‘It’s his Second Amendment right,’ says mayor after CPL holder shoots bank robber
The bank robbery which occurred on Monday was just about over when good samaritan (Ruben Kendrick) exited the bathroom inside the bank and met the suspect (Henry Mann) who then pointed his gun at Kendrick. Kendrick was able to draw his gun and shoot Mann three times; once in each arm and once in the leg.
It is a case which looks like a completely justified shooting but which is still under investigation, Kendrick can use any support he can get. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts has somewhat of a record for not exactly supporting The Second Amendment has given Kendrick praise for acting and for showing restraint by not shooting Mann in vital organs.
Learning defensive gun use we are taught to shoot center mass and to STOP the threat so I know a lot of you are probably wishing there were a different outcome but the bottom line is that there were no innocent victims hurt and that this THUG is off the street at least for now. Given the mans record I would hope that he doesn’t breathe FREE air for quite some time.
A concealed carry permit holder in Warren, Michigan, found himself face to face with a bank robber and shot the man three times.
The permit holder, Ruben Kendrick, encountered the alleged armed robber Monday afternoon as the gunman was leaving the Citizens Bank near 9 Mile with $11,000 in cash garnered from the tellers.
Upon threatening the permit holder, the robber, Henry Mann, 43, picked up three gunshots from the citizen, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
“The 63-year-old responded in kind by defending himself,” Warren Mayor Jim Fouts toldFox 2. “It’s his Second Amendment right.”
Mann was subsequently handcuffed by responding officers and taken into custody with non-life threatening injuries. Recovered at the scene were the robber’s loaded but unfired Colt Mark IV and the majority of the cash.
Addressing reports that the permit holder shot the robber once in each arm and one time in the legs with his Smith and Wesson Shield, Fouts commended the apparent marksmanship of the citizen.
“I’m happy that no one was seriously injured,” Mayor Jim Fouts said. “He apparently exercised some caution by not shooting the robber in a vital area.”
Fouts, who made headlines last month for his move to ban flamethrowers for all but law enforcement and other official users, urged restraint in defensive gun uses.
“I would caution people against using firearms unless absolutely necessary,” he said.
Mann reportedly had an extensive criminal history including a conviction on second-degree murder and assault/bodily harm less than murder in 1989. It is unclear how he obtained the handgun used in this week’s robbery.
