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SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:41 am
by ELB
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The key bits.
... as she was withdrawing money from the ATM ...a man approached her truck's window, showed her a large needle, and demanded she give him money. ...
... she pulled out her handgun and stuck it in the suspects face saying "I dare you to stab me!"
The suspect said "Are you seriously going do that to me," and ran off,...
I don't believe I would have had that particular conversation with needle-man, but good on her and happy outcome.
BTW, needle-man was later arrested.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:51 am
by TVGuy
Wow, that's a creepy way to hold someone up.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:24 pm
by MechAg94
I guess I had "needle" being a syringe in my head, but that isn't really what it said. Glad she had the gun. I am not sure using a verbal threat versus just using the gun is always the best plan.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:25 pm
by TVGuy
It was a syringe, at least what it looks like in the zoomed in picture.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:11 pm
by Pawpaw
According to a press release, a woman told officers as she was withdrawing money from the ATM at the Conway National Bank branch in Socastee when a man approached her truck's window, showed her a large needle, and demanded she give him money. She told police he threatened to inject her with the needle.
That lends credence to the idea that it was a syringe .
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:59 pm
by ELB
While blurry, I think what I see in the video is indeed a syringe.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:16 pm
by mr1337
The suspect said "Are you seriously going do that to me," and ran off,...
I love how HE's playing the victim here.
It's like it's completely okay and logical for him to be threatening her life, but he's dumbfounded that she would defend herself by threatening him.
Glad it turned out well for the good guys (or in this case, gals).
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:20 pm
by C-dub
My wife said she would have just shot him.
His response sounds like his threat was a bluff and he was shocked someone would shoot him over a bluff.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 3:27 pm
by TVGuy
What if the woman was one of those people that is severely afraid of needles. My uncle was so terrified of needles he would literally pass out every time the doctor came in with one. He went to his pediatrician until he was 40ish. Seriously.
If she was like that it could have ended very badly.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:04 pm
by ELB
mr1337 wrote:The suspect said "Are you seriously going do that to me," and ran off,...
I love how HE's playing the victim here.
It's like it's completely okay and logical for him to be threatening her life, but he's dumbfounded that she would defend herself by threatening him.
Glad it turned out well for the good guys (or in this case, gals).
My thoughts exactly.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:47 pm
by rbwhatever1
mr1337 wrote: I love how HE's playing the victim here.
It's like it's completely okay and logical for him to be threatening her life, but he's dumbfounded that she would defend herself by threatening him.
Kind of like Ferguson, Obama, DOJ and a whole bunch of humans in cities from coast to coast backing a lawless thug. How dare anyone interfere with my right to rob and attack people.
I would not have exchanged any words with him...
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:48 am
by MechAg94
With a syringe, I can't imagine anyone trying to claim there wasn't a threat of serious injury or death. With something like a sewing needle, I wouldn't be sure. Lots of bad outcomes to consider including death. She is probably better off financially not shooting him, but part of me wishes she had.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:51 am
by MechAg94
rbwhatever1 wrote:mr1337 wrote: I love how HE's playing the victim here.
It's like it's completely okay and logical for him to be threatening her life, but he's dumbfounded that she would defend herself by threatening him.
Kind of like Ferguson, Obama, DOJ and a whole bunch of humans in cities from coast to coast backing a lawless thug. How dare anyone interfere with my right to rob and attack people.
I would not have exchanged any words with him...
People who do bad things have endless justification for what they do. People in general are very good at justifying the things they do that are not good.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:57 am
by WildBill
MechAg94 wrote:With a syringe, I can't imagine anyone trying to claim there wasn't a threat of serious injury or death. With something like a sewing needle, I wouldn't be sure. Lots of bad outcomes to consider including death. She is probably better off financially not shooting him, but part of me wishes she had.
In addition to the immediate damage from the hypodermic needle, there is also a high risk of infection. You never know the history of the needle.
Re: SC: Another ATM, needle vs handgun
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:12 pm
by LabRat
rbwhatever1 wrote:mr1337 wrote: I love how HE's playing the victim here.
It's like it's completely okay and logical for him to be threatening her life, but he's dumbfounded that she would defend herself by threatening him.
Kind of like Ferguson, Obama, DOJ and a whole bunch of humans in cities from coast to coast backing a lawless thug. How dare anyone interfere with my right to rob and attack people.
I would not have exchanged any words with him...
Like the man said in the movie...."If you have to shoot, shoot! Don't talk"
LabRat