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Holdup attempt led to shooting, false report, police say
By Hank Dudding (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A victim's tale of robbery and murder unraveled when investigators learned that she'd participated in the stickup that backfired and turned deadly, police said Monday.
It has often been recommended that if you are involved in an altercation, be the first one to call the cops and establish yourself as "the victim," lest your opponent do it first, and you find yourself charged with assault or worse for defending yourself.
Here's a case where the actual victim was in fact set up for robbery, killed one of his attackers, and was then accused by the surviving attacker of attempting a robbery and committing murder. But the cops figured it out anyway, altho the story doesn't say how the cops discovered this.
Originally saw this at Clayton Cramer's gun self-defense blog...