73-Year-Old Outdraws, Kills Teen Thugs

[xsubsailor]

Don't mess with old people !!

Police have identified two men who were fatally shot by a homeowner they were allegedly attempting to rob Tuesday afternoon.

Jonathan Warren, 18, of Florissant, and Lonnie Middlebrook, 20, of Ferguson, were shot and killed by a homeowner in the 4100 block of Taft, which is a few blocks from the old Bevo Mill Restaurant.

Police said Warren and Middlebrook entered the homeowner’s detached garage and attempted to rob him just before 4 p.m.

One of the suspects held a gun to the homeowner’s head and demanded that he back up, police said. The 73-year-old then grabbed his own gun and, fearing for his safety, fired it at the suspects, according to officials.

Police said the homeowner fired in an act of self-defense, killing both suspects.

The suspects’ guns and the homeowner’s gun were found at the scene. According to police, the gun recovered from Warren was reported stolen on Oct. 30 by the Florissant Police Department.

 

http://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2016/11/03/old-steel-73-year-old-outdraws-kills-teen-thugs-st-louis/

[RED333]

Good for the man in protecting himself.

[Grand Torino]

God bless him.

[tacops]

Chalk one up for the good guys.

[chances R]

An obvious situation of "poor victim selection".  

[AuEagle]

Ya' know what they say. Don't mess with an old man, he can't fight anymore & he'll just kill ya.

 

Glad he's OK.

[DWARREN123]

Some folks are just to dumb to keep breathing.

[BigK]

I guess it makes me some kind of blood thirsty warped psycho, but I LOVE hearing stories like this. I'm always glad to hear 2 scumbags died trying to rob someone.

I mean, I'm sorry he has to deal with the hassle, but it's better than the alternative.

Edited November 5, 2016 by BigK

[Howler]

Never underestimate the old guy.

[mootw]

I can read these stories all day long...........and Sunday's too!!  Hat tip to the elderly gentleman gunfighter.

[JAB]

Doubtless the close-knit, always supportive families of these upstanding young gentlemen who were only trying to get money to buy shoes for school will protest in the media that the bloodthirsty, elderly murderer should not have taken the law into his own hands as if he was some vigilante out looking for thugs to shoot rather than a gentleman on his own property protecting his own life.  Me?  I say it sounds like these two erstwhile thugs are of more use as worm food than they were as people.

Edited November 7, 2016 by JAB

[bersaguy]

I support old people 100% of the time when it comes to taking care of business when it calls for it and it appears this gentleman did what was necessary to take care of business...................