>DARWIN WINNER * April 2005
>
>The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Moses Lake,
>Washington, appeared to be the robber's first (and last), due to his lack of
>a previous record of violence, and his terminally stupid choices:
>
>1. His target was H&J Leather & Firearms, a gun shop specializing in
>handguns.
>
>2. The shop was full of customers (firearms customers).
>
>3. To enter the shop, the robber had to step around a marked police patrol
>car parked at the front door.
>
>4. A uniformed officer was standing at the counter, having coffee before
>work. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and
>fired a few wild shots from a .22 target pistol.
>
>5. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, the police officer with a
>9mm Glock 17, the clerk with a .50 Desert Eagle, assisted by several
>customers who also drew their guns, several of whom also fired. The robber
>was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics.
>
>6. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the
>shop.
>
>7. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified
>rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt in the exchange of
>fire.
>
>8. Here we are at the beginning of April and we already may have the 2005
>winner of the Darwin Award. This guy is going to be hard to beat.
>
>The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Moses Lake,
>Washington, appeared to be the robber's first (and last), due to his lack of
>a previous record of violence, and his terminally stupid choices:
>
>1. His target was H&J Leather & Firearms, a gun shop specializing in
>handguns.
>
>2. The shop was full of customers (firearms customers).
>
>3. To enter the shop, the robber had to step around a marked police patrol
>car parked at the front door.
>
>4. A uniformed officer was standing at the counter, having coffee before
>work. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and
>fired a few wild shots from a .22 target pistol.
>
>5. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, the police officer with a
>9mm Glock 17, the clerk with a .50 Desert Eagle, assisted by several
>customers who also drew their guns, several of whom also fired. The robber
>was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics.
>
>6. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the
>shop.
>
>7. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified
>rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt in the exchange of
>fire.
>
>8. Here we are at the beginning of April and we already may have the 2005
>winner of the Darwin Award. This guy is going to be hard to beat.
