Another case that proves drugs can be hazardous to your heath. Police: Georgetown gas station clerk shot man in self-defense. In this case, Georgetown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington.
A couple was doing drugs in the parking lot of a Chevron station. A clerk, who was taking a break and sitting in his car, told them to leave. They decided not to heed that advice.
“Ultimately his window was severely damaged and he didn’t know what occurred,” Detective Eric Munoz told KIRO Newsradio. “The suspect threw a rock and told the clerk, ‘I will shoot you, too.'”
At that point, the guy approached the clerk's car, so the clerk shot him.
The clerk called 911 and reported the shooting, police said, and he’s cooperating with the investigation.
Police said they found the man wounded and collapsed in a local business’s drive-through.
Cops had the guy who got shot taken to a local hospital for surgery, and they are treating this like a case of self-defense, though the DA's office will make determinations about charges. Washington State does have a long history of recognizing the right to self-defense. (Hat tip to AmmoLand.)
If the junkie wasn't in possession of gun when the cops found him then this clerk is totally f**ked.
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