Jewelry store robber shot at Oakbrook Center, 2 sought (AKA: Don't bring a hammer to a gunfight)

[DonP]

Somebody apparently didn't do a very good job of "casing the joint". Imagine that, a high end jewelry store, protected by an armed guard.

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One man was shot and police were searching for two others after they attempted to rob a jewelry store at the Oakbrook Center, police said.

The incident Sunday caused the mall to be put on temporary lock down after the robbery attempt at the C.D. Peacock store, said Oak Brook Police Chief James R. Kruger Jr.

Three men went into the store and one of the men, armed with a hammer, broke a glass case while the other two acted as lookouts, said Kruger. After the man broke the case, a security guard in the jewelry store drew his weapon and told the man to drop the hammer, Kruger said. The man with the hammer then began approaching the guard, who fired his weapon, striking the robber in the abdomen, Kruger said.

The two men fled the mall and went to a black Jeep Liberty which they had stolen from a mall employee and was parked at a handicapped parking space, Kruger said. The men fled westbound on 22nd Street, police said.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/hinsdale_clarendon_hills_oak_brook/chi-cops-jewelry-store-robber-shot-at-oak-brook-mall-2-sought-20130623,0,481337.story

[geckosfeet]

1. Good thing one of the other robbers didn't pull a gun and blind side the guard.

[DonP]

3. If they had a gun they, probably wouldn't have needed the hammer.

[geckosfeet]

4. Sounds as if the hammer was primarily used to break a jewelry case.

Three men went into the store and one of the men, armed with a hammer, broke a glass case while the other two acted as lookouts, said Kruger.

After the man broke the case, a security guard in the jewelry store drew his weapon and told the man to drop the hammer, Kruger said. The man with the hammer then began approaching the guard, who fired his weapon, striking the robber in the abdomen, Kruger said.

If I had two lookouts, that it is where I would put the guns - on my flanks.

Either way - glad the guard was not physically injured by the hammer or anything else.

[NaturalHigh]

2. Not exactly rocket scientists here.

[ileus]

5. jeep liberity thats tells us a lot...