Attempted robbery at ATM didn't go well for crooks

[John from MD]

This guy paid attention in his shooting classes.

Texas man shoots, kills 2, allegedly defending himself at ATM: 'Robbery that didn't go well for robbers'

A Texas man allegedly used a handgun to shoot and kill two attempted robbers while he was taking money out of a Chase Bank ATM in San Antonio.

www.foxnews.com

 

[pbharvey]

I use drive through ATMs so I can drive away if someone tries to rob me. I never knew there was an option to blast them instead.

 

[traveller]

I use drive through ATMs so I can drive away if someone tries to rob me. I never knew there was an option to blast them instead.

It's a public service to do so. Those two won't reoffend.

 

[J1911]

I love a story with a happy ending.

 

[Bikebreath]

If I need cash I stop at a grocery store and buy some Tic Tac's and get cash back. I haven't used an outdoor ATM in 10 years.

Side note: When I first heard about bank debit cards I got one right from the beginning...circa 1973 and the add campaign called it Harvey Wallbanker.

 

[Blaster229]

We need more facts.

 

[willtill]

God bless Texas

 

[lazarus]

I mean, taken at face value, good.

But we need a lot more facts.

That story is real light on details. We've certainly heard cases that at face value seemed like they might be an okay self defense shooting. And then turns out it was a guy at the wrong house knocking on the door and got shot through the door...

I am just curious in this case on what driving towards him and the guy thought they were going to rob him meant. I can see how it could go down where that is exactly the case. Car/truck comes flying in and slams to a stop directly in front of him and the guys jump out and he shoots them.

But the story doesn't mention that they got out of the vehicle at all. Or pointed weapons at him. It has only happened once, but I had a guy pull across in front of me at a drive through ATM close enough I couldn't pull out and stop. It for sure lit up all the alarm bells. I honked at him, he looked up and over at me surprised and pulled forward out of my way and I left. Pretty sure he was just a shitty driver and distracted looking for his wallet or whatever. As I left he was pulling around the bank into the drive through ATM.

The guy didn't come flying in. Didn't screech to a stop. Etc. But again, this story is real light on details and good shoots have turned out to be...probably not.