Obviously many school children were in danger at 3:15 a.m during summer vacation.The mugging, occurred about 3:15 a.m. Friday,... just a few blocks from Jack London Elementary School...
Nice neighborhood."We have regular strong-arm and armed robberies on a weekly, almost daily basis," [a police spokesman] said. "But there's no telling where this type of thing's going to happen:
As for the firearm malfunction, this kind of thing is not uncommon. Criminals can't just walk into a gun store and buy what they want. They often are stuck with hand-me-downs from thefts or gangsters unloading a hot weapon. Also they generally don't know jack about how to use or maintain a firearm (or anything else). I remember one case where the robber tried to shoot and the slide fell off the pistol.
- Jim