AZ:Armed Citizen Thwarts Bank Robbers, Kills One Gun Watch ^ | 17 October, 2014 | Dean Weingarten Posted on 10/18/2014 10:55:16 AM by marktwain After being shot, one robber dropped the stolen money. An armed citizen in Arizona has stopped a bank robbery in a dramatic and effective fashion. It appears that he determined what was happening, took action, and fired on the armed robbers when they resisted. One robber was killed, the other is in custody. It reminds one a bit of the famous Arkansas bank robbery that was thwarted by armed citizens in 1922. From abc15: He took the keys out of the car because they left the car running. And so he took the keys out of the car and kind of, I guess, he stood behind it waiting for them (the suspects) to come out, said Therea Sessler, owner of Fix Salon. The armed citizen used his head to gain tactical advantage. He disabled the armed robbers means of escape, then took cover. In the video, the witness above says that he hid behind the vehicle. I suspect that he called the police. It is not reported, but it makes sense to have reinforcements coming and aware of your presence. We do not know if the robbers fired at him. The citizen who thwarted the robbers was not identified, but the word on the street is that he was someone who owns a nearby business. The Desert Schools Credit Union is located in a strip mall next to a Big 5 Sporting goods store. Here is what the scene looks like from the air. The Credit Union is to the right of the Big 5 sporting goods. There appear to be four vehicles inside the police tape at the scene. The planned getaway car may have been the gray sedan on the right. It is blocking the handicapped space directly in front of the Credit Union. The robber could easily have run the distance to where the money was dropped in front of the Big 5 before collapsing. In the 1922 Arkansas bank robbery attempt, an armed citizen noticed a running car outside the bank, with a getaway driver in it. He flattened both tires with a handgun; the driver attempted to flee, but was shot by another citizen with a shotgun. Three robbers were killed, two seriously wounded and captured. Not one citizen was hit with stray gunshots. ©2014 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice is included. Link to Gun Watch Update: This magazine was found at the scene. Its origin has not been reported. It appears to be for .40 S&W or 9mm ammunition. TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Politics; Society KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; az; banglist; bank 1 posted on 10/18/2014 10:55:16 AM by marktwain [ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies] To: marktwain AZ is a large state... What City did this happen in??? 2 posted on 10/18/2014 11:03:54 AM by JustTheTruth [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: marktwain Good on Ya, Mate! 3 posted on 10/18/2014 11:07:45 AM by Big Red Badger ( - William Diamonds Drum - can You Hear it G man?) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: marktwain Fake story. Everybody knows guns are never used for good. 4 posted on 10/18/2014 11:09:11 AM by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: marktwain; Chode; SgtBob; B4Ranch GREAT JOB CITIZEN!!! Looks like .40 to Me Anybody else? 5 posted on 10/18/2014 11:13:11 AM by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: Veggie Todd Should have talked to the robber and try to understand from his side. I’m sure there is a sob story somewhere. Are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton going to be protesting? 6 posted on 10/18/2014 11:14:48 AM by sagar [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies] To: JustTheTruth Phoenix police ID credit union robbery suspects fox10phoenix/story/26815801/phoenix-police-id-credit-union-robbery-suspects 7 posted on 10/18/2014 11:17:39 AM by donna (Pray for revival.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies] To: JustTheTruth AZ is a large state... What City did this happen in??? Another website says it was in Phoenix. abc15/news/region-phoenix-metro/north-phoenix/police-investigating-bank-robbery-in-phoenix 8 posted on 10/18/2014 11:18:38 AM by Menehune56 (Let them hate so long as they fear (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies] To: sagar Should have talked to the robber and try to understand from his side. I’m sure there is a sob story somewhere. Are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton going to be protesting? Riots will begin in 6...5...4...3... The dead thug was on his way to medical school. We all know that. Plus he had his hands up! n.b. this is a race-free post. 9 posted on 10/18/2014 11:36:12 AM by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies] To: publius911 Lyndell Cherry, 29 is the robbery suspect who was shot. The photo at the source is several years old. The armed citizen was extremely careful, and did not draw his gun or fire until the suspected bank robbers attempted to carjack an innocent couple. The armed citizen is reported to be Sean Quaid. From phoenixnewtimes: The robbers saw a man getting out of a Chevrolet Silverado pickup and decided to steal his vehicle. Jones pointed his handgun at the pickups driver -- and Quaid, apparently standing nearby, drew his own gun from a holster and told the pair to stop. Cherry turned and aimed at Quaid, who fired his gun. As the robber fell, the couple in the pickup apparently hopped out. Cherry threw his gun to Jones, who jumped in the pickup and drove off by himself. As mentioned, he didnt get very far. He hit a building, ran a red light, hit a car and then fled on foot, shedding clothes as he ran. Police nabbed him moments later. Phoenix New Times did a good job on reporting details not mentioned in the old media. 10 posted on 10/18/2014 11:50:09 AM by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies] To: marktwain With Pics blogs.phoenixnewtimes/valleyfever/2014/10/sean_quaid_local_gun_owner_thwarts_phoenix_credit_union_heist_and_kills_one.php 11 posted on 10/18/2014 12:11:41 PM by Chance Hart [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: marktwain Two less trayvons on the street. 12 posted on 10/18/2014 12:17:59 PM by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: publius911 The dead robber’s partner is white. 13 posted on 10/18/2014 12:18:54 PM by bgill (CDC site, we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies] To: marktwain The decedent, Lyndell Cherry, modeling shoot photo from some years ago; and his accomplice, Vincent Robert Jones. Jones has been charged with MURDER 1ST DEG-DURING CRIME, KIDNAP-APPREHENSION OF INJURY, ARMED ROBBERY-WITH DEADLY WPN, AGG ASLT-DEADLY WPN/DANG INST. 14 posted on 10/18/2014 12:43:11 PM by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Dont compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative. -Obama, 09-24-11) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: marktwain Phoenix New Times clarified the charges: Six counts of kidnapping, three counts of armed robbery, one count of aggravated assault, and one count of felony murder for the death of his accomplice. 15 posted on 10/18/2014 12:46:05 PM by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Dont compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative. -Obama, 09-24-11) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: bgill Yep, white and lived with his mother. 16 posted on 10/18/2014 1:16:38 PM by Parley Baer [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies] To: Parley Baer Yep, white and lived with his mother. And if he has never been convicted of a felony, he can vote for Obolas party next month. 17 posted on 10/18/2014 1:27:50 PM by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies] To: AlaskaErik “And if he has never been convicted of a felony, he can vote for Obola’s party next month.” Even if he can’t make it to the polls, some “community organizer” will mark a ballet for him anyway! Ditto for the deceased guy! /s;) 18 posted on 10/18/2014 2:05:51 PM by Frank_2001 [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies] To: mabarker1 Yes. The fatty = .40. A niney = tiny. 19 posted on 10/18/2014 2:15:34 PM by Fightin Whitey [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies] To: mabarker1 i cant tell 20 posted on 10/18/2014 7:14:01 PM by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies] To: Chode 21 posted on 10/19/2014 12:45:59 AM by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies] To: Fightin Whitey OK Now the big question is: Who was the Mag from? The Lone Ranger or the bad guy? 22 posted on 10/19/2014 12:48:08 AM by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies] To: mabarker1; All I tried to determine where the magazine was dropped. I believe it was over near the entrance to the credit union, inside the handicapped parking spot, because that is the only place I could find that had singe parking lines inside of the police tape, and showed a possible marker for the mag there. It was probably a tactical reload. Sean Quaid seems to have been well trained and tactically smart. I wonder if he is a competitive shooter. That spot lines up nicely with the location of the dropped money and the window that was hit with a bullet. If Sean Quaid shot from close to where the magazine was dropped, and one of his bullets went through Lyndell Cherry, the geometry is correct for it to have hit the window. If Sean shot from that location, the distance of the shot would have been about 20 yards. 23 posted on 10/19/2014 4:42:29 AM by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies] To: marktwain Looking at the geometry again, the distance is closer to 15 yards. 24 posted on 10/19/2014 4:45:36 AM by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies] To: bgill Shooter will be attacked as racist for shooting the black guy and not his white partner. 25 posted on 10/19/2014 5:05:14 AM by Palio di Siena [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies] To: mabarker1 LOL! yeah, i know the difference, i just cant tell from the pic in post #5... 8^) 26 posted on 10/19/2014 8:07:15 AM by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies] To: marktwain Feel Good story of the day. 27 posted on 10/19/2014 8:12:20 AM by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do something) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies] To: mabarker1; marktwain Your questions grow more difficult, Kemosabe. Mark Twain makes a case for a tactical reload. But do we have any indication that Quaid fired several times? Or even more than once? Maybe I missed something. Hard to imagine he would eject the mag after one shot unless he was really jittery which he does not seem to have been. I wonder if Cherry’s gun might have been dropped and hit the ground when he tossed it to Jones. The mag might have been ejected after the toss, either by impact on the ground or by Jones when he caught it or grabbed it up. I’d have to bet it was the morons’ magazine. Everything that could go wrong for them did. 28 posted on 10/19/2014 8:26:40 AM by Fightin Whitey [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies] To: Fightin Whitey One report said witnesses heard 5-8 shots. 29 posted on 10/19/2014 9:08:27 AM by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies] To: marktwain Thanks. Didn’t know that. Glad the good guys won, however it went down. 30 posted on 10/19/2014 9:14:11 AM by Fightin Whitey [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies] To: Fightin Whitey Bad luck finally caught up with them. The survivor said that they had robbed several banks. Do stupid things long enough, and you will win a stupid prize. Much more could have gone wrong for them. One survived. 31 posted on 10/19/2014 9:22:44 AM by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies] Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. Free Republic Browse · Search
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