Job status of Pizza Hut employee who shot robbers unclear

 

I can't help but think that more stories like this, and more bad guys ending up dead, the safer we will be as a nation, except here, in NJ...

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by TONY BURBECK / NewsChannel 36

E-mail Tony: [email protected]

 

WCNC.com

 

Posted on September 28, 2010 at 11:24 PM

 

Updated yesterday at 8:12 AM

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* Pizza Hut employee shares details from frightening robbery

 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- We still don't know whether a Pizza Hut delivery driver who shot and killed two robbers, according to police, will keep his job.

 

Police say Greg Hardy and Dauntrae Wallace tried to rob the store on Independence Boulevard near Idlewild Road at gunpoint around closing time late Monday night.

 

The two men were shot and killed by a delivery driver, toting a gun of his own.

 

"If they get my gun from me, I'm finished," the delivery driver said.

 

That driver, who doesn't want to be identified, is a former police officer and sheriff's deputy. Late Monday, he says Hardy, Wallace and a third man threatened to kill him and other Pizza Hut employees if they didn't hand over cash.

 

The delivery driver says he took a beating trying to keep his gun hidden under his shirt. Then, he just couldn’t hide it anymore when one of the suspects lifted the driver's shirt over his head.

 

"I pulled it down. As soon as I pulled it down, I grabbed my gun and shot him," the driver said.

 

"I see him every day," said next door worker Minqoua Jackson.

 

To her, the delivery driver is a hero.

 

"If he didn’t have a gun he would have gotten robbed and the guys, they probably would have killed them," Jackson said. "He has a right to have a gun because he is a delivery guy."

 

 

Maybe not. Pizza Hut isn’t saying what the delivery driver's job status is.

 

Search the Internet and you will find stories where Pizza Hut says their policies forbid employees from carrying weapons. In some of those cases delivery drivers were fired.

 

We did get a statement from Pizza Hut PR Spokesman Christopher Fuller. All he will say is this: "This is a tragic situation and we are working closely with the local authorities, as well as our franchisee and team members. In the interest in our employees' safety, we don't discuss our safety policies publicly."

 

In any case, neighbor Alicia Buie thinks he should keep his job, saying, "He was defending himself. They take a risk every day. So no he doesn’t deserve to get fired.”

 

Meanwhile, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police haven’t found a third suspect in this case. They do not have his name or a description. If you know anything, you're asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

Well then...Dont plan to do Business with ANY corporate entity if you are going to Boycott Pizza Hut for this. Dont shop in any large-chain Convenience Store, dont buy gasoline at any Major Oil Company's stations, Don't shop at Wal-mat, K-Mart, Target, Sears, ect. Oh and stop going to banks. EVERY SINGLE large company that does any kind of retail business, or Public Business has that EXACT SAME Rule for their Employees, as well as most of the Small and regional Businesses. While i do not agree with these rules, I can UNDERSTAND them...Civil Liability is the keyword here. If a Customer is killed by a robber (as would have happened in this case had the employee NOT shot the actors) the store has a limited liability. If a Customer is killed by the Robber, or worse, a stray bullet from the employee, the company holds a HUGE amount of liability, or if an Employee fights back and the robber kills someone in retaliation. These policies are driven by Attorneys..sadly, much like MOST of our Society has become. I know of one (Now defunct) bank that had a policy that if they were robbed, they would lock the door, and the customers INSIDE after the robber left for a period of 20 minutes before setting off any alarm. 9/11 happened because the Airline's Standard policy for hijackings was to cooperate COMPLETELY rather than risk a passenger getting Injured.

KD, where did that come from ?

KD, where did that come from ?

 

Well he is correct. Most corporations have no firarms policies. Like it or not, the rules are the rules and if you don't want to follow them, then you can work somewhere else. My company has a no firarms policy, but if I had a CCW I would to break that rule every day. I would rather be fired than killed.

My company has the same rules. None on me while working and none in the company vehicle.

I have no idea why but yesterday I was thinking about what would happen if you are a delivery driver in a bad area and applied for CCW. To me that would certainly cover the "justfiable need" part

I have no idea why but yesterday I was thinking about what would happen if you are a delivery driver in a bad area and applied for CCW. To me that would certainly cover the "justfiable need" part

I highly doubt that would work. If that were the case, then I would be able to get a CCW because the local Shop Rite I go to is in a bad area, and my girlfriend lives in a bad area. I just really dont think it would fly as a "justifiable need".

Well he is correct. Most corporations have no firarms policies. Like it or not, the rules are the rules and if you don't want to follow them, then you can work somewhere else. My company has a no firarms policy, but if I had a CCW I would to break that rule every day. I would rather be fired than killed.

 

If it's concealed? How would they know? Just don't drop it in the bathroom when you take your pants down to take a ****.

I highly doubt that would work. If that were the case, then I would be able to get a CCW because the local Shop Rite I go to is in a bad area, and my girlfriend lives in a bad area. I just really dont think it would fly as a "justifiable need".

 

Pretty sure you need documented threats against your life as a standard.

KD, where did that come from ?

Where did what come from Tony?? it's easy to say "Boycot them" however if you are going to Boycott Pizza Hut for that policy, then you SHOULD know that that is pretty much a universal corporate policy.

I have no idea why but yesterday I was thinking about what would happen if you are a delivery driver in a bad area and applied for CCW. To me that would certainly cover the "justfiable need" part

 

Nope, the judge will just tell you to get a different job.