Crime Does Not Pay: Or You Should Have Worked On That Draw Son!

xrocket · June 18, 2008, 01:49 PM

I would say this fellow got exactly what he deserved. There is something to be said for swift justice.

Man accidentally kills himself while trying to rob a Grand Prairie home 1:05 PM CT

01:05 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
By DAN X. McGRAW / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected]

A 19-year-old man accidentally shot and killed himself Tuesday morning while he was attempting to rob a Grand Prairie home, authorities said.

Cameron Sands, 19, of Fort Worth kicked in the door of the house and then shot himself in the stomach as he pulled a gun out of his pants to shoot the homeowner, Grand Prairie police said. The homeowner was not injured.

After Mr. Sands shot himself, he dropped the gun and ran out of the home. Police found his body around 5:30 a.m. in the driveway of the home in the 2800 block Garden Grove Road, said Lt. John Brimmer, a Grand Prairie police spokesman.

“This is the first that I’ve heard of a robbery suspect killing himself as he is drawing a gun out of his waist band,” Lt. Brimmer said. “The criminal evidence points to that. It certainly isn’t common.”

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has ruled the death an accident.

Don't you just love a good ending?

bikerbill · June 18, 2008, 02:34 PM

I guess if you have to go through a home invasion, this is the kind of guy you want to be the invader ...

Hkmp5sd · June 18, 2008, 03:07 PM

His parents will probably sue the homeowner for not having a firearms safety chart prominently displayed in their home.

Yithian · June 18, 2008, 05:40 PM

I have yet to find out if I have the angel over my head like this homeowner does. (knock on wood)
Always good to hear good news.

Odd Job · June 18, 2008, 05:43 PM

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His parents will probably sue the homeowner for not having a firearms safety chart prominently displayed in their home.

BigDaddy · June 18, 2008, 08:53 PM

I had to post this. What a bonehead.

enjoy
-Dave

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Police in Grand Prairie said a 19-year-old would-be robber from Fort Worth died after accidentally shooting himself during an early-morning break-in. A Grand Prairie police spokesman, Lt. John Brimmer, said Cameron Sands was found dead early Tuesday in the driveway of a house he'd broken into on the 2800 block of Garden Grove Road. Brimmer said it appears that sometime while trying to break in, the man shoved the small-caliber semi-automatic into his waistband and it fired, striking him in the lower abdomen. Sands then dropped the gun and ran from the home, making it as far as the driveway before he collapsed.

Brimmer said Sands was dead in the driveway when officers arrived at about 5:30 a.m. The homeowner was not injured.

xrocket · June 18, 2008, 09:22 PM

Heads Up: Previously posted in General Discussions.

BigDaddy · June 18, 2008, 10:31 PM

Doh!

pgg · June 18, 2008, 10:43 PM

that is funny!!!

Nnobby45 · June 18, 2008, 10:49 PM

I'm glad he didn't trip over a kids toy and shoot himself.

There'd be a lawsuit in the works by now. Probably by his wife who'd been hiding out in a battered womens' shelter--dreading the day he found her---, but now that he's gone, wasn't such a bad guy after all and she's been deprived of her man by the negilent homeowners who didn't pick up after their toddler.

Jeez, there coulda been 500K or more in homeowners' insurance at stake and a lawyer only too eager to file the suit.

OK, I'm being facetious, and using obsurdity to illustrate the obsurdity of the system.

Saw a cops episode where a slimeball's .357 discharged while in the front of his pants (while trying to climb a fence, as I recall).

Matt19 · June 18, 2008, 11:31 PM

A burglar who makes himself a Darwin Award candidate. I like that.

Cliff47 · June 19, 2008, 08:25 AM

There's a certain poetry in that statement, Matt.

Kreyzhorse · June 19, 2008, 08:26 AM

Got what he deserved.

Keltyke · June 19, 2008, 08:33 AM

Darwin lives!

Ruger4570 · June 19, 2008, 09:05 AM

It is kind of a reverse spin on the NRA book section called the "Armed Citizen"
More bad guys should be like this.

Derius_T · June 20, 2008, 12:48 PM

Wow...far be it from me to trivialize a mans death, but, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a maroon..........

Rich Miranda · June 20, 2008, 01:53 PM

Note that the report says the gun was of a small caliber. If it truly was, that makes fodder for the never-ending caliber dispute: One shot from a .25, and dead within minutes

Bob Lee Swagger · June 21, 2008, 02:02 AM

Poor guy, he could've done better.

LightningJoe · June 21, 2008, 06:39 PM

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His parents will probably sue the homeowner

Not in Texas.

Hkmp5sd · June 21, 2008, 07:11 PM

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Not in Texas.

This doesn't fall under the Castle Doctrine. It was an accidental shooting and everyone knows the homeowner is liable for everything the bad guy does. Homeowners have been sued for liability when a burglar has cut themselves on broken glass while climbing through windows.

wayneinFL · June 21, 2008, 08:05 PM

I guess some problems really do solve themselves.

VA9mm · June 21, 2008, 08:32 PM

Darwin's theory at its finest.

mpage · June 22, 2008, 12:34 PM

For those keeping score at home, this (adult) criminal's self-ownage is going to get added to the figures for gun-related deaths of children in 2008 compiled by the Brady Campaign, Violence Policy Center, and other anti-gun organizations.

Those groups play fast and loose with the definition of "child." For them, the category always includes people under twenty and will often stretch as far as the mid- twenties.

Keep that in mind next time you see some broad on The View or soccer mom bemoaning handgun deaths of children. The image we're supposed to think of immediately is that of an unsupervised toddler handling an improperly stored weapon. And while that does happen, a great number of firearms-related deaths of "children" are gang members taking pot shots at one another or cases like this.

LightningJoe · June 24, 2008, 06:03 PM

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It was an accidental shooting and everyone knows the homeowner is liable for everything the bad guy does.

New one on me.

homefires · June 24, 2008, 07:52 PM

What a Hoot! We need the rest of them to do the same! Copy Cat kinda thing!

June 18, 2008, 01:49 PM	#1
xrocket Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2007 Posts: 549	Crime Does Not Pay: Or You Should Have Worked On That Draw Son! *I would say this fellow got exactly what he deserved. There is something to be said for swift justice.* Man accidentally kills himself while trying to rob a Grand Prairie home 1:05 PM CT 01:05 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 By DAN X. McGRAW / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] A 19-year-old man accidentally shot and killed himself Tuesday morning while he was attempting to rob a Grand Prairie home, authorities said. Cameron Sands, 19, of Fort Worth kicked in the door of the house and then shot himself in the stomach as he pulled a gun out of his pants to shoot the homeowner, Grand Prairie police said. The homeowner was not injured. After Mr. Sands shot himself, he dropped the gun and ran out of the home. Police found his body around 5:30 a.m. in the driveway of the home in the 2800 block Garden Grove Road, said Lt. John Brimmer, a Grand Prairie police spokesman. “This is the first that I’ve heard of a robbery suspect killing himself as he is drawing a gun out of his waist band,” Lt. Brimmer said. “The criminal evidence points to that. It certainly isn’t common.” The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has ruled the death an accident. *Don't you just love a good ending?* __________________ If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything. My stand begins with "WE THE PEOPLE" ...

June 18, 2008, 02:34 PM	#2
bikerbill Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2007 Location: Lago Vista TX Posts: 2,425	I guess if you have to go through a home invasion, this is the kind of guy you want to be the invader ... __________________ "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants." Albert Camus

June 18, 2008, 05:40 PM	#4
Yithian Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 719	I have yet to find out if I have the angel over my head like this homeowner does. (knock on wood) Always good to hear good news. __________________ Pondering the differences, terminally, between the V-Max and the A-Max. Last edited by JohnKSa; June 19, 2008 at 12:01 AM. Reason: Removed comment about a post that no longer exists on this particular thread...

June 18, 2008, 08:53 PM	#6
BigDaddy Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 166	Bumbling Burglar accidentally shoots self I had to post this. What a bonehead. enjoy -Dave GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Police in Grand Prairie said a 19-year-old would-be robber from Fort Worth died after accidentally shooting himself during an early-morning break-in. A Grand Prairie police spokesman, Lt. John Brimmer, said Cameron Sands was found dead early Tuesday in the driveway of a house he'd broken into on the 2800 block of Garden Grove Road. Brimmer said it appears that sometime while trying to break in, the man shoved the small-caliber semi-automatic into his waistband and it fired, striking him in the lower abdomen. Sands then dropped the gun and ran from the home, making it as far as the driveway before he collapsed. Brimmer said Sands was dead in the driveway when officers arrived at about 5:30 a.m. The homeowner was not injured. __________________ Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit on a boat and drink beer all day.

June 18, 2008, 09:22 PM	#7
xrocket Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2007 Posts: 549	Heads Up: Previously posted in General Discussions. __________________ If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything. My stand begins with "WE THE PEOPLE" ...

June 18, 2008, 03:07 PM	#3
Hkmp5sd Senior Member Join Date: December 15, 2001 Location: Winter Haven, Florida Posts: 4,303	His parents will probably sue the homeowner for not having a firearms safety chart prominently displayed in their home.

June 18, 2008, 10:31 PM	#8
BigDaddy Senior Member Join Date: November 24, 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 166	Doh! __________________ Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit on a boat and drink beer all day.

June 18, 2008, 10:43 PM	#9
pgg Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2007 Posts: 138	that is funny!!!

June 18, 2008, 10:49 PM	#10
Nnobby45 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2004 Posts: 3,150	I'm glad he didn't trip over a kids toy and shoot himself. There'd be a lawsuit in the works by now. Probably by his wife who'd been hiding out in a battered womens' shelter--dreading the day he found her---, but now that he's gone, wasn't such a bad guy after all and she's been deprived of her man by the negilent homeowners who didn't pick up after their toddler. Jeez, there coulda been 500K or more in homeowners' insurance at stake and a lawyer only too eager to file the suit. OK, I'm being facetious, and using obsurdity to illustrate the obsurdity of the system. Saw a cops episode where a slimeball's .357 discharged while in the front of his pants (while trying to climb a fence, as I recall). Last edited by Nnobby45; June 19, 2008 at 12:59 AM.

June 18, 2008, 11:31 PM	#11
Matt19 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 1999 Posts: 315	A burglar who makes himself a Darwin Award candidate. I like that. __________________ In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.-Bear Bryant.

June 19, 2008, 08:25 AM	#12
Cliff47 Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 2005 Posts: 413	There's a certain poetry in that statement, Matt.

June 19, 2008, 08:26 AM	#13
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	Got what he deserved. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

June 19, 2008, 08:33 AM	#14
Keltyke Junior member Join Date: April 6, 2008 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 2,933	Darwin lives!

June 19, 2008, 09:05 AM	#15
Ruger4570 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2005 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 2,136	It is kind of a reverse spin on the NRA book section called the "Armed Citizen" More bad guys should be like this.

June 20, 2008, 12:48 PM	#16
Derius_T Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2004 Location: South West OHIO (boondocks) Posts: 1,337	Wow...far be it from me to trivialize a mans death, but, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a maroon..........

June 20, 2008, 01:53 PM	#17
Rich Miranda Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2008 Location: San Antonio, not San Antone... Posts: 1,203	Note that the report says the gun was of a small caliber. If it truly was, that makes fodder for the never-ending caliber dispute: One shot from a .25, and dead within minutes __________________ Read this!: I collect .38 Special and .357 Mag cartridges and I will PAY CASH for the headstamps I don't already have! Please PM me. Please donate blood, plasma, and platelets - people's lives literally depend on it.

June 21, 2008, 02:02 AM	#18
Bob Lee Swagger Member Join Date: March 10, 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 49	Poor guy, he could've done better. __________________ Expect the things you'd never expect.

June 21, 2008, 08:05 PM	#21
wayneinFL Senior Member Join Date: December 18, 2004 Posts: 1,944	I guess some problems really do solve themselves.

June 21, 2008, 08:32 PM	#22
VA9mm Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2007 Location: N. VA Posts: 254	Darwin's theory at its finest. __________________ “The key is to hit them hard, hit them fast, and hit them repeatedly. The one shot stop is a unit of measurement not a tactical philosophy.” Evan Marshall

June 22, 2008, 12:34 PM	#23
mpage Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2006 Posts: 170	For those keeping score at home, this (adult) criminal's self-ownage is going to get added to the figures for gun-related deaths of children in 2008 compiled by the Brady Campaign, Violence Policy Center, and other anti-gun organizations. Those groups play fast and loose with the definition of "child." For them, the category always includes people under twenty and will often stretch as far as the mid- twenties. Keep that in mind next time you see some broad on The View or soccer mom bemoaning handgun deaths of children. The image we're supposed to think of immediately is that of an unsupervised toddler handling an improperly stored weapon. And while that does happen, a great number of firearms-related deaths of "children" are gang members taking pot shots at one another or cases like this.

June 24, 2008, 07:52 PM	#25
homefires Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2007 Location: Deming New Mexico Posts: 1,495	What a Hoot! We need the rest of them to do the same! Copy Cat kinda thing!