Jumped over the counter with his gun.

[TxD]

Must be some very athletic gun toters
up there in Indiana.
Kudos to the good guy.

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S= ... =menu188_2

[LarryH]

Way to go, "Charlie".

[longtooth]

Good job Charlie.

Better than Good Time Charlie.

[BradGroux]

Is it me or is the editing on that news site horrible? Great story, bad writing :-p

[ELB]

Here's another (somewhat better, I think) write-up of the same incident.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... /801020457

Note key details in this story that didn't really appear in the other one:

While the suspect was demanding cash from the workers, the police report states that Merrell pulled his own handgun, pointed it at the robber and ordered him to put down his weapon.
When the suspect hesitated, Merrell racked the slide on his gun to load a round in the chamber, Officer Jason Bockting wrote in the report. Merrell had a valid permit to carry the handgun, police said.

...

Police recovered an unloaded .380-caliber handgun from the suspect and $779 in cash, according to the report.

Good thing for Merrell that the robber chose a lower state of readiness than Merrell did!

elb

[stroo]

That's why you carry one in the chamber. This guy was being looked after from Above.