San Antonio - Man Shot During Craig's List Transaction

[jsimmons]

A man, who attempted to make a Craigslist transaction, ended up shooting a would-be buyer Monday afternoon on the city's Northwest Side, officials said.

The 21-year-old buyer was shot twice in the left leg and was taken to Wilford Hall Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. He faces charge of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon after he tried to take the camera away from the seller, a police report states.

Neither the buyer, nor the seller were identified.

The shooting occurred around noon in the parking lot of an IHOP restaurant in the 120 block of Southwest Loop 410 near U.S. 151, the report states. The seller told police he placed a camera for sale on Craigslist and that he went to meet the alleged buyer at the IHOP parking lot. As the seller waited in his vehicle at the restaurant, he noticed the buyer and two other men in a car. When the seller called the assailant over to make the transaction, the buyer approached the vehicle with another man and demanded a camera, the report states. The 37-year-old seller saw the man lift his shirt to retrieve a weapon and that's when he pulled out a handgun and shot the assailant twice, the report states.

The assailant managed to make his way to a nearby Cracker Barrel restaurant where police found him. It is unknown if police found his weapon or the two other assailants.

It is likely the seller will not face any charges in the shooting, police said.

[Matrix68]

WOW...just amazes me what people will do...a camera is just not worth dying for

[A-R]

Textbook good shoot. Maybe these idiots will stop trying to rob good folks who are just trying to make ends meet by selling stuff on craigslist.

[Zee]

This sort of news should help those considering a career in robbery.

[HighVelocity]

This sort of news should help those considering a career in robbery.

Even if the would-be future criminal could read, he/she would not care.

[ronzorelli]

All the bad press Craigslist is getting lately for stuff like this makes me leery of using them any more.

Glad the seller is ok.

[joe817]

All the bad press Craigslist is getting lately for stuff like this makes me leery of using them any more.
Glad the seller is ok.

Glad the seller was armed! I sure hope he had a CHL!

[jsimmons]

It was reported this morning that the other two perps were arrested, and that the intended victim was a CHL holder.

[jlangton]

+1 for the good guys.
JL

[74novaman]

Scary. I just bought a $150 item from someone on craigslist. You can bet I went armed.

[ddstuder]

All the bad press Craigslist is getting lately for stuff like this makes me leery of using them any more.
Glad the seller is ok.

Glad the seller was armed! I sure hope he had a CHL!

The seller was in his vehicle. It would not have mattered if he was a CHL!

[Jonathanaf]

Scary. I just bought a $150 item from someone on craigslist. You can bet I went armed.

Always!! Also, I NEVER meet someone unless its in the most lit, public place I know of. If the seller has a problem, find another seller.

[kalipsocs]

I take someone with me if I can, and am always armed with something. Before I could carry, I always took mace and my pocket knife. I was under 21 so wasnt for lack of trying to get a CHL! That being said, I have nothing but great transactions and buyers/sellers through craigslist.

[Dragonfighter]

All the bad press Craigslist is getting lately for stuff like this makes me leery of using them any more.
Glad the seller is ok.

Glad the seller was armed! I sure hope he had a CHL!

The seller was in his vehicle. It would not have mattered if he was a CHL!

True, but the fact he had a CHL says something of his character. Craigslist won't carry a firearm advertisement.