Re: unsuccessful robber shot himself in the foot

"Thomas Reynolds" <tom.reynolds1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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CHERRYVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities said an unsuccessful robber shot
himself in the foot ... by shooting himself in the foot. Police said
Kelvin
Ethelbert Roberts, 28, botched his plans to rob a Cherryville convenience
store by accidentally shooting his right foot.

According to an arrest warrant, Roberts dropped a .45-caliber handgun in
front of Gasland USA on Sunday. The gun hit the ground and went off, a
bullet striking Roberts in the foot.

Roberts faces several charges that include attempted robbery with a
dangerous weapon and possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Police
said
the handgun had been altered to fire .410 shotgun shells.

Authorities said Roberts was in illegal possession of the gun because of
his
felony cocaine possession conviction in 2002 in Chautauqua County, New
York.

Cherryville is about 40 miles northwest of Charlotte.


Weapon of mass destruction? Is this journalist an idiot, or is there a law
in NC which actually applies the WMD definition to a gun that shoots .410
shotgun shells?


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