside door did not lock. That is how, and why, he re-entered the store. He never actually got all the way out.
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