The robber fired two shots inside the small jewelry shop in West Rogers
Park as he threatened Georgi Layous and terrorized Layous' wife and two
young grandchildren, even snatching a butterfly necklace and a purse from the
4-year-old granddaughter.
Before leaving, the robber turned his back and
began fiddling with a computer to get at surveillance video. The 66-year-old
Layous, paralyzed on his right side from a stroke years ago, saw his
chance.
Turning to his wife, he told her in Arabic, "Give me the gun." He then shot the robber in the leg.
When
police arrived, they found Musa Thomas, 19, lying on the ground next to a
backpack filled with jewelry taken from the store, including the necklace and
the purse, officials said. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston to
be treated for a gunshot wound to the left hip.
Thomas, of the 1300 block of South Union Avenue, was charged with armed robbery
2 comments:
Damn...to bad it was only his leg.
More people arming themselves.
BEWARE
It is a good thing people are defending themselves. Gun control is stupid. It only benefits the thugs and criminals.
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