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| -Lurid Crime Tales- |
| Old Age wins over Youth |
| 2012-01-26 |
| A 65-year-old man shot two teens, one fatally, as they tried to rob him Wednesday morning on a trail near the Schuylkill River, police said. According to investigators, the man was riding his bicycle on the trail near the Bertolet Fishing Dock at South First Avenue and Chestnut Street in West Reading. The teens knocked the man off his bicycle, and two of them assaulted him. The man pulled out a handgun and shot them both. Another success for concealed carry... |
| Posted by:Procopius2k |
| #10 Charles Bronson would have left the scene. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2012-01-26 19:56 |
| #9 I'd expect this at the "Sure Kill" River. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2012-01-26 19:37 |
| #8 Reading is a very tough town. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-01-26 19:21 |
| #7 Bright Pebbles - if the old gentleman had lived he'd probably have been prosecuted for fighting the burglars. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-01-26 18:52 |
| #6 Old age and treachery will prevail over youth and skill most every time. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-01-26 16:51 |
| #5 link updated to here from here as server fell over. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-01-26 14:56 |
| #4 Meanwhile in our marxist utopia |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-01-26 14:53 |
| #3 "Hey, man - you ain't supposed to defend yourself! What do you think this is, Texas?" |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-01-26 13:44 |
| #2 The gentleman was released without charges because the prosecutor refused to take the case, and the dead boy's mother asked only that she could inform relatives before his name was released to reporters. I second Bright Pebbles. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-01-26 12:15 |
| #1 You get the feeling the arrested/shot parties were frequent "customers" of the police... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-01-26 11:01 |