Police: Intended Victim Shoots Mugger In New Haven CT

[RamboLiberal]

A would-be mugger armed with a knife who tried to a rob a man armed with a handgun was shot Monday afternoon in the city's Wooster Square Park.

"Give me all your money or I'll stab you," the mugger told the man, according to New Haven police Officer Joe Avery.

The suspect backed his intended victim up against a fence, Avery said, then the man pulled a gun and fired.

Police said the 40-year-old suspect was shot in the chest and was in stable condition at Yale New Haven Hospital. Police did not identify him.

The intended victim, a 65-year-old man, who police said was licensed to carry his firearm, was questioned and released. The man, who is not from New Haven, said he was eating his lunch on a park bench when the alleged robber approached him.

http://www.courant.com/community/new-haven/hc-victim-shoots-mugger-0427.artapr27,0,5464956.story

1PM - Brazen mugger. Sounds like a just shooting.

[sharesunited]

1. Righteous. One point awarded.

[shadowrider]

2. NEVER bring a knife to a gunfight

[virgogal]

3. Good! eom

[paulsby]

4. note: questioned and released

and yet again i say, it is not always a bad thing to refuse to talk to police when questioned, despite the meme here

this stuff happens all the time.

[shadowrider]

6. Many years ago at my first firearms lesson

The instructor said, if you ever have to use your gun in self-defense say 2 things to the police then shut up

1) I was in fear of my life
2) I want a lawyer

[paulsby]

7. that;'s simple , pat advice, but it's not necessarily the best advice

i have had DEFENSE ATTORNEYS tell me they always tell their clients not to talk to police when questioned.

i asked him "what if they are innocent?"

he laughed. he said, he assumed his clients were committing crimes all the time and said IF they were innocent, he wouldn't have a problem with them talking, but that was hardly ever the case.

also, he readily admitted that it made HIS job easier if he got the case from the start w.o them talking to anybody. it wasn't necessarily better for the client

if i shot a guy IN MY HOUSE for example, who was a burglar, i would have no problem giving an initial statement w./o a lawyer present. before i gave a detailed/tape recorded statement, i would go over my statement with an attorney

note that , like in this case, the threshold statement would be more than enough for the cops at the scene to release me , as happened in this case.

as another example, i once arrested an attorney for brandishing and took him to the statement for questioning. an ATTORNEY

he provided a detailed statement as to self-defense, and i took it and released him

when the prosecutors got the case (i didn't cite him due to the self defense concerns, but simply forwarded it), they declined ot prosecute

BASED ON THE SUSPECT's statement

if he hadn't given a statement, they would have charged

again, this stuff happens all the time, but YOU don't hear about it, nor does media or defense attorneys since it NEVER GETS CHARGED, etl alone to trial

if the shooting you are involved in is sketchy, don't talk to police

if you are righteous, imo you should

[leeloo]

5. K&R one for the good guys...