“It’s Wrong, Man!”

I read an interesting story in last week’s Noise And Disturber about a robber who got shot by a passerby. A woman was depositing her paycheck into an ATM in town when a man approached her from behind, pushed her in the back, and said “I’ll take that,” grabbing $400 in cash from the woman. The woman spun around and grabbed the man’s shirt, pushing him to the ground. She then began to scream that she was being robbed.

A man in a nearby car saw the altercation, pulled out a small-caliber gun he keeps with him, put his arm in the robber’s car, and ordered him to stop. When the robber tried to drive off with the man’s arm still in the car, the man shot him in the leg.

Police got the report and alerted local hospitals to be on the lookout for the robber, who was subsequently apprehended. When the would-be thief was asked about his wound, all he could say was “It’s wrong, man!”

Uh-huh. It’s wrong to get shot while stealing someone’s money, but stealing it is okay? Too funny.

The bystander won’t be charged for shooting the dumbass robber, and the robber lived and thus hopefully will learn something from this little encounter. Kudos to the quick-acting bystander for getting involved.