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"Yes, he's robbin' y'all. Oh well! Call the police!" the armed robbery suspect's sister told WHIO.
Dayton, OH - The outraged family of an armed robber who was fatally shot while holding up a Dollar General store said that the employee who shot him had no reason to bring a gun to work.
"You do not take matters into your own hands and bring a gun to work for safety! Period!" the suspect's furious sister told
WHIO in an interview.
The incident occurred at the Dollar General store on Gettysburg Avenue at approximately 6:20 p.m. on Oct. 9,
WHIO reported.
Police said that the suspect, later identified as 23-year old Roosevelt Rappley, barged into the store with a handgun and demanded that employees give him cash from the register.
According to witnesses, Rappley pointed the weapon at multiple employees during the holdup.
But when he pointed the gun at one unnamed store clerk, he discovered the worker was carrying a weapon of his own.
"I just had somebody try to attempt and rob me over here at Dollar General on Gettysburg," the employee told 911, according to the
Dayton Daily News.
"Came in with a firearm, threatened to take money out the drawer, pointed a gun at me and my staff members.""He pointed a gun at me," the caller continued. "I had a firearm on me, I pulled my firearm and I shot him in self-defense."The employee also told the dispatcher that the gunman "shot back" at him, but it was unclear how many rounds were fired, WHIO reported.
Rappley was pronounced dead at the scene by the Montgomery County Coroner's Office just before 6:30 p.m.
Police said that the employee who shot Rappley was carrying his weapon legally.
"As far the as the employee at Dollar General, he was legally possessing a weapon," Dayton Police Lieutenant Jason Hall told WHIO. "He was on private property at his place of employment."
The lieutenant noted that a concealed carry permit is not required to carry a firearm on private property, the Dayton Daily News reported.
Rappley was already facing a weapons-related charge prior to the armed robbery attempt, according to WHIO."The deceased did have a pending weapons charge that was waiting to move forward," Lt. Hall explained. "Right now, we are looking into the possibility of this individual may have been involved in several other commercial robberies."
But Rappley's siblings were outraged that the employee was armed at work, and blamed him for escalating the situation that ended in Rappley's death.Rappley's sister declared that her brother had "some responsibility" for what occurred, "but not all," WHIO reported.
"Right and wrong is wrong - that was wrong for that clerk to shoot my brother in the chest!" she yelled. "At the end of the day, that's not right!"
"Yes, he's robbin' y'all. Oh well! Call the police!" she suggested. "That's what y'all supposed to do. Y'all not supposed to take matters in y'all own hands. If that's the case, I'm gonna take matters into my own hands!"
The Dollar General refused to comment on whether employees are allowed to carry firearms at work, WHIO reported.
"At Dollar General the safety of our customers and employees is a priority," the company told the Dayton Daily News in an email. "In line with that commitment, we employ a number of safety and security procedures to prevent, deter, and if necessary, respond to criminal activity in our stores."
"To protect the integrity of these measures, we do not comment on them specifically," the company's statement read. "We are continuing to review the circumstance surrounding this evening's events in Dayton, Ohio, and are cooperating with local authorities in their investigation."
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R.C.
"Yes, he's robbin' y'all. Oh well! Call the police!" she suggested. "That's what y'all supposed to do. Y'all not supposed to take matters in y'all own hands. If that's the case, I'm gonna take matters into my own hands!"
Strong logic. Follow your own advice and call the police. Thats's what you supposed to do.
Look, if your form of employment is to use a gun and take what is not yours, then you must be willing to accept the risks that come with it, in this case a citizen who also carries a gun and was willing to fill you with lead and send you six feet deep. Sorry his choice for a profession didn't work out so well for him.
As for his siblings, they need a little help on the personal responsibility subject.
I have shared this before and will do so again, my first wife was murdered by someone who showed no personal responsibility in their actions leading up to her death. They spent 5 years behind bars, on the other hand my children and I, have had to suffer for a lifetime.
RC & HFL, both of you have sent condolences in the past. I just wanted to make sure you both know that I do appreciate your thoughts and am sending you both a big heartfelt THANK YOU.
BC
much love and sympathy.
90% of the problems
Such a deal....
Does anyone believe that someone on a Yahoo/MSNBC comment board would state that? NO! They'd go look it up, hide, bury the search (like a cat trying to hide a turd under the corner of a rug) and would come back - and throw some insults.
SOTTites/SOTTfolk are REAL!*, AND the last of a rare, rare breed! The last?** generation(s) who learned about the importance of integrity- which simply amounts to being honest with one's self... and, to a lesser b ut reasonable extent, to the world.
Here's such an example of 'reasonable extent' by RC: I don't recall the last time I had to look up some acronym - but I have at some point within the last year - & may have LMAO, and EVEN! not pointed out that I'd had to look it up - and, at the same time, not posted a word at all. That's reasonable.
Honesty = Integrity. That is where SOTTfolk show their colors! (Along with being reasonable. )
R.C.
* J. Again, THANKS! RC
** I pray my pessimism is proven wrong; the sooner incorrect the better.
RC
I don’t know y’all, these days there’s a risk that everybody might get shot then. Oh well!
I don't see how anything will ever improve for them, when the problem increases exponentially. I'm glad I'm old, 50 years older than the late unlamented Roosevelt Rappley. His siblings and their generation will have to figure it out for themselves. A good start would be to keep it inside their pants. (I mean the gun - what did you think I meant?)