insaneracin2003
04-18-2005, 12:32 PM
Subject: Einstein Award
>
> The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Renton,
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
patrol
> 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.
>
> It's only March and we already may have the 2005 winner of the Einstein
> Award.
>
> This guy is going to be hard to beat.
>
>
>
> The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Renton,
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
patrol
> 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.
>
> It's only March and we already may have the 2005 winner of the Einstein
> Award.
>
> This guy is going to be hard to beat.
>
>