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Mc Chicken - Worker who shot at robber suspended
sheepdip
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A McDonald's worker who shot at a woman who robbed the restaurant on State Street in New Albany on Christmas Eve has been suspended from his job because of the incident.
Maintenance worker Clifton Brown Jr. had taken a 9 mm pistol to work on Dec. 23 and had it with him outside the restaurant as he and another employee took out the trash shortly after the midnight closing, New Albany police said.
That is when a woman, who was on foot, put a gun to the back of the second worker and then robbed the restaurant through the drive-through window.
Brown pulled his gun out and ordered the fleeing robber to stop, he told police.
The woman stopped but raised her own gun, Brown told police. He responded by firing two shots at her before she continued to flee. Police, who described Brown as in his early 50s, said they think both shots missed their target.
Ron Vanover, owner of the restaurant, said yesterday that guns are prohibited at McDonald's. Vanover said Brown is suspended "pending an investigation."
Calling it a personnel matter, he would not say what might happen at the end of the investigation.
"It's just unfortunate that it happened and it's unfortunate that somebody reacted that way," Vanover said of the robbery and the firing of shots. He called Brown's reaction inappropriate.
"I think that's common sense. Money can be replaced; lives cannot," Vanover said.
Brown, who could not be reached yesterday, has a permit to carry a gun, New Albany Detective Keith Whitlow said. "We don't have any reason to believe that Mr. Brown has violated any laws," Whitlow said. "It's up to McDonald's to decide" what happens with the employee, he added.
Whitlow said that he's "not overly enthused about untrained individuals engaging in stuff like that," but that once the robber raised her gun, Brown "was in jeopardy" and had a right to defend himself.
Maintenance worker Clifton Brown Jr. had taken a 9 mm pistol to work on Dec. 23 and had it with him outside the restaurant as he and another employee took out the trash shortly after the midnight closing, New Albany police said.
That is when a woman, who was on foot, put a gun to the back of the second worker and then robbed the restaurant through the drive-through window.
Brown pulled his gun out and ordered the fleeing robber to stop, he told police.
The woman stopped but raised her own gun, Brown told police. He responded by firing two shots at her before she continued to flee. Police, who described Brown as in his early 50s, said they think both shots missed their target.
Ron Vanover, owner of the restaurant, said yesterday that guns are prohibited at McDonald's. Vanover said Brown is suspended "pending an investigation."
Calling it a personnel matter, he would not say what might happen at the end of the investigation.
"It's just unfortunate that it happened and it's unfortunate that somebody reacted that way," Vanover said of the robbery and the firing of shots. He called Brown's reaction inappropriate.
"I think that's common sense. Money can be replaced; lives cannot," Vanover said.
Brown, who could not be reached yesterday, has a permit to carry a gun, New Albany Detective Keith Whitlow said. "We don't have any reason to believe that Mr. Brown has violated any laws," Whitlow said. "It's up to McDonald's to decide" what happens with the employee, he added.
Whitlow said that he's "not overly enthused about untrained individuals engaging in stuff like that," but that once the robber raised her gun, Brown "was in jeopardy" and had a right to defend himself.
Comments
Who can say whether or not that robber might have shot and killed someone, on purpose or by accident, before the robbery was over. She sure had the gun ready to shot and she knew how to shot it.
I hate naive, left-wing liberals and their attitudes.
If they fire him, that's just one more company for me to boycott.
I would think the quality of the food would be enough to keep you away from McDonald's. I only eat there as a very last resort.
Didn't hit suspect, or anyone else with wild fire thank God.
I can understand McDonald's stance on this, they would be held responsible if anyone would have gotten hurt, not the shooter (has no money worth sueing for) but was an employee of Micky D's and on their property acting as security at that moment. He was the only one that fired any shots. It's against company policy for an employee to can at work.
I dont want amateur wannabes shooting it out in the street with armed robbers. I'd feel a lot safer in McDonalds knowing that if there is a robbery, one of the employees is not going to pull out a gun and start a shootout.
... at the end of a rope![:D]
they think both shots missed their target.
First,
He needs to practice more.
Second,
If he would have done something while she was committing the robbery, that would have been one thing. (cleaning the gene pool = good thing) But she was fleeing, she no longer posed a threat. He needs to learn when to pull his weapon.
oh well....
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quote:The woman stopped but raised her own gun,
If he had a real gun, shooting a .45 ACP round there would be one less bad gal to worry about.
I will be writing a nasty letter to Mcdonald's about this as I have to other companies like AOL.
Be sure to also do it via e-mail and post the response of McCraple corporate officies.[;)]
Them .45 ACP's have laser trackin'...Huh...Y'alls funnier than sheet...[:X]
Story states she stopped and raised her gun, then continued to run awaydidn't say she turned and raised her gun toward him. Ever watch COPS, perps never seem to turn around they just keep runnin.
Or did I miss the part where she turned and leveled her weapon at him then decided to turn and run away.
This situtation opens up a can of worms, what if the employee had accidently shot an innocent bystander with the two Shots that "missed"? Not every one that carries a gun is as good a shot as we here in GB are.[:0][}:)][}:)]
What if it was a Barrett and the firing pin stuck and it was in the path of a major airlline and 10 planes that were taking off got shot down and 2,795 people died and....