Great-grandmother turns gun on robbers www.privateofficer.com
Gaffney S.C. Dec. 22, 2007
Police say three high school students tried to rob the wrong woman. A great-grandmother turned the gun on the would-be robbers and then helped officers track them down.Officers say the robbers were using a weapon that belongs to a city councilman when the great-grandmother foiled their plans. The amazing story happened Tuesday night at a pet store on Floyd Baker Boulevard in Gaffney.Three Gaffney High students are charged with robbing the pet store. Police say one of the suspects is living with Gaffney city council member Bernard Smith and apparently took the gun from his home. They say Tuesday night he pointed the semi-automatic handgun at a 72-year old great-grandmother and she pointed it right back at him. Three businesses in Gaffney have been robbed this month, but police got a big break Tuesday night.Barbara Golden owns A-Pet-U-Bet pet store. Tuesday night she was there with her son-in-law and two grandchildren. She says two young men rushed in, one pointed a gun at her chest and said "give me all the money". But Barbara pulled a fast one. She told him "the man behind you has a gun," talking about her son-in-law who was only armed with a garden hose. When the robber turned his head Golden turned the tables."The gun was sort of right in front of me here. And I just reached and grabbed it with both hands, got the barrel, and I twisted it around toward him. I said, if you shoot anyone, you'll shoot yourself," said Golden.And then her son-in-law used his weapon, a garden hose. He sprayed the robbers with it and they turned and ran out the door into this neighborhood. Barbara called 911 and police arrived and caught the suspects, two 18-year-olds and a 15-year-old who police say acted as an accomplice. They are students at Gaffney High School. Police are questioning them in connection with some other business robberies in the area.LaGarrick Wilkie and Ryan Townson are both 18-years-old and are charged with armed robbery along with a 15-year-old juvenile who police say acted as an accomplice.Officials say Townson may face more charges because police say he pointed a gun at an officer as they were chasing him.
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