Guy with ccw saved his a**

 

 

http://timesleader.com/stories/Man-pulls-out-gun-to-ward-off-Wilkes-Barre-armed-robbery-try,125079

 

WILKES-BARRE – If it happened again, Samuel Smith said, he wouldn’t hesitate to use his gun on another person to protect himself.

 

Smith, 24, of Ashley, made a split second decision and fired a round into the ground when two young men demanded that he empty his pockets on Reese Street near South Meade Street Wednesday night.

 

Smith said he was hanging out with a friend outside a house sitting on a curb just before 9 p.m. After his friend went into a house, Smith said he noticed two men walk slowly pass him, describing them as a black male in his upper teens and a white male in his early 20s.

 

As the two men walked by, Smith had an uneasy feeling and loaded a magazine into his gun and reholstered the weapon.

 

A minute or two after the men walked past, he said, they approached him asking for a cigarette.

 

When Smith said he didn’t smoke, he claimed the black male pushed a firearm against his body.

 

“He said, ‘Give me your (expletive) in your pockets,’ and shoved a gun in my stomach,” Smith said. “I took both my hands, one went on my wallet and the other I reached behind and put on my gun.”

 

Smith, a security guard who has a concealed weapons permit to carry a firearm, said the black male swatted his hand away from his wallet. When he did, Smith extended his other hand grasping his gun and fired a round in the ground.

 

“They ran away, the black kid ran toward Little Flower Manor, and the white kid ran the other way stripping off his clothes,” Smith said.

 

Police said they are investigating the attempted armed robbery.

 

The experience of being a victim left Smith with little doubt of using deadly force.

 

“I never thought it would happen to me,” Smith, who works as a security officer, said. “I’m glad I have a concealed weapons permit. It paid off. If it happens to me again, I don’t think I would think twice of using my gun.”

 

Other mugging incidents

The attempted armed robbery of Samuel Smith on Wednesday is the latest street mugging in the area in recent weeks.

 

• March 5, Wilkes-Barre: A 17-year-old boy told police three black males punched him in the head at Beaumont and North Washington streets.

 

• March 4, Hanover Township: A 17-year-old boy told township police he was approached by a white male brandishing a knife and demanded the boy to empty his pockets at South Main and Knox streets.

 

• March 4, Wilkes-Barre: A 13-year-old boy told city police he was approached by a black male who stole his bicycle in the area of 8 S. Main St.

 

• March 4, Pittston: Police said a white male armed with a handgun robbed a person in the area of South Main Street and Kennedy Boulevard.

 

• Feb. 27, Hanover Township: A man told township police two white men aimed a gun at him and punched him in the face before stealing his wallet on West Division Street.

 

• Feb. 27, Wilkes-Barre: A woman told police she was pushed down to the ground and punched in the face by two men on Hickory Street.

 

• Feb. 22, Wilkes-Barre: A man told police he was punched in the face by two black men who stole his cell phone in the area of 289 N. Main St.

 

• Feb. 1, Wilkes-Barre: Police said a man was stabbed twice in the abdomen during an attempted robbery by two men on Carey Avenue.

Its funny how these pieces of shit instinctively knew to strip some of their clothing off so they cant be identified based on their clothing. Good for him.

Why was the gun unloaded to begin with? If this was an "Open Carry" situation, then the two Perps may have spotted the gun/holster and just went to another victim.....

 

Something doesn't quite "sit" right with this...

Another wonderful reason why we need ccws

sounds like he had an accidental discharge to me

Ah, Wilkes-Barre... Went to school right in the middle of that for a little. Center city isn't too bad, but the rest of the town is an absolute hellhole. In the first week of my freshman year there were 2 muggings, a stabbing, and an attempted rape of students who went too far off campus.

 

You know you're in a great city when there are 2 cops posted outside the entrance to the movie theater from 4pm to 2am every day...

sounds like he had an accidental discharge to me

 

This sounds about right.