Score one for the good guys

[Kythas]

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/53259052.html

MILWAUKEE - A 23-year-old Milwaukee man was being robbed at gunpoint when he pulled out his own gun and fatally shot one of the suspects.

It all happened early Thursday near 1st and Clarke. The 23-year-old man was walking his girlfriend home when two teenagers pulled out a gun and tried to rob them.

But the victim also had a gun. He shot and killed one suspect, 17-year-old Kevin Ollie. Ollie's gun also went off, and he accidentally shot the other teen robber before he died.

The robbery victim's family says he had no choice but to fight back.

The District Attorney's office agreed. Chief Deputy District Attorney Kent Lovern said the victim acted in self-defense and will not be charged with any crime.

But the surviving robber, Damien Cole, 19, has been charged with felony murder for his role in the incident where some died during the commission of another crime.

He could get up to 55 years in prison on that charge.

Cole also faces charges of armed robbery and attempted armed robbery.

[Beiruty]

Where is Mama?

[BobCat]

Interesting story! They don't address the fact that (AFIK) Wisconsin does not issue concealed handgun licenses. Maybe he was carrying openly? But if so, the crooks really were not observant. And I was under the impression that, while open carry is technically legal in Wisconsin, it is uncommon and brings scrutiny from the police.

Anyway I'm glad the victim and his girlfriend are ok. And it is nice that the paper got it right, who the victim was.

[C-dub]

A friend of mine in Wisconsin says that open carry is not very common, but still legal. He describes the Milwaukee police in very negative terms when it comes to firearms either openly carried or legally carried in a vehicle. His own borther was harrassed and detained for hours for a vehicle search after an unloaded handgun was found in the trunk of his car. They made him come back to the department for the search. He was eventually let go with no charges, but they were very intimidating durign the whole ordeal.