Customer shoots suspected bank robber in suburban Detroit

The antidote for a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun.

From the Detroit Free Press:

A bank customer in Warren acted within his rights when he opened fire on a bank robber on Monday afternoon, sending him to the hospital with non-critical injuries, according to the city's mayor.

"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."

The robbery unfolded in the late afternoon at the Citizens Bank near 9 Mile and Van Dyke. The 43-year-old assailant entered the bank with a gun and had procured "a large amount" of cash from the bank when, on the way out, he appears to have threatened a 63-year-old customer with his gun, according to Fouts.

That customer turned out to be carrying a concealed firearm for which he had a permit, the mayor said. The customer managed to pull out his own weapon and shoot the suspect three times: once in each arm and once in a leg.

Truth, justice, and the American way win out.

And yes, I post positive things about Detroit and its suburbs too.