Don't bring a BB gun to a gun fight
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Would-be robbers outgunned at LaFollette home
By MATT LAKIN, lakinm@knews.com
January 11, 2007
Two Campbell County men toting a pellet gun picked the wrong house to rob Tuesday night when the homeowner grabbed a pistol and opened fire, authorities said.
"They brought a BB gun to a real gunfight," LaFollette Police Department Detective Jeff Allen said.
Paul Lee Bourff was in stable condition Wednesday night at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Police said Charles Green shot him in the chest as Bourff and Robert Wayne Evans, 24, held Green's girlfriend at gunpoint in his living room at 905 E. Hemlock St. in LaFollette.
The pair knocked at Green's door around 7:45 p.m., said Allen, the detective. His girlfriend, Sonya Dople, answered the door.
"When she opened the door, they stuck the gun up to her forehead," Allen said. "They came inside and told her to get on the floor."
Green stepped into the living room, and Bourff pointed the pellet gun at him, the detective said. Green grabbed a real gun - a .38 pistol - from under a table and pulled the trigger, Allen said.
The men ran down the street to a neighbor's home and asked for help, police said. An ambulance carried Bourff to the hospital, and a helicopter airlifted him to UT Medical Center.
Police took Evans to jail, where he remained Wednesday night.
Evans and Bourff face charges of attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and two counts of aggravated assault, police said.
Green won't be charged in the shooting.
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Would-be robbers outgunned at LaFollette home
By MATT LAKIN, lakinm@knews.com
January 11, 2007
Two Campbell County men toting a pellet gun picked the wrong house to rob Tuesday night when the homeowner grabbed a pistol and opened fire, authorities said.
"They brought a BB gun to a real gunfight," LaFollette Police Department Detective Jeff Allen said.
Paul Lee Bourff was in stable condition Wednesday night at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Police said Charles Green shot him in the chest as Bourff and Robert Wayne Evans, 24, held Green's girlfriend at gunpoint in his living room at 905 E. Hemlock St. in LaFollette.
The pair knocked at Green's door around 7:45 p.m., said Allen, the detective. His girlfriend, Sonya Dople, answered the door.
"When she opened the door, they stuck the gun up to her forehead," Allen said. "They came inside and told her to get on the floor."
Green stepped into the living room, and Bourff pointed the pellet gun at him, the detective said. Green grabbed a real gun - a .38 pistol - from under a table and pulled the trigger, Allen said.
The men ran down the street to a neighbor's home and asked for help, police said. An ambulance carried Bourff to the hospital, and a helicopter airlifted him to UT Medical Center.
Police took Evans to jail, where he remained Wednesday night.
Evans and Bourff face charges of attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and two counts of aggravated assault, police said.
Green won't be charged in the shooting.
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quote:Green won't be charged in the shooting.
That ought to go without saying [V]0 -
haha, I figured that was Hughbetcha doing the shooting til I read the story[:D][:D] 0 -
If it were me in my house, the ambulance would be unnecessary. The coroner would do just fine.
Dead men tell no lies.0 -
In my immediate area we've had two bad guys killed during commission of crimes while armed with airsoft guns. One by a cop and the other by an armed citizen.
Maybe Ron White should offer a qualification to that line of his. Sometimes you can fix stupid.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Txs
In my immediate area we've had two bad guys killed during commission of crimes while armed with airsoft guns. One by a cop and the other by an armed citizen.
Maybe Ron White should offer a qualification to that line of his. Sometimes you can fix stupid.
LOL.
Did they buy those airsoft guns with some coopins?0 -
quote:Originally posted by Txs
Sometimes you can fix stupid.
[:D][:D][:D]0
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