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orangecrush

(19,237 posts)
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:41 PM Mar 2021

An Instacart shopper believed he heard someone loading guns in a bathroom stall. Police arrested a m

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Source: CNN

An Instacart shopper believed he heard someone loading guns in a bathroom stall. Police arrested a man with 6 guns


(CNN)An Instacart shopper who entered an Atlanta supermarket bathroom this week told police he saw an AR-15 style rifle and heard what he believed was the sound of someone loading guns in a bathroom stall.

The witness rushed out of the bathroom and notified staff at the Publix Supermarket. When police arrived soon after, they arrested a suspect as he was exiting the bathroom -- with six guns in his possession.
The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Rico Marley, now faces a slew of charges related to the incident, which came just days after 10 people were killed in a mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado.
It was that tragedy that was fresh in the mind of the Instacart shopper, Charles Russell, he told CNN affiliate WSB.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/26/us/atlanta-guns-supermarket-witness/index.html



Stay alert in public places.

The life you save may be your own.

This was in Atlanta.





Gee, I wonder what he had in mind?

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An Instacart shopper believed he heard someone loading guns in a bathroom stall. Police arrested a m (Original Post) orangecrush Mar 2021 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author CurtEastPoint Mar 2021 #1
I didn't know about the shopper hearing loading guns in the restroom. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2021 #2
It sounds like orangecrush Mar 2021 #5
What else would sound anything like that? Thanks. Trust_Reality Mar 2021 #12
Junior Samples's Edsel comes to mind. KS Toronado Mar 2021 #33
HAH! You Win The Post Of The Day! COL Mustard Mar 2021 #50
It did also say that ... cannabis_flower Mar 2021 #55
Marley was detained without incident, the report says. OldCicero Mar 2021 #3
And if he had been black... Dr. Strange Mar 2021 #10
He's black. Name is Rico Marley. nt Mosby Mar 2021 #14
What? They killed him? Dr. Strange Mar 2021 #16
The fact that sarisataka Mar 2021 #28
different incident. Atlanta not Boulder. nobody died here. (nt) stopdiggin Mar 2021 #29
Correct sarisataka Mar 2021 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author stopdiggin Mar 2021 #39
Well... Dr. Strange Mar 2021 #60
I get it now sarisataka Mar 2021 #62
He's black based on that name? Or something else. Dream Girl Mar 2021 #38
His photo is posted at ajc.com. Nt spooky3 Mar 2021 #44
The fellow who alerted police is also Black. Hero!!! Fla Dem Mar 2021 #45
That's really not all that helpful, you know TimeToGo Mar 2021 #24
Explain OldCicero Mar 2021 #42
Well TimeToGo Mar 2021 #57
"Marley, who's being represented by a Fulton County public defender" keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #4
When you've spent all your money on guns... dchill Mar 2021 #8
I heard on NPR, Fresh Air I think maxsolomon Mar 2021 #13
Guns are cheap compared to lawyers! n/t thesquanderer Mar 2021 #27
All the weaponry shown would cost roughly $4K. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #31
Criminal lawyers require a retainer. Mosby Mar 2021 #51
Massacre averted pfitz59 Mar 2021 #6
Yes orangecrush Mar 2021 #7
I was wondering the same thing. patphil Mar 2021 #21
Not that expensive. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #32
by a good guy WITHOUT a gun........ n/t getagrip_already Mar 2021 #37
The NRA probably gave him a grant. hadEnuf Mar 2021 #65
That apparent fact gives me the willies. dchill Mar 2021 #9
This kind of shit just can't continue. Paladin Mar 2021 #11
Apparently it's impossible to define an assault rifle. Mosby Mar 2021 #52
Yeah, the assault rifle thing is a diversion. Paladin Mar 2021 #56
Yeah, and I still don't know the difference between a clip and magazine. Mosby Mar 2021 #58
This granular Mar 2021 #59
Of course the term can (and is) defined. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #61
Instacart shopper deserves a large reward for this. Many lives saved. Evolve Dammit Mar 2021 #15
It is quite the tactician that locks and loads in the loo bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #17
Wow, the right person at the right time FakeNoose Mar 2021 #18
I'm sure all that was just for self defense IronLionZion Mar 2021 #19
Who, in their right mind, needs that amount of firepower to buy a loaf of bread? dlk Mar 2021 #20
Since an Instacart shopper was one of the Boulder victims musette_sf Mar 2021 #22
SO how did he make it... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #23
For excellent reasons! 2Gingersnaps Mar 2021 #36
Probably hid them under a bulky or long coat. n/ t MicaelS Mar 2021 #43
stopped by a GOOD GUY WITH A...BRAIN! bringthePaine Mar 2021 #25
Poor guy was just being a responsible gun owner localroger Mar 2021 #26
is that you dianaredwing Mar 2021 #34
Yep /nt localroger Mar 2021 #48
You're supposed to use the bathroom to UNLOAD. milestogo Mar 2021 #30
So, a good guy without a gun probably prevented a catastrophe. n/t SpankMe Mar 2021 #40
What I wonder about is who's triggering these guys? Ford_Prefect Mar 2021 #41
More than likely CHURCH'S (assisting russia, and QTHUGS) bluestarone Mar 2021 #53
Little boy tiptonic Mar 2021 #46
Why hasn't this been on the news? Yes I know this is from CNN, but... Fla Dem Mar 2021 #47
Wow!! Traildogbob Mar 2021 #49
It wasnt a white guy who had all the guns. oldsoftie Mar 2021 #63
No Traildogbob Mar 2021 #68
I'm going to take a wild stab here jmowreader Mar 2021 #54
Brought a couple of phones in too, I see. Aussie105 Mar 2021 #64
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Mar 2021 #66
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Mar 2021 #67

Response to orangecrush (Original post)

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
2. I didn't know about the shopper hearing loading guns in the restroom.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:45 PM
Mar 2021

That is news to me.

I’m not sure I would know what that sounded like, but I’m sure happy the Instacart shoppper did.

Hero.

orangecrush

(19,237 posts)
5. It sounds like
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:50 PM
Mar 2021

Shitck SNAP click click shtick SNAP


Unmistakable if you have firearms experience.

Your mileage may vary.

Trust_Reality

(1,721 posts)
12. What else would sound anything like that? Thanks.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:08 PM
Mar 2021

KS Toronado

(16,911 posts)
33. Junior Samples's Edsel comes to mind.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:33 PM
Mar 2021

COL Mustard

(5,783 posts)
50. HAH! You Win The Post Of The Day!
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:04 PM
Mar 2021

Made me snort my soda...I'll send you a cleaning bill!

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
55. It did also say that ...
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:35 PM
Mar 2021

He said he saw an AR-15 style rifle. Probably in the space under the door. And most people could put two and two together and assume that’s what was going on.

 

OldCicero

(43 posts)
3. Marley was detained without incident, the report says.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:46 PM
Mar 2021

If he had been a white guy they would have taken him to Burger King.

Dr. Strange

(25,898 posts)
10. And if he had been black...
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:00 PM
Mar 2021

they would have shot him, no questions asked.

Mosby

(16,168 posts)
14. He's black. Name is Rico Marley. nt
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:21 PM
Mar 2021

Dr. Strange

(25,898 posts)
16. What? They killed him?
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:37 PM
Mar 2021

Fuckin' cops!

sarisataka

(18,220 posts)
28. The fact that
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:19 PM
Mar 2021

He is facing multiple charges of attempted felony is an indication that the fuckin' cops didn't kill him. It is highly irregular to file charges against a deceased suspect.

stopdiggin

(11,095 posts)
29. different incident. Atlanta not Boulder. nobody died here. (nt)
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:28 PM
Mar 2021

sarisataka

(18,220 posts)
35. Correct
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:34 PM
Mar 2021

I f'd up the charges. Fixed it, thanks

Response to sarisataka (Reply #35)

Dr. Strange

(25,898 posts)
60. Well...
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:17 PM
Mar 2021
He's black.

the fuckin' cops didn't kill him

One of these is false. I've been assured by the DU intelligentsia that these can NOT simultaneously be true.

sarisataka

(18,220 posts)
62. I get it now
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:24 PM
Mar 2021

Sarcasm doesn't carry well in a post.

Yesterday posters were sure they took him to Burger King for the longest time as police did not release a picture immediately.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
38. He's black based on that name? Or something else.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:43 PM
Mar 2021

spooky3

(34,303 posts)
44. His photo is posted at ajc.com. Nt
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:56 PM
Mar 2021

Fla Dem

(23,352 posts)
45. The fellow who alerted police is also Black. Hero!!!
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:57 PM
Mar 2021

TimeToGo

(1,366 posts)
24. That's really not all that helpful, you know
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:05 PM
Mar 2021
 

OldCicero

(43 posts)
42. Explain
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:55 PM
Mar 2021

n/t

TimeToGo

(1,366 posts)
57. Well
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:48 PM
Mar 2021

I don't want to sound harsh -- it's just that it is an unnuanced response to a big problem. And if it were only a few times, I guess I wouldn't care, but it's a way too common problem around here. I'm guilty too. I think we can do better. (I'm not talking about making a joke -- I'm all for that, but I think there are people who believe that it's that simple). Maybe you just caught me in a moment of fatigue.

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
4. "Marley, who's being represented by a Fulton County public defender"
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:48 PM
Mar 2021

"Marley, who's being represented by a Fulton County public defender"

He can afford all this weaponry but not a lawyer?

dchill

(38,324 posts)
8. When you've spent all your money on guns...
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:57 PM
Mar 2021

...how could you afford an attorney?

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
13. I heard on NPR, Fresh Air I think
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:14 PM
Mar 2021

that something like 80% of people charged with crimes need Public Defenders.

Just caught a snip of it, but it was a journalist who was reporting on what his brother went through on Parole, after being released from Prison.

thesquanderer

(11,955 posts)
27. Guns are cheap compared to lawyers! n/t
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:15 PM
Mar 2021
 

Dial H For Hero

(2,971 posts)
31. All the weaponry shown would cost roughly $4K.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:30 PM
Mar 2021

A lawyer costs hundreds of dollars per hour.

Mosby

(16,168 posts)
51. Criminal lawyers require a retainer.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:12 PM
Mar 2021

For these charges probably north of 10k.

pfitz59

(10,198 posts)
6. Massacre averted
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:52 PM
Mar 2021

No defense for this arsenal....

orangecrush

(19,237 posts)
7. Yes
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:54 PM
Mar 2021

By one alert citizen.

That's some very expensive hardware there.

Where does a kid in his early 20's get these?

patphil

(6,035 posts)
21. I was wondering the same thing.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:02 PM
Mar 2021
 

Dial H For Hero

(2,971 posts)
32. Not that expensive.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:33 PM
Mar 2021

Around $4K, give or take. There are lots of guys in their early 20's who spend much more than that on videogames.

getagrip_already

(14,250 posts)
37. by a good guy WITHOUT a gun........ n/t
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:43 PM
Mar 2021

hadEnuf

(2,150 posts)
65. The NRA probably gave him a grant.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:43 PM
Mar 2021

dchill

(38,324 posts)
9. That apparent fact gives me the willies.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:59 PM
Mar 2021

Copycat mass murderer is something to be...

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
11. This kind of shit just can't continue.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:05 PM
Mar 2021

No Second Amendment argument covers this sort of situation, particularly when it happens over and over.

Mosby

(16,168 posts)
52. Apparently it's impossible to define an assault rifle.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:14 PM
Mar 2021

So how can we ban something that doesn't exist?

That's what I learned here.

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
56. Yeah, the assault rifle thing is a diversion.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:42 PM
Mar 2021

A diversion that got old several years ago.

Mosby

(16,168 posts)
58. Yeah, and I still don't know the difference between a clip and magazine.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:06 PM
Mar 2021

So clearly I shouldn't have an opinion on gun control.

 

granular

(11 posts)
59. This
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:10 PM
Mar 2021

If he couldnt have bought an "assault rifle"... which in most people's minds means anything to LOOKS like an AR15...

All he would have had is 3 semi-auto pistols, a revolver and a pump shotgun. Which still would have resulted in a tragedy.

We need to stop focusing on the hardware, and concentrate on the software. Get to the root of why disturbed individuals take up arms to harm others in the first place instead of of banning some feature on a firearm, sitting back, putting our feet up and saying... "Well, THAT aughta solve the problem!"

It wont. Ever.

 

Dial H For Hero

(2,971 posts)
61. Of course the term can (and is) defined.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:24 PM
Mar 2021

An assault rifle is a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine.

An AR-15 is not an assault rilfe, as it is not selective fire. It is an assault weapon in some jurisdictions, however.

Evolve Dammit

(16,632 posts)
15. Instacart shopper deserves a large reward for this. Many lives saved.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:25 PM
Mar 2021

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
17. It is quite the tactician that locks and loads in the loo
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:39 PM
Mar 2021

The next crop, unfortunately, will learn from this malfeasance

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
18. Wow, the right person at the right time
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:42 PM
Mar 2021

What amazing luck that was. Thank you Charles Russell for quick thinking and brave action.




IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
19. I'm sure all that was just for self defense
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:50 PM
Mar 2021

by a responsible law abiding good guy with 6 guns.

dlk

(11,438 posts)
20. Who, in their right mind, needs that amount of firepower to buy a loaf of bread?
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:50 PM
Mar 2021

The obsession with guns has become a pathology.

musette_sf

(10,184 posts)
22. Since an Instacart shopper was one of the Boulder victims
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:04 PM
Mar 2021

it is a kind of poetic justice for an Instacart shopper to bust this freak.

2naSalit

(86,061 posts)
23. SO how did he make it...
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:04 PM
Mar 2021

Into the restroom with all that stuff? Nobody saw that?

ETA: I mean, most stores I shop at don't even allow a backpack in the store.

2Gingersnaps

(1,000 posts)
36. For excellent reasons!
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:42 PM
Mar 2021

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
43. Probably hid them under a bulky or long coat. n/ t
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:56 PM
Mar 2021

bringthePaine

(1,726 posts)
25. stopped by a GOOD GUY WITH A...BRAIN!
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:09 PM
Mar 2021

localroger

(3,605 posts)
26. Poor guy was just being a responsible gun owner
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:13 PM
Mar 2021

What, he should have transported his weapons loaded? Everyone knows that's dangerous.

dianaredwing

(406 posts)
34. is that you
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:34 PM
Mar 2021

in Mandeville?

localroger

(3,605 posts)
48. Yep /nt
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:59 PM
Mar 2021

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
30. You're supposed to use the bathroom to UNLOAD.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:30 PM
Mar 2021

SpankMe

(2,937 posts)
40. So, a good guy without a gun probably prevented a catastrophe. n/t
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:49 PM
Mar 2021

Ford_Prefect

(7,828 posts)
41. What I wonder about is who's triggering these guys?
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:54 PM
Mar 2021

Do they take it in turns or do they roll 12 sided dice? What is the Facebook or Instagram group they're hanging out at. Does Putin's troll squad have a list of likely candidates or just a set of propaganda programs to run in sequence to push their buttons? Do the Koch, Mercer or NRA organizations have a back room somewhere to process the Cambridge Analytica data on these guys? Does the RAGA group have an underground auxiliary whose job is to track and inspire mass killings?

All speculation aside Donald can't do this alone. Rupert Murdoch's media empire might but they'd need something like the data analysis I suggested above to set the sequence in motion and help continue the trend.

I do not believe this is happening only because a few people on the edge of sanity are losing it. Something is triggering them and I suspect it is meant to do that. Just as the remarks made by RW anti-abortion advocates sent people to attack and murder providers. Just as Trump and his surrogates set up the sequence of expectations which lead to triggering the Jan 6th attack. This is something intended even if the individual locations and antagonists are not.

bluestarone

(16,722 posts)
53. More than likely CHURCH'S (assisting russia, and QTHUGS)
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:16 PM
Mar 2021

They have people killing abortion Drs.( we've seen THIS) These people are just believing the BULLSHIT flung at them!

tiptonic

(765 posts)
46. Little boy
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:57 PM
Mar 2021

Another little boy, wanting to feel macho, by playing Army. This insanity has to stop.

Fla Dem

(23,352 posts)
47. Why hasn't this been on the news? Yes I know this is from CNN, but...
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 02:58 PM
Mar 2021

Nothing on the evening news last night, I've had MSNBC on all day today (sirius xm) and not one word. This should be big news. Another "probable" shooter, heavily armed in a supermarket, and no coverage? What, do people have to die for it to make the airways?

Traildogbob

(8,584 posts)
49. Wow!!
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:04 PM
Mar 2021

Georgia is on a roll this week. Being a real shit hole country. Maybe through tornado season, we should let them be FREE. And the National BLM can unite to help all Black people in Georgia. I am white as they come and would proudly help out with that, physically and financially. I have family there, and I am ashamed of my dad and brothers. I have no desire to go there to visit. United States????
End the QOP.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
63. It wasnt a white guy who had all the guns.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:34 PM
Mar 2021

If thats whats you're trying to talk about anyway

Traildogbob

(8,584 posts)
68. No
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:48 PM
Mar 2021

It’s the voter suppression and attack on minorities for the white rule. Gun slaughter is just another one of the news events in two weeks of Georgia’s glory.
I had no right to vote during Vietnam Era. I had a draft number as did many I knew. Some died, some are messed up physically and mentally. These assholes taking away the vote my generation demanded makes me sick. I served with every ethnicity. We earned the right to vote, with that vote we can put people in office to fight gun slaughtered on our streets. Sick of the GQP constitution, And second amendment screaming. That same document gives me as much right to vote as it does for those assholes to kill me in a store. More so in my mind.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
54. I'm going to take a wild stab here
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:24 PM
Mar 2021

"The reign of terror will continue until Trump is put back in office."

Aussie105

(5,214 posts)
64. Brought a couple of phones in too, I see.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 04:34 PM
Mar 2021

To film the carnage he had planned?

But what is the fuss? I always carry that much when I go shopping, and load up in the rest room before I exit the store, in case I get a mouthy checkout person who wants to hurt my feelings.



Honestly . . . only in America. And that is NOT a good thing.

Omaha Steve

(99,073 posts)
66. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
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Mar 2021

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