Thursday, January 4, 2007

Memphis, Tennessee

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal of January 4, 2007
Armored car courier shoots holdup man

An armored car courier shot and seriously wounded a would-be robber this morning at a Whitehaven gas station.

The courier was leaving the Mapco at 979 Brooks at about 8:30 when a robber, possibly armed with a pistol, began spraying him with tear gas or some chemical agent, according to C.M. Sturgis, a supervisory FBI agent with the Safe Streets Task Force.

The Loomis Fargo & Co. courier drew his pistol and fired twice, striking the robber in the lower torso.

The suspect jumped into a white Ford Crown Victoria with at least one man inside.

He did not have the money bag.

Police later found the suspect lying in the street at Ridge Road and Wagon Trail Lane, south of Raines Road and west of Weaver Road.

He had been stripped of his clothing and dumped out of the car by his associates.

The suspect was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis.

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