Authorities say a man trying to rob a couple who thought they were going to buy a car off Craigslist has been shot and killed.No doubt that the dead crook will be counted by the Bloombergers as "another senseless gun death."
Aiken County deputies said in a news release that officers are looking for the second robber after he ran away following the shooting Wednesday afternoon.
Investigators say the would-be robbers pulled out a gun and demanded money when they met the couple at an Aiken gas station where they planned to buy a car listed on the Internet site.
Deputies say while the gun was pointed at the man, his girlfriend pulled her own weapon and shot at the robbers.
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Best thing around here in a while was some local police departments providing a couple of spaces in their parking lots, with camera coverage, for custody exchanges and selling list transactions. It's not a magic protective shield, but it's a nice move by the cops, doesn't cost anything extra, and makes these crimes a little less likely.
"a little less likely" - ha! I imagine Texas has a certain irreducible core of people who think a police-station parking lot is a good place for a robbery.
Seriously, though, that's a brilliant idea. Get some use out of all those sunk costs for cameras and recording equipment.
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