Armed With Airsoft Pistols, Robbers Get a BIG Surprise from Would-be Victim

You know, I thought for sure the MSM would cover this story… NOT!!!

Still, the MSM could have twisted it all around and made the would-be victim out to be the bad guy. Oh well, I guess the lap-dogs are too busy humping Obama’s leg and covering the really important stuff, like Michelle Obama’s dress.

Would-be robbery victim in Auburn shoots masked bandit
by Tom Gilchrist | The Bay City Times
Thursday January 22, 2009

Insurance agent used handgun during robbery attempt, police say

Auburn, Michigan:  Police said an insurance agent had a surprise of his own for two armed bandits who tried to rob him Wednesday night in the city of Auburn.

Richard Creed, 57, pulled out a handgun and pumped three bullets into one of the masked robbers, then held the bleeding bandit at gunpoint until police arrived at Evergreen Insurance Agency, 205 W. Midland Road.

The other suspect fled on foot after the 7:07 p.m. robbery attempt, and hid in a nearby parked car in Auburn for four hours until a Michigan State Police tracking dog found him at 11:02 p.m.

The suspects, two cousins from Standish, “picked the wrong guy to rob,” said Lt. James Chlebowski of the Bay County Sheriff’s Department.

Creed possesses a permit to carry a concealed weapon, and used his handgun when the suspects, wearing Halloween masks, tried to rob him as he closed his business, Chlebowski said.

The suspects, ages 31 and 23, wielded two toy “Airsoft” pistols that fire foam or plastic projectiles, though such weapons appear real, according to Chlebowski.

“I’d shoot you if you pointed one at me,” Chlebowski said.

Creed shot the 31-year-old suspect three times, with one bullet grazing his head, another hitting the culprit in the leg and a third going through the suspect’s hand and into his chest, police said. The Times was unable to reach Creed for comment this morning.

The suspect survived and rescuers took him to Bay Regional Medical Center. Police expect the man to live, but said they didn’t know his condition this morning.

State police Trooper Joseph LaBelle and his German shepherd tracking dog, Chuck, sniffed out the whereabouts of the 23-year-old suspect.

Rescuers took the younger suspect to Bay Regional Medical Center for treatment of possible frostbite, then brought him to the Bay County Jail where he remained this morning pending arraignment on criminal charges.

The suspects didn’t fire any shots at Creed, and police continue investigating if they knew the merchant.

[Of course they didn’t fire any shots – NEVER take a toy to a gunfight…]

Police found Creed holding the wounded suspect at gunpoint in a parking lot outside the business in downtown Auburn.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Department sent 12 officers to the scene to investigate and search for the second suspect. Chlebowski said deputies received assistance from Michigan State Police officers, the Auburn-Williams Fire Department and ambulance personnel from Bay Regional Medical Center.

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