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There was an interesting item in this report on the killing at Murder Kroger. Before we proceed with this story, it should be noted that this is a tragedy. A man with four children was killed. While jokes about the rebranding of Murder Kroger as Beltline Kroger have their place, the fact is that a family in Alabama is going to miss daddy.
“Richey (Joshua R. Richey, 38, of Hayden, AL) and Jason Shelton, from RG Williams Construction in Covington, were working at the store Tuesday afternoon, Shelton said, when Richey saw an unknown man inside their pickup truck. Shelton said Richey went up to the truck and hit the window of the cab, and the man inside shot through the window killing him. …
The Kroger where the shooting occurred is infamously known as the ‘“Murder Kroger” even as store officials are trying to have it rebranded in the minds of the public as “Beltline Kroger.” Shelton said the area’s old reputation had put him on guard and he recently asked his supervisor if he could borrow his handgun while working on the site. “He said, ‘(Richey) has a weapon so there should be nothing to worry about,” Shelton said. “Look what happened.” Shelton, who said he assumed the men were just trying to steal the truck, said he wasn’t sure whether Richey had his pistol on him or had left it in the truck. Hampton (Lt. Charles Hampton, Atlanta police homicide unit) could not confirm whether a handgun was found on Richey or in the truck.”
It is unlikely that a construction worker is going to take a handgun onto the jobsite. The weapon was probably in the truck. If you have a weapon in your vehicle, you want to have quick access to it. This means that a person breaking into your vehicle is likely to find it. And, when you come and slap your hand against the window, this person is likely to use the weapon to kill you.
The man who was killed at Murder Kroger might have been killed by his own gun. If he had not kept an easily accessible weapon in his vehicle, he would be alive today. While having a gun will make you more secure in some situations, it can have the opposite effect in others. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Pictures were made at “Inter city beauties, Atlantic City Pageant, 1925”