An armed robber is dead after being shot by his intended victim in Mobile, Alabama earlier this week.
According to WALA, a man and his girlfriend were in an apartment complex parking lot unloading groceries from their car when they were suddenly approached by another man armed with a handgun who demanded their valuables.
The suspect, later identified as 18-year-old Michael Lanier Clark, took the victim’s wallet. That’s when the victim pulled out his own handgun and opened fire, shooting Clark in the chest.
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Police arrived and found Clark’s body in a breezeway, along with the stolen wallet and his weapon.
As WALA reports, police are calling this a justified shooting because the would-be victim was in fear for his life and “the victim was actually in a place where he lawfully had a right to be. He was unloading his groceries,” Mobile Police spokesman Terrence Perkins said.
Still, the case will be submitted to a grand jury for review.
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[h/t to NRA News]
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