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Related: About this forumProsecutors charge 4 friends of teen killed in St. Paul robbery attempt
follow up of 3 arrested, teen fatally shot by victim in attempted robbery http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172173590
Prosecutors charge 4 friends of teen killed in St. Paul robbery attempt
Before dawn Friday, Lavauntai Broadbent, 16, robbed a man at gunpoint in St. Paul and got away in a stolen car. After nightfall, he was at it again. This time, his target pointed a gun right back.
The man fatally shot Broadbent, of West St. Paul. He told police he feared Broadbent would kill him and the woman he was with, and said he had obtained his permit to carry a gun for his protection after he had recently been assaulted while walking home from a grocery store.
On Wednesday, the Ramsey County attorney's office charged four teens who had been with Broadbent on Friday, and spelled out more details about what they say happened that day.
The Ramsey County attorney's office charged Donte Edward Foster, 16, of Woodbury; Kendell Anthony Lewis, 16, of St. Paul; Malcolm James Devion Golden, 17, of St. Paul; and Nautica Delshaun Cox, 16, of St. Paul.
http://www.twincities.com/crime/ci_28589491/4-st-paul-teens-charged-attempted-robbery-thatBefore dawn Friday, Lavauntai Broadbent, 16, robbed a man at gunpoint in St. Paul and got away in a stolen car. After nightfall, he was at it again. This time, his target pointed a gun right back.
The man fatally shot Broadbent, of West St. Paul. He told police he feared Broadbent would kill him and the woman he was with, and said he had obtained his permit to carry a gun for his protection after he had recently been assaulted while walking home from a grocery store.
On Wednesday, the Ramsey County attorney's office charged four teens who had been with Broadbent on Friday, and spelled out more details about what they say happened that day.
The Ramsey County attorney's office charged Donte Edward Foster, 16, of Woodbury; Kendell Anthony Lewis, 16, of St. Paul; Malcolm James Devion Golden, 17, of St. Paul; and Nautica Delshaun Cox, 16, of St. Paul.
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Prosecutors charge 4 friends of teen killed in St. Paul robbery attempt (Original Post)
sarisataka
Aug 2015
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branford
(4,462 posts)1. Sadly, no felony murder charges against the teens.
I would also note for future reference that the victim of the armed robbery was attacked previously, and it was the reason he obtained a carry permit.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)5. Seems like a reasonable choice on the felony murder charge.
Straw Man
(6,625 posts)2. Haven't we been told ...
... that everyone is powerless against a drawn gun? That the criminal always "gets the drop," and armed self-defense is therefore fruitless?
Have we been deceived?
shedevil69taz
(512 posts)4. Don't forget
That the criminal is more likely to take your firearm away from you and use it against you...
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)3. Such a waste of so many young lives.
My support goes to the victim they intended to harm but at the same time I know tragedy when I see it.