Count another one for the good guys:
From the Charlotte Observer today;
EAST CHARLOTTE
Pizza driver shoots, kills armed robber
DA office will review evidence to see whether charges are warranted
MARK PRICE
msprice@charlotteobserver.com
A driver for Domino's Pizza fatally shot an armed robber Tuesday as he was delivering a pizza at an east Charlotte apartment complex, Charlotte Mecklenburg police said.
Demetrius Jerome Wright, who died at the scene, is one of two people who allegedly tried to rob the delivery man at the Green Briar Apartments, off North Sharon Amity Road, police said.
The identity of the delivery man and specifics of the case were not released.
Investigators say the incident occurred about 9 p.m. at 3555 Spanish Quarter Circle, when two suspects approached the delivery man with a gun and demanded money.
Wright, 25, was shot multiple times by the delivery man, officials said. The delivery man, who was not injured, stayed at the scene until police arrived.
No charges have been filed against him. But evidence in the case will eventually be turned over to the district attorney's office, to see if charges are called for, officials said.
It's against policy for Domino's Pizza employees to be armed on the job, said company spokesman Damien Carper. However, disciplinary action will not be considered in the matter until after the police finish the investigation, he said.
The employee, who could lose his job, is a "seasoned" delivery man in his 50s, who worked with another pizza delivery business before joining Domino's a year ago, Carper said.
"I don't know if this employee has been robbed before, but we have had other employees robbed while delivering. We have had one (from that store) robbed ... a number of months ago," said Carper.
Food delivery has been named among the nation's most dangerous jobs by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which takes into account both robberies and traffic accidents.
Statistics for Charlotte show there was an average of one such robbery a week in 2007, according to police.
Carper noted the incident could lead to a suspension of deliveries to that area, if a review shows a trend of violence against Domino's employees.
"Stores keep a log of incidents that we review in cases like this," he said. "In the last several years, we've seen robberies go down. Our drivers don't carry more than $20 in cash on them. A lot of business today is done by credit cards."
From the Charlotte Observer today;
EAST CHARLOTTE
Pizza driver shoots, kills armed robber
DA office will review evidence to see whether charges are warranted
MARK PRICE
msprice@charlotteobserver.com
A driver for Domino's Pizza fatally shot an armed robber Tuesday as he was delivering a pizza at an east Charlotte apartment complex, Charlotte Mecklenburg police said.
Demetrius Jerome Wright, who died at the scene, is one of two people who allegedly tried to rob the delivery man at the Green Briar Apartments, off North Sharon Amity Road, police said.
The identity of the delivery man and specifics of the case were not released.
Investigators say the incident occurred about 9 p.m. at 3555 Spanish Quarter Circle, when two suspects approached the delivery man with a gun and demanded money.
Wright, 25, was shot multiple times by the delivery man, officials said. The delivery man, who was not injured, stayed at the scene until police arrived.
No charges have been filed against him. But evidence in the case will eventually be turned over to the district attorney's office, to see if charges are called for, officials said.
It's against policy for Domino's Pizza employees to be armed on the job, said company spokesman Damien Carper. However, disciplinary action will not be considered in the matter until after the police finish the investigation, he said.
The employee, who could lose his job, is a "seasoned" delivery man in his 50s, who worked with another pizza delivery business before joining Domino's a year ago, Carper said.
"I don't know if this employee has been robbed before, but we have had other employees robbed while delivering. We have had one (from that store) robbed ... a number of months ago," said Carper.
Food delivery has been named among the nation's most dangerous jobs by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which takes into account both robberies and traffic accidents.
Statistics for Charlotte show there was an average of one such robbery a week in 2007, according to police.
Carper noted the incident could lead to a suspension of deliveries to that area, if a review shows a trend of violence against Domino's employees.
"Stores keep a log of incidents that we review in cases like this," he said. "In the last several years, we've seen robberies go down. Our drivers don't carry more than $20 in cash on them. A lot of business today is done by credit cards."
