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Robbery Victim Fights Back


A Tulsa robbery victim fights back. The man says when he was forced to decide whether to kill or be killed, he pulled the trigger.

He talks about that decision exclusively to News on 6 crime reporter Lori Fullbright.

Gene and his wife were inside a flea market on North Lewis Saturday when two people walked inside and began asking about prices. Gene turned away for a moment, and then was body-slammed to the ground. "I was on my side and rolled over to my back and this young man was in my face saying give me all the money, I'm going to kill you and on and on and all I could think was I’m about to die and so is my wife."

In that instant, instinct and military training took over and Gene pulled his gun from his waistband and started shooting. Several of his shots missed the robber and landed in the wall, but then, he noticed some blood drops. He thought he'd nicked the robber, it wasn't until later, he learned, the robber died. “It's a horrible thing that this young man lost his life. And, we say young man, but he was 6-feet-2 and was 200 pounds of young man muscle. He made a decision that ultimately cost him dearly. I'm sorry I had to hurt him, but I don't regret it."

Gene says he didn't want to end up like the woman who was recently beaten to death after being robbed of her laundry money or the man who was shot and killed because he didn't have as much money as the robber wanted.

The flea market has been robbed before. The owner of the store had been robbed and beaten just a few months earlier. The previous owner had been robbed and pistol-whipped. Not even adding security cameras was a deterrent.

Gene doesn't believe this incident will deter other teenage robbers very long, and he's thankful for a law that allowed him to protect his own life and that of his wife.

Gene has had a permit to carry a concealed weapon since a state law was enacted several years ago, Tulsa Police do not expect him to be charged with a crime.

Police cannot find evidence the robbery suspect had a gun. However, they say Gene was still within Oklahoma's “Make My Day” law, because there were two suspects and Gene had good reason to fear for his life.

 

One more reason to enact concealed carry natiowide!!!!!!!

 

Now THATS justice

 

Another "Good Guy" hero.

I would have done the same thing under those circumstance. Scum like that robber has no right to live anyway. It's his kind that's helping bring this country down and makes it necessary to have to carry a weapon.

"Atta Boy, Gene!"

 

“It's a horrible thing that this young man lost his life."

Then what was he doing robbing the store??

What about the previous owners, robbed and beatin, Pistol Whiped, I mean common. I agree with him, my life or theres, mine will always come first (same with the wife) People are always sorry for people, well if they didn't do something to deserve it, different story. Problem is they are doing stupid things and there paying for it.

I would love to carry, problem is most guns can shoot accross the state of RI so it's very hard to get it.

 

It's sad that someone had to die, but I enjoy reading stories where the good guy wins. Stories like this are why I carry. I hope and pray I never have to shoot anyone. I don't want to have to deal with the emotions or the legal stuff. But, if that's what it takes to protect myself or those that I love then I'm prepared to do so.

 

DITTO THAT x2

 

Another happy ending! Way to go Gene!

 

Well I read it as a quotation of what Gene said- he feels sorry for having to take a life.
If this are really his words I must say my respect for the guy grew for saying that.
He did protect himself and his wife, and had to take the ultimate measure. He did do it and he will have to live with it. I'd be scared by a guy who had a "robber- open season 365 days per year" attitude.
Personally I do not feel sorry for the robber, but quite sorry for Gene and his wife. He will have to live with his decision for the rest of his life.

AlpineRAM

 

Well said, Markus. I hope I never have to pull my gun.

 

Thanks Dave- I do hope that I'll never have to pull my gun too.

 

now...only if every burglary incident ended like that...

 

12 posts, 12 in favor of what he did. Why can't the government see that the majority are in favor of gun owner's rights to protect themselves? Our state isn't bad, but just to our south is a very scary state that likes to consider anyone who owns a gun a criminal.

Jim

 

The company I work for is headquartered there. You can probably imagine how much I enjoy working for that bunch...

 

The most important thing here is that he does have the rest of his life. To bad about the other guy but we all have the right to make the choice between right and wrong and some of us just make the wrong ones.

Travist