Man killed while beating would-be robber

[Mugu]

By Annie Linskey | baltimoresun.com reporter

Facing the barrel of a sawed-off shotgun on a dark West Baltimore street, Roland Scott fought back. He pulled out his own weapon - a fake handgun - and wrested the shotgun away from his attacker, city police said.

Scott ordered the man to strip naked in the middle of Laurens Street, took $800 from him and forced him to march into the laundry room of a nearby apartment building.

"He starts beating him, telling him to get more money, saying, 'Get me a cell phone or I'm going to kill you,'" said Sgt. Dennis M. Raftery Jr., a supervisor in the Police Department's homicide unit. "He is beating him with the butt of a sawed-off shotgun."

Raftery said the shotgun, then pointed at Scott, discharged, hitting Scott in the stomach and killing him. Authorities said his death will be ruled accidental.

"It is unusual," Raftery said yesterday. "I don't know how to put it. It is sort of like one for the books."


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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.ci.shooting28mar28,0,5234060.story

[zanne]

1. Ah yes. Guns for self defense. What a brilliant idea. nt

[tularetom]

2. Any fans of "The Wire" here?

Sawed off shotgun, dark west Baltimore street, kinda sounds like "Omar" huh?

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. If they outlaw fake guns only fake outlaws will have guns

or something like that....................

[Herman74]

4. One more bloody death due to guns n/t

[Richard Steele]

5. That headline should read: "Would-be Robber Killed While Beating Would-be Robber".

Doesn't sound like anyone involved was an innocent victim.

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. Yup.

Believers in "kharma" usually make some sort of interjection at these points. Perhaps the grey fog on this story is a little too thick for the usual smug moralizing.