Former Marine Kills Armed Robber w/ Knife

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A former U.S. Marine pulled out a pocket knife and fought back against four people, including a 17-year-old girl, who he said tried to rob him late Monday night in Midtown.

The girl died of her injuries. Another one of the alleged assailants is in critical condition.

Investigators are calling the case one of self-defense. They say no charges will be filed against the victim in the case.

Police say they have been talking to three of the suspects, trying to find out what happened.

Atlanta police say around 11 p.m., Thomas Autry -- a former U.S. Marine -- was walking home from his job as a server at Jocks and Jills in Midtown. He says that when he got to 4th Street and Penn Avenue, four people jumped out of a Cadillac with guns.

Police say that two of the suspects were armed -- one with a handgun, the other with a shotgun.

Autry told police he kicked the guns out of their hands, and fought back with his own pocket knife, stabbing the girl when she jumped on him and another man who attacked him.

The suspects fled in their car but police found them later at Atlanta Medical Center where the girl was pronounced dead. The man stabbed in the incident was in critical condition, Stephens said.

The remaining suspects were taken into police custody.

These are the individuals we have been looking for, for the past two nights, said Atlanta police Detective Danny Stephens. Theyve were riding around in this area. They were actually robbing people. Theres actually been a lookout for these individuals, and tonight, we caught up with them.

The older sister of one of the three people police have been talking to said she had been warning her brother about running with the wrong crowd.

Im really disturbed by this, she said. Were always telling my brother that he needs to straighten up, and get it together and not run with the wrong crowd.

Autry's attackers will face robbery and aggravated assault charges and are suspected in other robberies over the past week, Stephens said.

Stephens credited Autry's military training with helping him fend off the group.

"I would say he had to do what he had to do to stop the threat," Stephens said. "You can tell his training kicked in and he knew what to do."

Autry, 36, suffered a cut to his hand and a bruise on his chest, Stephens said.

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=80405
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ROOFCUTTER · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject:

well that is one hell of a lesson for the survivors.

Im just glad the law did not come down on the victim.
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KillerRoofcutter · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject:

Heh that was in our newspaper.
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Kurosaki Ichigo · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject:

I'm glad that happened in the states cause if it had been here, most likely the robbers would be portrayed as the victims and the marine would have been charged with murder.

We ned more people like him walkin the streets defending those who cannot fight back.
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Stevo · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject:

Cool.

I guess those robbers weren't expecting this to happen...
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The Tiju · Registered User Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 516

yeah im glad to hear that no lawsuit or anything was put against the guy.

its quite pathetic that in our society criminals can sue their victims for beating them up when they were just defending themselves.
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StrontiumDog · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject:

I need to get my eyes tested...when I first looked at the thread, I thought it read "Former Marine Kills w/ Rubber Knife"....

*making appointment for optician* or *checking with doctor for dyslexia*
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Stevo · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject:

That would be an accomplishment.
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Willie Busserhimen · Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:07 am Post subject:

no pictures? boooooo
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riggormortis · Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject:

now thats justice #2gunfire

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Canadian Rifle · Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject:

thatta boy marine i wish i had training like that then it would be fun to kick the crap out of people!

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