Brooklyn Park police: Permit-carrying resident halts armed robbery with fatal gunfire

[sarisataka]

Brooklyn Park police: Permit-carrying resident halts armed robbery with fatal gunfire

A man with a permit to carry a firearm fatally shot an armed would-be robber on a Brooklyn Park street, authorities said Tuesday.

The two men exchanged gunfire about 8:05 p.m. Monday in the 7500 block of Imperial Drive, police said. Officers arrived at the scene and found the man who was attempting the robbery on the ground.

The person targeted in the robbery has a valid permit to carry a handgun and was not arrested, said Deputy Police Chief Mark Bruley.

Officers recovered both guns at the scene as they continue to investigate the shooting. Police have not released the identities of the two involved in the confrontation.

http://www.startribune.com/brooklyn-park-police-permit-carrying-citizen-halts-armed-robbery-with-fatal-gunfire/369832761/

The impossible happens again.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

1. Just another incident...

...of a rude toter acting as judge, jury and executioner. ~~~~~~~~~~


K&R

[Oneka]

2. Another example of why it's a good idea to rely on yourself rather than cops for personal safety

The police knew this guys habits, yet were unwilling or unable to protect the public from him.

Bruley said the man who died “goes back and forth between Brooklyn Park and Minneapolis. He’s an individual we’ve known from previous contact. He certainly hangs out around here,” he said, declining to explain further.

Not attempting to disparage cops, they just don't have ability to protect me and mine, or the public in general, when they are not right there.

[Eleanors38]

3. "There have been several instances (of armed SD) during the past few years..."

Evidently in the Minneapolis area alone.