Would-Be Robber Turns Would-Be Murderer, Jammed Gun Turns the Tables

By John Falkenberg

MYRTLE BEACH, SC — When one robber thought he had gotten the best of his armed victim, an exchange of gunfire between himself and the man he had just robbed proved him dead wrong.

As WBTW reports:

Horry County Police officers were called to Factory Stores Boulevard off of Highway 501 in the Myrtle Beach area around 11 p.m. (September 28) for a shooting. The incident report notes that upon arrival, the officer was flagged down by a person on Waccamaw Pines Drive, who pointed the officer to a gun on the side of the road. The witness told police that the gun was possibly thrown by the alleged robber.

Another woman pointed the officer to where the would-be robber was lying on the ground where he had collapsed after being shot, the report states. A witness to the shooting, also an off-duty EMT, was helping the man who had been shot until medics arrived. The victim of the robbery told police he was “conducting security” at Grand Strand Baptist Church, located at 350 Hospitality Lane, when a man approached him and asked for change for a $20 bill.

When the victim pulled out his wallet to offer change, the …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation