Another one bites the dust.........Lancaster, Texas

30 March 2013, 08:40

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Armed Robber Killed by Victim
By Jeff Smith | Thursday, Mar 28, 2013

Cory Randle says a robber pulled a gun on him and he fought back by shooting and killing the robber at the Bel Air Apartments in Lancaster.

Police said the victim, whose name hasn't been released, had a gun pressed against his head by the armed robber in the parking lot of the Bel Air Place apartments on Dewberry Blvd. in Lancaster.

The robber forced the victim at gunpoint to take him to his upstairs apartment. The victim said the robber said he'd kill him if he didn't give him "everything he had."

While being held in his apartment, the victim grabbed his own gun and started shooting at the robber. The two exchanged gunfire inside the apartment and the shootout continued to the breezeway and down into the parking lot.

Witnesses said the robber and the victim exchanged seven or eight shots during the incident.

Police say the robber was shot and killed while trying to steal the victim's SUV.

"It is under investigation, but everything leads us to believe that is was a robbery attempt and he was the victim," said Lt. Kelly Hooten with the Lancaster Police Department.

The victim's name hasn't been released by police and he hasn't been charged with a crime.

He returned to his apartment around 7:30 a.m. Thursday after being interviewed by police. He wouldn't give his name, but agreed to talk about what he was thinking during the robbery attempt.

"I was scared for my life," he said. "He pressed a gun against my head and told me to give me everything I had."

"Wouldn't you be scared too, if there was a gun pressed against your head?" he said.

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01 April 2013, 02:12

D Humbarger

I want to see this on the main stream media!

01 April 2013, 04:42

Gatogordo

It made the local TV, not sure of what else.

Odd story tho. The "victim" apparently pursued the robber from his apartment after and while exchanging gunfire and robber wound up dead in "victim's" parking lot, but the actual positions of the shooters is not clear to me. I've looked for follow-ups but have not found one.

01 April 2013, 05:14

Will

The guy had some guts chasing the robber while presumably getting shot at.

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