Update!! - Gun Shop Robbery!
Last year there was a gun shop owner that was shot while leaving his place of business. He was killed and he was a member of this forum.
His wife posted a notice about the events of the incident! Indicated that he would not be posting and why.
Has anyone ever heard the outcome of this case? Did they ever find the shooter?
I have never heard a word since and did a search and was not able to find the origional post?
Here is the reply I received this morning re: the robbery and death of william Flowers: I believe this gentelman is Mr. Flowers former father in law:
Despite a substantial reward, no one has ever been arrested, and as far as I know none of the stolen guns have been recovered.
My personal slant on it is that the perps must've been from elsewhere. If they were local, I expect someone would've eventually
known something about it and turned them in for the reward.
Although the shop had a video surveillance system, I'm told William was in the process of changing tapes, getting ready to close
up and go to visit his father in the hospital, when they came in and shot him in the back of the head, so there was no video record.
It is a shame that, almost a year later, no one had been linked to this horrible crime. The authorities say they continue to work on
the case, and we can hope that one day there will be a break.
Thanks for your interest.
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HEMBREE BRANDON
Editorial Director
Farm Press Publications
P. O. Box 1420
Clarksdale MS 38614
Telephone 662/624-8503
Fax 662/624-8669
mailto:hbrandon@farmpress.com
http://deltafarmpress.com
His wife posted a notice about the events of the incident! Indicated that he would not be posting and why.
Has anyone ever heard the outcome of this case? Did they ever find the shooter?
I have never heard a word since and did a search and was not able to find the origional post?
Here is the reply I received this morning re: the robbery and death of william Flowers: I believe this gentelman is Mr. Flowers former father in law:
Despite a substantial reward, no one has ever been arrested, and as far as I know none of the stolen guns have been recovered.
My personal slant on it is that the perps must've been from elsewhere. If they were local, I expect someone would've eventually
known something about it and turned them in for the reward.
Although the shop had a video surveillance system, I'm told William was in the process of changing tapes, getting ready to close
up and go to visit his father in the hospital, when they came in and shot him in the back of the head, so there was no video record.
It is a shame that, almost a year later, no one had been linked to this horrible crime. The authorities say they continue to work on
the case, and we can hope that one day there will be a break.
Thanks for your interest.
--
HEMBREE BRANDON
Editorial Director
Farm Press Publications
P. O. Box 1420
Clarksdale MS 38614
Telephone 662/624-8503
Fax 662/624-8669
mailto:hbrandon@farmpress.com
http://deltafarmpress.com
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Anybody remember this post?? 0 -
News to me...[:(] 0 -
Sounds like old Eric Williams... 0 -
Happened someplace in the south, I believe. I did a google search and did not find the incident either.
I seem to recall that the gentleman was working late doing inventory and was found shot in the parking lot.
This was under the reign of SP as moderator. How is your memory SP?0 -
Kansas city or around there I will go back and find the post 0 -
Thank you Shoff14 for locating that post.
Did you ever hear if they caught the crazy that committed the robbery/killing?0 -
I found this article on Google:
Brandon: For a son of the Delta, a much-too-soon goodbye
Apr 28, 2006 11:57 AM, By Hembree Brandon
It is a tragic commentary on the times in which we live, that senseless violence has become so endemic that we read the daily newspaper accounts or see the TV reports and just shake our heads. What has this world come to, we wonder?
BRANDON
But it's always someone else it happens to, some other family whose husband or wife or son or daughter is the victim, some other grieving parents, children, grandchildren, friends, whose lives are shattered by crime.
And then one day it isn't someone else.
Tuesday afternoon, April 18, William Flowers was alone in his store here at Clarksdale, in the process of closing a bit early so he could visit his father in the hospital, and someone came in, shot him in the back of the head, robbed the place, and left him lying where he fell.
He was discovered later by a customer and was airlifted to the trauma center at Memphis, but the injury was too severe and he died the following afternoon. He was only 36.
And so, this fine young man became, in one horrible instant, one more crime statistic (and the second shooting death that day in our small town). Just another news story.
Except to those of us who knew him and loved him.
A son of the Delta, William had the outdoors/sportsman's way of life in his genes. He loved hunting and fishing and the camaraderie they entailed, and every season - deer, turkey, quail, whatever - he welcomed with great enthusiasm.
He was one of those rare people who could do anything. Build a deck onto the house? No sweat. Or build a house from scratch, for that matter, which he basically did after he married and became a father. Plumbing, painting, wiring? Well, yeah, what's the big deal?
Funny, energetic, outgoing, he was always doing things, enjoying the company of others, whether in the woods, in a boat, or just sitting around and talking. He was everyone's buddy, the guy who could be relied on if you needed him.
And in an ultimate act of lending a helping hand, when he died his heart, liver, and other organs were donated to others so they would have a chance to continue to live - to have a future that had cruelly been denied him.
William came into our lives when he married our daughter. He was the father of our first darling granddaughter, Presley, who is now facing life without her dear daddy. How does one explain to a nine-year-old the evil that, in an instant, snatched her father from her forever?
Even though he and our daughter later parted, everyone still considered him part of the family and loved him. He later remarried and he and his wife, Amy, only days before had celebrated their first anniversary. When his father retired, William took over his shop, selling the guns and sportsman's gear that he'd been around since boyhood.
Things were going well, he was happy, enjoying life. And with the speed of a bullet, it all was dashed. Another crime statistic, another story in the news.
Only this time it wasn't "someone else".
e-mail: hbrandon@farmpress.com0 -
I fired off a e-mail to that FarmPress address to see if they have any additional info about the disposition of the case. 0 -
I was just thinking about that the other day. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Bullzeye
Sounds like old Eric Williams...
I stand completely and humbly corrected.
Very sad situation.0 -
Many hearts are aching. It's a mean damned thing, whoever did it. 0 -
I sent a reply that it might be a good idea to post all the serial numbers, mfg, and models of guns stolen on this forum. Maybe ATF already does this when a gun shop inventory is stolen, I don't know. 0 -
What brought this to your mind, Sig??
Doug0 -
Thanks for the update sig.
SAD. [V]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
What brought this to your mind, Sig??
Doug
Doug, This was a thread posted back in April 06. Williams Flower's wife Amy posted the fact that he had been killed at his gun shop.
I never heard another word or saw any articles about this incident.
I always wonderered what happened to the case, if the killers were caught and put into jail.
Once I had the name again I did an internet search and found the article by the father-in-law with an e-mail address.
I was very disappointed to hear that the sick dude/dudes were not caught. I goes to show how dangerous it is to be alone in a gun shop. I guess the same arguement could be made for jewerly shops also.0 -
Thanks for this update Sig. You have a good memory.
I do recall this case when it was posted a year ago.
Very sad story.0 -
I missed the original.
God bless that little girl.
This kinda crap is what the death penalty is for.0
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