Georgia CHL shoots robber
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:05 pm
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"Pizza Delivery Driver Kills Teenager
created: 11/27/2006 5:48:04 PM
updated: 11/28/2006 11:51:53 AM
(WXIA) - A pizza delivery man says he feared for his life when he shot and killed an Atlanta teenager on Sunday night.
The delivery man says the teen and two others robbed and threatened to shoot him when he went to make a delivery at the Huntingwood Point Apartments off Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta.
Zahid Mahmood says this is the third time he has been robbed while delivering pizzas for Super Crown Pizza. The first time in 2004, he says he was pistol-whipped by the robber. The second time he says he was ambushed in June 2006.
The 44-year-old Mahmood has a state license that allows him to carry a handgun. He says he has had the gun for years, but says Sunday night was the first time he had ever used his weapon.
He says he was walking back to his car after dropping off a pizza at an apartment, when three young men approached him, demanded his money and car keys, and ordered him to walk away.
Mahmood says he did what they told him, but he says that wasn't enough. He says one of them followed him, and insisted he hand over his cell phone. He says that at that point, he thought his life was on the line.
"He was posing under his jacket like a gun," Mahmood said. "He showed me and said that he would shoot me if won't give him my cell phone. I said, 'Okay, hold on, I'll give you my cell phone.' And I grabbed my gun and instead of my cell phone, I pulled my gun out, and then I shot -- just to hurt him, that he could get away from there."
Mahmood says he fired a total of three shots, one of which hit and killed 14-year-old Kenyatta Calhoun. The other two young men at the scene got away, according to police.
Police have referred the case to the Fulton County District Attorney's office, so prosecutors can decide whether or not to file any charges against Mahmood, who insists he acted in self-defense."
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I thought a better title for the article would have been "Pizza Delivery Driver Kills Robber"
Sounds like Mahmood did a good job. I don't know about the "shot just to hurt him" part, but the "I'll give you my cell phone. And I grabbed my gun and instead of my cell phone, I pulled my gun out, and then I shot" part was excellent.
"Pizza Delivery Driver Kills Teenager
created: 11/27/2006 5:48:04 PM
updated: 11/28/2006 11:51:53 AM
(WXIA) - A pizza delivery man says he feared for his life when he shot and killed an Atlanta teenager on Sunday night.
The delivery man says the teen and two others robbed and threatened to shoot him when he went to make a delivery at the Huntingwood Point Apartments off Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta.
Zahid Mahmood says this is the third time he has been robbed while delivering pizzas for Super Crown Pizza. The first time in 2004, he says he was pistol-whipped by the robber. The second time he says he was ambushed in June 2006.
The 44-year-old Mahmood has a state license that allows him to carry a handgun. He says he has had the gun for years, but says Sunday night was the first time he had ever used his weapon.
He says he was walking back to his car after dropping off a pizza at an apartment, when three young men approached him, demanded his money and car keys, and ordered him to walk away.
Mahmood says he did what they told him, but he says that wasn't enough. He says one of them followed him, and insisted he hand over his cell phone. He says that at that point, he thought his life was on the line.
"He was posing under his jacket like a gun," Mahmood said. "He showed me and said that he would shoot me if won't give him my cell phone. I said, 'Okay, hold on, I'll give you my cell phone.' And I grabbed my gun and instead of my cell phone, I pulled my gun out, and then I shot -- just to hurt him, that he could get away from there."
Mahmood says he fired a total of three shots, one of which hit and killed 14-year-old Kenyatta Calhoun. The other two young men at the scene got away, according to police.
Police have referred the case to the Fulton County District Attorney's office, so prosecutors can decide whether or not to file any charges against Mahmood, who insists he acted in self-defense."
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I thought a better title for the article would have been "Pizza Delivery Driver Kills Robber"
Sounds like Mahmood did a good job. I don't know about the "shot just to hurt him" part, but the "I'll give you my cell phone. And I grabbed my gun and instead of my cell phone, I pulled my gun out, and then I shot" part was excellent.
