Man tries to rob people in line for LeBron James sneakers, is shot and killed

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From Marylynn Ryan, CNN

Atlanta (CNN) -- A man, who tried to rob a group of people waiting in line to buy the new $180 LeBron James sneakers, was shot and killed when one of the customers pulled out a gun, Atlanta police said.

The incident took place before dawn Saturday outside a shoe store in Atlanta's Little Five Points area.

The group was waiting for the store to open for the day so they could buy the LeBron X Denim on its first day of release.

Police said the man approached the group with a gun in hand and tried to rob them.

One of the men in the group took out his own handgun and fired, said Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos.

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/24/justice/lebron-sneaker-store-shooting/index.html?sr=reddit

The NRA must be proud. Their dream scenario.

[Deep13]

1. An outrageous crime!

Seriously?! $180 for sneakers?!

[mikeysnot]

4. and they wait in line for them.

I don't wait in line for shit.

[Shrike47]

7. Just take a dump right there in the hall, do you?

[mikeysnot]

12. No I have indoor plumbing.

[Turbineguy]

10. In the Soviet Union

people used to line up to buy shoes.

[meow2u3]

16. I always thought that in Soviet Russia...

...shoes bought you!

[premium]

19. In the former Soviet Union,

waiting in line to buy just about everything was a national past time, the only thing in plentiful supply then was vodka and despair.

[dixiegrrrrl]

59. "vodka and despair."...shaken, not stirred.

[markiv]

2. they had a moment of silence at the factory where they are made

then they told the children to get back to work, because if they didnt get their 14 hours in, there'd go to bed with no supper

[mikeysnot]

3. Gun fight at the not OK corral

at least the robber did not hurt anyone.

[Recursion]

5. Notice this doesn't get counted as a "mass shooting prevented by an armed civilian"

because it was... well... prevented.

[mikeysnot]

13. That is because they don't Assume

he had intentions on shooting everyone.

[Nimajneb Nilknarf]

17. Nobody was arrested. This incident won't appear in any crime statistics.

Because no crime was committed by anyone who is in a proper condition to be indicted, charged, and convicted.

[mikeysnot]

55. erased from time...

[denverbill]

45. It's right there next to the count of people not murdered because of gun control laws.

[Recursion]

64. That's another number nobody seems serious about getting

I agree

[NightWatcher]

6. Violence in Little 5 Points, I'm shocked

[NaturalHigh]

8. I don't know whether I'm more appalled...

by the attempted robbery or the $180 shoes. The last pair that I bought cost $18.

[premium]

9. A good outcome as compared to what the potential

for loss of innocent lives may have been.

[JI7]

11. why not take out the phone camera and capture him doing it and give it to cops ?

[mikeysnot]

14. because the gun nut crowd

cannot have Hollywood induced delusions of grandeur in playing John McClane

[Hoyt]

15. If you are into guns, never miss a chance to shoot someone, or

celebrate the shooting. [

[premium]

22. Sure Hoyt,

the only thing I'm celebrating here is the fact that no innocents were injured or killed, just the perp that tried to rob people with a gun.
Do you actually read what you write?

[NutmegYankee]

18. Probably because you could be shot dead trying that.

Seriously? You actually asked that?

[JI7]

26. ok, i didn't realize he had a gun

[Bay Boy]

32. Good for you for admitting

you didn't read the part about the gun. Many poster wouldn't fess up.

[NutmegYankee]

33. Ah. I understand now.

[premium]

20. Yeah,

I'm going to pull out my cell phone on a guy who has a gun and take a picture of him.
No thanks, I enjoy living.

[WVU]

28. Are you serious?

The guy with the gun would then be on camera shooting him! Why would a person shoot someone if they know they are being filmed, huh?

More gun-nuttery.

[premium]

30. Are you serious?

After shooting me, perp grabs phone and takes off.

[X_Digger]

31. Pick up cell phone from dead person, smash it.

What, you think cell phones are always live-streaming to some site on the internet?

[michreject]

53. My phone camera is synced

to my picture hostingt account. Any pics that I take are automatically uploaded.

[X_Digger]

54. And you expect a thief to know that?

No, I expect doing that would get you shot, and your phone smashed.

[michreject]

57. No

But him stealing or breaking the camera wouldn't do him any good.

Also, I might shoot back. I do have my carry permit.

[X_Digger]

58. If all phones were that way, and it became common knowledge, then a snapping camera *might*

be a deterrent.

Or criminals might adapt, and use masks more often, as they have with convenience store robberies with the proliferation of security cameras.

[dixiegrrrrl]

61. Better yet, make all guns have cameras

yeah, that's the ticket.

[Hoyt]

62. Gun cultists wouldn't accept that - they might get caught breaking gun laws or not be able

to claim self dense if they pull a Zimmerman.

[REP]

37. In the game of Phone, Camera, Gun, Gun always wins

My iPhone is fucking amazing, but it's not bulletproof.

[Lizzie Poppet]

51. Right. It would never, ever occur to the guy to pick up the phone of the person he just shot...

...and dispose of the incriminating pics.

[Recursion]

21. Because he might kill you?

Seriously?

[Scurrilous]

23. They'd probably take your money and the cell phone. n/t

[justiceischeap]

24. Woman stabbed, killed on Hollywood 'Walk of Fame'

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/19/stab-walk-of-fame/2439811/

Police say they found the 23-year-old woman bleeding from multiple stab wounds near busy Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Homicide detectives say the woman and a friend were walking in the tourist-packed area where the three suspects were holding signs and panhandling.

They took cellphone photos of the men. Police say that caused a dispute, and the victim was stabbed in the torso.

[Nimajneb Nilknarf]

25. I don't believe a camera obscura would be the best choice to deploy in a gun fight.

[premium]

35. Unless, of course, it was one of these.

[Nimajneb Nilknarf]

48. The technological wonders of this century would never cease to amaze me, except for the fact

that time travel goes both ways.

[angstlessk]

27. I recall the MOST expensive sneakers in the 50's 60's was Keds

and NO ONE killed anyone to steal them...of course they were only like $25.00...very expensive for a sneaker during that time.

[Nimajneb Nilknarf]

63. Converse All Stars or Chuck Taylor All Star basketball shoes appeared in 1947.

They were always regarded as superior. The company started offering them in colors other than white in 1966.

PF Flyers had some cache in the 1950s and 1960s.

[JI7]

29. but there still should have been more security in the place

there usually is when there are long lines like this that someone should never have been able to go around with a gun stealing things.

[X_Digger]

34. It's a shoe store on the street, with traffic going by.

http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/customer-shoots-pick-pocketer-in-little-five/v448q/

Are you expecting armed guards any time there's a line, anywhere?

[JI7]

39. i'm not sure how long the line was , but usually there is, even during things like wedding dress

sales where more people gather than usual with early lines forming outside.

and they don't have their weapons drawn out. but usually they are in some security uniform and probably help in preventing people from causing problems.

[X_Digger]

47. The line was about 20 guys.

http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/customer-shoots-pick-pocketer-in-little-five/v448q/

Seriously? You want armed security anytime there's a line for anything?

Let me guess, it's the shoe store's fault for not having armed security now?

*shakes my head*

[JI7]

49. 20 guys aren't really many, but there usually are armed guards

when it really is a long line. like those stupid black friday openings.

[X_Digger]

56. So what's your cutoff, where stores must provide armed security?

And are stores responsible if the armed security doesn't stop a robbery?

[JI7]

60. can't give specifics

but it's just something i noticed most stores do if there is expected to be larger than usual crowds, especially with lines forming . and for people to buy some latest item, or some special sale .

[bigwillq]

36. LeBron now as an Obama problem.

Blame Obama.
Blame LeBron.




edit: Haven't seen it in this thread yet, but I am sure some fool will try to blame LeBron. That is the point of this probably tasteless joke.

Seriously, awful news. No one should be shot and killed over sneakers. Such a sad country we will live.

[premium]

38. Nobody should be trying to rob people with a gun

over sneakers.

[bigwillq]

40. Yes, I think that's what I said.

[premium]

43. Sorry, my mistake.

Read it wrong.

[bigwillq]

44. No, my mistake.

I read it wrong as well.

[premium]

52. That's ok,

it's all good.

[REP]

41. The guy who was shot was an armed robber; he was intending to rob shoe shoppers

$180 is an insane amount to pay for sneakers; standing in line to pay $180 for sneakers is perhaps insaner, but neither is deserving of being robbed at gunpoint and possibly shot by some dick. It's a shame someone had to be shot, but at least it was the robber, and not a shoe-mad line-stander.

I understand there is a considerable collectors market for this type of 'name' shoe; perhaps some were looking to make an investment by buying them and reselling them later ... ? Never got the whole So-and-So Shoe thing, but I'm tragically unhip.

[bigwillq]

42. Oh, ok. Yea, I can't read.

[REP]

46. Hell, I can't type!

[Rod Walker]

50. And to think people complain that there's never any good news...