Woman with concealed pistol prevents robbery, sexual assault, maybe more. Criminal shot dead.
Woman with concealed pistol prevents robbery, sexual assault, maybe more. Criminal shot dead.
Hotel clerk kills Orangeburg robber
JOHN MONK AND NOELLE PHILLIPS - jmonk@thestate.com, nophillips@thestate.com
A small woman in her 50s working as a hotel clerk at a Columbia area Days Inn shot and killed a robber “more than double her size” Monday morning, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.
The man, Vincent Carson, 43, of Orangeburg, had held a knife to her throat, put the knife down and was apparently going to tie her up and sexually assault her, Lott said.
“He was a career criminal on a crime spree and would not have stopped except for what happened this morning,” Lott said later Monday.
The woman had been the victim of a prior robbery and had gotten permission from her hotel supervisor to carry a concealed pistol, Lott said.
“She did not have a concealed weapons permit, but you don’t need one on private property where you have permission,” he said.
The clerk was preparing the hotel’s breakfast about 6 a.m. when the attack happened at the Days Inn at 133 Plumbers Road, near I-20 and Wilson Boulevard.
Carson was hiding in the breakfast room, apparently waiting to ambush her, Lott said. Carson had brought along cords to tie up the woman, Lott said, adding Carson weighed a good 250 pounds and was more than six feet tall.
But when Carson put the knife down, Lott said, the victim shot him.
Carson died of one bullet wound to the chest, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts
Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2011/07/25/1910809/hotel-clerk-kills-robber...
Hotel clerk kills Orangeburg robber
JOHN MONK AND NOELLE PHILLIPS - jmonk@thestate.com, nophillips@thestate.com
A small woman in her 50s working as a hotel clerk at a Columbia area Days Inn shot and killed a robber “more than double her size” Monday morning, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.
The man, Vincent Carson, 43, of Orangeburg, had held a knife to her throat, put the knife down and was apparently going to tie her up and sexually assault her, Lott said.
“He was a career criminal on a crime spree and would not have stopped except for what happened this morning,” Lott said later Monday.
The woman had been the victim of a prior robbery and had gotten permission from her hotel supervisor to carry a concealed pistol, Lott said.
“She did not have a concealed weapons permit, but you don’t need one on private property where you have permission,” he said.
The clerk was preparing the hotel’s breakfast about 6 a.m. when the attack happened at the Days Inn at 133 Plumbers Road, near I-20 and Wilson Boulevard.
Carson was hiding in the breakfast room, apparently waiting to ambush her, Lott said. Carson had brought along cords to tie up the woman, Lott said, adding Carson weighed a good 250 pounds and was more than six feet tall.
But when Carson put the knife down, Lott said, the victim shot him.
Carson died of one bullet wound to the chest, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts
Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2011/07/25/1910809/hotel-clerk-kills-robber...
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Comment by M. Wilson on July 26, 2011 at 10:31pm
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That is what I consider to be GUN CONTROL. Look at the money that will be saved
by not putting the career criminal back in prison.
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Comment by Nikki on July 26, 2011 at 8:53pm
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This is great!
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Comment by Melanie Vee on July 26, 2011 at 8:23pm
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NICE!!
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Comment by Anthony Kimbrough on July 26, 2011 at 8:10pm
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And this is why guns should legal to carry, without a permit. It is everybody's right to carry. Bet the crime rate would drop fast then.
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Comment by casazaza on July 26, 2011 at 7:54pm
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Now what was that reason for disarming the public?
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Comment by Steve Johnson on July 26, 2011 at 7:27pm
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This is why GUN OWNERSHIP can tip the balance in the publics favor on more than just one occasion...
One less theiving dirtbag granny raper on our streets
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Comment by Rick on July 26, 2011 at 7:20pm
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I love it! Right on!!!
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Comment by arisuta2 on July 26, 2011 at 6:39pm
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Sad that it was necessary but so happy that the woman was armed and able to cope with the situation. One less scumbag in the world. Any chance she could go and see some banksters and their buddies on Capitol Hill?
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Comment by Cryptocurrency on July 26, 2011 at 5:31pm
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Annie Oakley baby!
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Comment by truth on July 26, 2011 at 5:09pm
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