A 71-year-old man fatally shot a would-be robber who knocked down his wife and tried to steal her necklace in a Dallas grocery store parking lot Tuesday night, police say.
Police said Ronnie Lummus and his wife were in front of Aldi Food Market in the 3100 block of Forest Lane in North Dallas Tuesday Night.
Officers said a man suddenly grabbed a gold necklace from the woman’s neck and knocked her to ground in an attempt to rob her.
“Her neck was all red, I guess from him, I guess he was choking her and pulled her down because she had scrapes and she had one bruise, but it all just happened so fast,” Juarez said.
Lummus had a concealed handgun and fired multiple times at the man as he tried to get away, according to police.
The man, who has not been identified, was 36-years-old, according to police. He was able to flee to a nearby vehicle, but witnesses say he crashed shortly after in the same parking lot.
Juarez said a 911 operator told her and another woman who rushed to help to check the man who was shot for a pulse.
“We called the cops and they said ‘well check if he’s breathing or if he’s ok,’ but that’s when he was just laying like this, and he had a hole here and he was like his mouth was full of blood and he wasn’t moving so I was like I’m guessing he’s dead,” Juarez said.
Dallas Police Department officials said Lummus has a valid concealed handgun license.
He, his wife and witnesses told police that the shooting was in self-defense.
Lummus was released on his own recognizance, and police said the shooting will be referred to the grand jury.
While I don’t know all the details of the case I think it would set a very bad example if the Grand Jury indicted the man for defending his wife. I’m sure this incident happened so fast he only had time to react. It also says to thieves that they can’t get shot for being dirt bags.
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