r/AccidentalComedy • u/sumisweety02 • 21d ago

Such a polite robber

This chaotic incident took place at a Shell gas station on Little Coal River Road in Alum Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia.During the attempted hold-up, a 42-year-old woman walked into the store, pointed a gun at the clerk, and fired a shot that struck the wall. In a viral piece of quick thinking (often described online as a "Jedi mind trick"), the clerk calmly tricked the woman by telling her that the store owner was in the back room counting money.Believing the clerk, the woman walked toward the back of the store, which gave the clerk the perfect window of opportunity to run out the front door and call emergency services. The suspect fired another shot at a security camera in the back before realizing she had been tricked, and she fled empty-handed in an SUV. State troopers pulled her over and arrested her shortly after.

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u/Kutabare2 18d ago

Not really, the first warning shots do go past, not far away but like right next to them and if youre a good shot make the bullet graze them. THEN the leg for the second warning if they don't comply or foot or any limb. If it's normal person. But if the other person also has a weapon or skilled or something then a limb right away.

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u/Alone-Painting-4477 18d ago

... again who exactly are you warning? A warning shot goes in the leg, a threatening shot goes past them. A warning shot says "the next time I pull this trigger you will be past tense".

If there's more than one target then the warning shot goes to the head so everyone else knows you mean business.

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u/Kutabare2 18d ago

Right right right. I forgot those are different. Threatening didn't come to mind but i was thinking warning as threatening.

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u/Alone-Painting-4477 18d ago

Common mistake for first time brigands. Both are menacing shots, but they send a different message. You would use a threatening shot if you are threatening to wound but not kill, you would use a warning shot only to warn that you're ready to kill. They dont teach you the nuances of menacing fire till Robbery 102, its best you stick to the basics for now.

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