2005 Darwin Award Winner already found

[Walt Starr]

Darwin Award

We have a winner...!

The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Washington appeared to be the robber's first (and last), due to his lack of a previous record of violence, and his terminally stupid choices:

1. His target was H&J Leather & Firearms, a gun shop specializing in handguns.

2. The shop was full of customers - firearms customers.

3. To enter the shop, the robber had to step around a marked police car parked at the front door.

4. A uniformed officer was standing at the counter, having coffee before work.

Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a .22 target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, the police officer with a 9mm Glock 17, the clerk with a .50 Desert Eagle, assisted by several customers who also drew their guns, several of whom also fired.

The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons.

No one else was hurt in the exchange of fire.

As presented on Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/crime/dumdum/gunshop.asp

Funny account via email, not quite the accurate thing, though. It happened in '90.

[megatherium]

1. "suicide by cop" / nt

[TheModernTerrorist]

2. hahahahahahah

that is GREAT. I can just picture it in my head. bahahaha

[mike_c]

3. mind boggling....

the gene pool is now a better place....

[Discord]

4. thats freakin hilarious

:rofl:

[neoteric lefty]

5. Great story, but this happened in 1990...

but doesn't the nominees have to be from the last year or so. Just trying to uphold the respect and prestige of the Darwin Awards.

:)

[Walt Starr]

7. I pointed that out below the link

There are other inconsistencies with the email account, too.

[LiberalEsto]

6. This was in Seattle, Washington

not Washington DC.

Just wanted to clarify that.