Man shot by employee at Huntsville car lot after buying pistol with fake money, police say

[mahatmakanejeeves]

It's not always Florida.

Man shot by employee at Huntsville car lot after buying pistol with fake money, police say

Updated on August 15, 2017 at 1:01 PMPosted on August 15, 2017 at 1:00 PM

By Ashley [e-mail]

An employee of the Bill Penney Toyota car dealership is jailed for shooting a man at the business after the victim paid him for a pistol using fake money, police said.

Phillip Gilliam, 21, an employee of the car dealership's service department, is accused of shooting the man Friday around 1:15 p.m., said Huntsville police Lt. Stacy Bates.

The victim, a 23-year-old, was at the 4808 University Drive business to buy a pistol from Gilliam. Police said after paying with counterfeit money, the victim attempted to run to a car with the pistol.

"Gilliam drew another handgun and ran after the male firing shots at him," Bates said in a news release. "The male got in the passenger side of a waiting car and while leaving the scene Gilliam fired shots at the car."

[Angry Dragon]

1. there is some irony there......... but I am missing it

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide. NT

[marylandblue]

3. When buying a gun with counterfeit funds

Make sure you buy all the guns the seller has.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. All things being equal he should have been

shot with blanks!

[Hoyt]

5. Yet, we just keep coddling gunners. We'll let the friggin Nazis and racists carry guns in public

because it's heritage, or some such BS.

First, it ought to be illegal to sell a gun without an FFL involved to perform a background check.

Second, you go to jail if you shoot someone over money or a dispute where you life is in little danger save for the dang gun you strapped on before leaving home.

When are we going to wise up and pass legislation like Australia did in 1996?

[rurallib]

6. A side issue - I find it strange people could bring guns to work for any reason

unless needed for work. that is scary.

[VOX]

7. For Alabama, that's pretty Florida.

Who the hell buys a roscoe from a car lot?