Donut Shop Robber Gets A ‘Happy Dozen’ To The Chest
Worthy of “BASHAGE AWARD” …
FORT WORTH — A robbery suspect entered an west-side donut shop early Friday armed with a BB rifle, but a good Samaritan who came to help a shop employee had a shotgun.
Conclusion: the robbery suspect died from a blast of 12-gauge buckshot to the chest, police said.
The incident was reported about 2 a.m. at the Happy Donuts shop, 109 Roberts Cut Off Road, said Lt. Paul Henderson, police spokesman.
The suspect was Richard Lane, 45, of Fort Worth, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
“What I understand,” Henderson said, “is this particular suspect was known in the area for possibly other criminal activity — other robberies, other burglaries.”
The neighbor who shot the man was not arrested.
The case will be turned over to a Tarrant County grand jury for review, however, “which is routine in incidents of this nature,” Henderson said.
The shop’s employee told police she was making donuts when the suspect entered the business wearing gloves and a black ski mask, Henderson said.
She tried to escape, but the man chased her and struck the back of her head, Henderson said.
“It’s very possible the suspect used the BB gun to strike the donut shop employee,” Henderson said. “But only the suspect knows for sure what he used to hit her.”
The neighbor heard the commotion, grabbed a shotgun and came to help, Henderson said. He added that he did not know what sort of contact the suspect and the neighbor had before the shooting.
He also did not know if the BB gun rifle resembled an actual firearm.
Paramedics treated the shop’s employee, but she was listed in good condition, Henderson said.
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“The neighbor who shot the man was not arrested.”
That’s the Fort Worth that I know and love!!
May 12th, 2008 at 6:49 amI live maybe 25 minutes from the location.
What do you bet the crime rate takes a plunge in the area!!
This is how it should be. you should never get charged for taking control of a situation and doing the RIGHT thing. Crime would plunge everywhere in this country if citizens were always allowed to protect their own like this.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:00 amYa gotta love Texas
Up here in Canadaistan, I dream of a country where this was possible, where I could protect my own family and possessions, with threat of deadly force.
Instead, if this had happened, the store clerk would be lectured by police about how she should have run away and given up the shop, the neighbour would be under arrest for murder, and the family of the perp would be suing the donut shop and the neighbour for some crazy amount of money.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:22 amOne BB against many…
May 12th, 2008 at 7:23 amBut that would mean the LIbs are WRONG.
Yea I’m strongly opposed to how they run it up here. If someone shoots you in the back you’re supposed to call the police, not shoot back. This ex-Marine I know was held at gunpoint in his home. He grabbed his gun out of the drawer and blew the fucker’s head clean off. The police arrested him and after a few days in jail and a trial they put him on probation for 3 years. WTF?!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:23 amYour neighbor needs to move to Texas.
Don’t mess with Texas.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:39 amI want to know what Robber in his right mind would Rob a Donut shop? Cops = Donuts
To the good Samaritan.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:54 amMore holes in him than the Donuts!
Lock and Load Tim Hortons!! 
May 12th, 2008 at 9:37 amGosh, I love a story with a good ending…
May 12th, 2008 at 9:46 amWonder if he got something with coconut on it and a coffee, black, to go ?
check please, adios punk-
May 12th, 2008 at 9:54 amYup, that’s one thing I cannot complain about up here in Canadaistan - I should buy shares in Tim Hortons - I practically live there
Better than that overpriced Starbucks crap any day of the week 
There was the one time I was surrounded by 5 pot smoking punks in a Tim Horton’s parking lot who were mad at me because I protested their punkass behaviour
Lucky for me, I did not need to get my baseball bat out of the car to take care of business. 
I say lucky for me, because if I had hit any of them, I would be posting this from the local jail 
May 12th, 2008 at 11:30 am