The restaurant in question is in the northeast part of town, which is largely made up of military retirement folks, but, like all parts of town, has its own gang element.
At 9:30am, the restaurant was full of the grandpa/grandmas getting the breakfast specials when a group of four gangster types came in and started trying to shake everyone down. One of the gangsters took a fork off a table started threatening a group of diners. A second member of the group of troublemakers took a knife off a table and went over to the shooters table and started threatening him. The shooter, who was a CHL, pulled a .22lr pistol and told the guy to back off. Instead of backing off, the rest of the group came over and tried to intimidate him. At that point, the shooter fired one round, which went through the BG's eye and out the back of his head. The BG dropped and his buddies took off running.
An off duty firefighter came over and rendered first-aid until EMS arrived and he also secured the weapon from the shooter.
Police have not filed charges against the shooter but have arrested all member of the gang who started the problem, including the ones that fled. The shooting victim is still recovering in the hospital here.
So who says .22lr won't take out 4 gang-bangers?
