The Gun Counter

Around the Water Cooler: A Likely Rule 2 and 3 Violation
By Rich Grassi

Okay, this could be hard to follow if you are short on caffeine, but here it is. A bread delivery driver was stopped in the midst of his rounds. He'd been in a store making a delivery, came out to his truck and a young male approached asking for directions. Misdirected, he didn't see the one with the knife who announced the robbery. Looking back at the GPS-challenged accomplice, the driver saw he was armed with what appeared to be a sawed-off shotgun.

Telling them he had no money, he threw them a wallet as he back-pedaled into the store. The offenders ran. He called the police, reporting the robbery. While the robbery report was being taken, a call of a person gunshot was broadcast, according to the Rock Hill SC Herald.

That caller reported that he and his friend had been robbed by a bread delivery driver near the store at the case address of the earlier robbery call. Putting two and two together, it was determined that the caller got the story backwards, unintentionally we're sure. Cops apparently determined that our robbery team was diminished when one of the felons "accidentally" fired his gun "in (his) knee area" - apparently minimizing his future ability to flee.

Clothing, money and a firearm consistent with the bread driver's story was found near where our gunshot victim had been recovered. He was transported to medical care, while his able partner was transported to headquarters under arrest. After he'd been pulled out of the transporting unit, it's said, they found some more of the bread delivery driver's money in the patrol car.

Both of these products of our uncertain times were charged with armed robbery and possession of weapons in commission of a crime of violence. The shooter/shootee's condition hadn't been released at the time of the report.

For those who came in late, our lad obviously allowed the muzzle to cover something he'd have preferred not to shoot and - I'm guessing - touched the trigger while he wasn't watching the muzzle. These are bad habits for the rest of us to emulate, but no doubt helpful to society in the present case.