Armed Robbery Turns Shootout, 4 People Injured

By John Falkenberg

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI — When a pair of thugs tried to rob a man and a woman in broad daylight, the resulting firefight saw four people injured, including one bystander who had nothing to do with the incident.

What’s worse is that one of the two thugs got away.

As the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reports:

It started when a man and woman, 23 and 37, walked out of Euclid Market at 2318 Euclid Avenue about 12:15 p.m. Sunday. That’s when two robbers armed with handguns tried to rob them, police said.

The male victim pulled out his own gun and exchanged shots with the robbers, police said. Both robbery victims were hit, as was a 24-year-old bystander inside the market, police said. It’s not clear who fired the shot that injured her.

The robbers ran off. But a 17-year-old with a gunshot wound later showed up at a hospital, and police believe he was one of the robbers. He was taken into custody, police said.

This is tricky. The concealed carrier did the best he could, considering the circumstances, but three innocent people were shot.

So, what went wrong?

Well, two things, really.

First of all, if you have two guns on you, even if …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation