First Time Firing A Gun, Store Manager Describes Shootout With Crooks

By James England

WATERLOO, IOWA — Charles Earl Jones, 21, had his day in court where he described his side of the circumstances surrounding why police recovered him with a single gunshot wound to the armpit fourteen minutes after a reported armed robbery took place in the same neighborhood.

According to Jones’ statement, he was searching for a Wi-Fi signal at the time of the robbery and the armed robber took his coat and his possessions before exiting the area. The story is a bit weak considering surveillance footage doesn’t corroborate him walking around an elementary school at the time. However, facing charges of armed robbery, going armed, carrying weapons and false reports, Jones plead ‘not guilty’ and wants his day in court.

From the account given by the store clerk, it sounds like he’s lucky to have survived long enough to get that.

The Waterloo Courier covered Jones’ court case. The store clerk who allegedly shot him appeared in court to testify on his account of the situation.

According to the clerk, he had never fired a gun before but a police officer showed him how to properly handle it. He kept the gun under the counter — a small .380 ACP pistol. …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation