http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.ci.shooting28mar28,0,5234060.story?fark baltimoresun.com Man killed while beating would-be robber By Annie Linskey Sun reporter March 28, 2008 Facing the barrel of a sawed-off shotgun on a dark West Baltimore street, Roland Scott fought back. He pulled out his own weapon - a fake handgun - and wrested the shotgun away from his attacker, city police said. Scott ordered the man to strip naked in the middle of Laurens Street, took $800 from him and forced him to march into the laundry room of a nearby apartment building. "He starts beating him, telling him to get more money, saying, 'Get me a cell phone or I'm going to kill you,'" said Sgt. Dennis M. Raftery Jr., a supervisor in the Police Department's homicide unit. "He is beating him with the butt of a sawed-off shotgun." Raftery said the shotgun, then pointed at Scott, discharged, hitting Scott in the stomach and killing him. Authorities said his death will be ruled accidental. "It is unusual," Raftery said yesterday. "I don't know how to put it. It is sort of like one for the books." Still naked, the other man ran from the apartment building in the 400 block of Laurens St. - the incident occurred about 4 a.m. Wednesday - and went down Monroe Street. He cut his foot and was treated in the emergency room at St. Agnes Hospital. He told homicide detectives that he was trying to steal money to pay his rent and for pharmacy school, Raftery said, and that he ran when he heard the shotgun go off. Raftery said detectives interviewed a witness who told police that he saw what happened in the laundry room and corroborated the man's account. "You can't make this up. You just can't," Raftery said. "There is no way that two different people who don't know each other ... there is no way he could come up with the collaborating information. I guess the moral of the story is if you get the jump on someone who is robbing you, call the police. Had he just held him there and called the police, then we would have done what we need to do." Police said they are investigating to determine whether charges can be filed in the robbery of Scott. annie.linskey@baltsun.com Copyright © 2008, The Baltimore Sun
Yeah... that is just interesting. The guy who was getting robbed became the robber. I've never heard of something who weird.
if someone tried to rob me or i caught them robbing me and i was in a better situation physically or with a weapon I wouldnt call the cops I would handle shit old school and make the robber feel like shit get him nakid and take him out to a big corn field and have him wake up nakid in the middle of no where with a map of clues that lead to more clues that eventually lead to the road. I am talking about putting a robber in the middle of a big ass woods. THat will teach them more than 2 days in jail and probation
i think they both just got punished already. one guy got killed and the other one ran away naked. shit, that will do more to change your mind than a couple years in prison.
Id say so too. Anyone know that once someone held up Ol Dirty Bastard and RZA (of wu tang) and Ol dirty just straight up grabbed the shotgun out the robbers hands and beat him with it? Wu tang is the shit. This unbelievable part is that he died, not that he fought back. Shit man, theres a reason why I dont get robbed and thats becuase I dont fuck around. This one time these kids tried to come in my house with knives ( My car was in the shop, it was a would be burglary), sadly for them, my redneck friend was showing me his shotguns, rifles, and hand guns. I hear a window break and grab the first 2 hand guns which happened to be a Taurus .45 cal and a S & W urban tactical .40 and my buddy grabs his Mossberg tactical 12 gauge and we quietly run down the stairs and hear them moving around in the garage, which i keep damn near empty so we just sit at the door waiting for them............ They open the door to probably the most shocking thing they ever saw in thier life, a fuckin huge shot gun and two bad ass hand cannons. Me and my buddy immediantly start screaming GET THE FUCK ON THE GROUND! ON THE GROUND YOU FUCKIN FAGGOT! MAKE A SOUND AND I BLOW YOUR FUCKING BRAINS OUT! Meanwhile I notice they both had knives that they dropped when they saw the guns. This makes me go damn near crazy and I start hitting them with the gun as they cry and beg for mercy. This kids like PLEASE DONT KILL ME MAN and he repeats it like 50 times and my buddy who is on the phone with the cops hands me the phone puts down the shotgun and takes out his buck knife. He stands the kid up, punches him square in the nose, kicks his legs out and puts him in a knife lock ( think headlock + knife) The kid pees his pants and just starts death squirming and my budddy says FOR GODS SAKE, YOUR THE ROBBER, NOT US, IF WE WANTED YOU DEAD YOUD ALREADY BEEN DONE IN as I tell the police in the most professional way, "The subjects are detained and the situation is under control, have two of your finest come escort these degenerates to the county incarceration facility." (I dont know why but, I always do that when I talk to cops.) Suprisingly the 911 operator actually really calmed me down but I had to hit them a few more times when I looked at thier IDs and saw that these were the guys that were known for robberies in my neighboring city. Ofcourse I put away any and all weed related stuff and the police arrive to see a small armory in my living room but luckily all the firearms were 100% legal and registered to my buddy who is part of the state militia. The scumbags are cuffed and the police cant stop laughing when they see the bruises on both thier face and the wet spot. It was sooooo weird, they were patting us on the back and cracking jokes about how it would feel to walk into a house you were trying to rob and be greeted by a guy with a huge shotgun and a guy with 2 hand guns. I was so weirded out I even outright said "I beat em around a bit, im real sorry." and the cops explode into laughter. One of them even has to sit down and start slappins his knee. They say, "Son, you had more firepower the half the county and you didnt shoot these guys. In this state, if anyone breaks into your house, you can shoot to kill. You dont understand how much paper work you saved us." ill be putting this up in the story thread.
Yeah man, this was all over the local news the past day or two. Kind of fucked up how some shit happends. You'd never expect the guy who was being robbed to not only get the weapon, but use it to rob the guy who was robbing him.
forgot to add that this was on the local news and newspaper even though both my friend and I didnt allow them to use our names as precaution for someone thinking we have something worth taking. They did, however, post thier "bruised and confused" (anyone know im referring to? 954!!!!) mugs. everyone heard about it and my neighborhood posted a sign (which was actually sanctioned by the city) "Neighborhood watch AKA "Dont try anything stupid around here if you dont like getting shot."
Well damn..ruined his day(life). Karma? Meh..dont believe in that stuff but thats interesting/bizzare for sure.
the way they just blurted out he died was totally unexpected for me i feel bad for laughing but it was kind of funny the way they described it so suddenly but yeah.. he should have never point the barrel of a shotgun at his stomach when he was bashing the trigger end on somebody.. should have went with sideway hits or something
Man that would be the most unexpected thing. Getting the shit beat out of you, hear a big bang, and theres the guy dead infront of you and youre naked. WTFFFFF.