Subdeacon Joe Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 They'll Shoot Ya! The 89-year-old decorated World War II veteran foiled an armed robbery attempt Saturday afternoon at his Lake Park jewelry business that left a 44-year-old suspect with six gunshot wounds, but no loot. Lewis was working behind the counter at The Jewelry Exchange at 900 N. Federal Highway when he was approached by a gun-wielding man around 3 p.m., according to an arrest report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Lewis said he immediately grabbed the suspect’s revolver and pulled out a .38-caliber handgun from his own pocket. The two men wrestled for several minutes and fired shots at each other. Despite battling someone half his age, Lewis got the best of it. A man identified by the sheriff’s office as Lennard Patrick Jervis, a Miramar resident, was shot six times by Lewis, including four times in the chest. Lewis’ left arm was grazed by a bullet, but he was otherwise unscathed. Jarvis eventually stumbled over the counter toward the front door and asked Lewis to buzz him out. Lewis complied. “I was so glad to get rid of him,” said Lewis, who has been in business for 20 years. “I’d had enough of him.” According to the sheriff’s office, Jervis left the scene in an SUV driven by Raven Simone Hill, a Miami resident. Hill told police that she picked up Jervis, who she referred to as “Dave,” after he was shot and was driving toward Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. “But ‘Dave’ was dying,” so she stopped and asked for assistance from the Boca Raton Police Department, according to an arrest report. Jervis was taken to Delray Medical Center and is expected to survive, sheriff’s spokeswoman Teri Barbera said. Jervis will be arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail once he recovers and is expected to face charges of armed robbery to a business, felon in possession of a firearm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and armed burglary. Court records show that Jervis has been arrested 20 times in Miami-Dade and Broward counties since 1989. But he was a GOOD man! And was Turning His Life Around! Lewis had no business shooting him. He should have just walked away.Oh..He must be RAAAACist! too. Did that cover all the usual excuses?
Poet Jones 99980 Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 That's what the "law abiding" people say. Why did you shoot this criminal? You shot him because your life and other lives were threatened? Shame on you you gun toting maniac! This is the mentality that our Liberal Socialist government has fostered. Why shoot us just because we are criminals? Just let us do what ever we please and we won't whine and wail about how you had no right to defend yourself. This is what we are dealing with people. A country that has been brainwashed into cutting it's own cojones off! More power to you Mr. Lewis! Keep up the good work.
Trailrider #896 Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Why did he have to shoot him six times? Just because the perp kept coming... I mean, this is a sure sign the Old Man is a vicious person who should be locked up. Not the poor, unfortunate...ah, criminal, who is obviously a product of some social disadvantage.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Didn't he have time to reload? Heck fur, I would have given him 6 more for good measure and made sure that he was carried out in a body bag.
Sparky Nelson Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Old guys rule! No, seriously, old guys rule. I saw a bunch of these shirts at the store today.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 Dang right I do. When my wife is shopping and I am at home.
Billy Bristol Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 And let's not forget.......shooting a felon who is about to do harm to you is cruel and inhumane.....a slap on the wrist should be suffiecient enough.
Poet Jones 99980 Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 Rule of thumb when shooting someone attacking you. Put him down for good so that he cannot sue or claim "I was trying to ask directions and he shot me 6 times because he's old and crazy"
Trailrider #896 Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 Years ago I had a former undersheriff (he's probably long dead by now) tell me to always make the second shot the warning one! He never said anything about the third, fourth, fifth or sixth. Of course, he packed a .45 ACP and was an excellent shot. Don't know if he ever had to shoot a perp.
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 Well bless Lennard Patrick Jervis' heart.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 Somehow, I just do not feel that a .38 with six is quite enough. But that said, not many 30-06 pistols/revolvers around and none that I know of, that are CC sized.
Sparky Nelson Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 Ammo's too expensive to waste on warning shots.
Poet Jones 99980 Posted September 2, 2014 Posted September 2, 2014 He could have reloaded when the perp asked "to be buzzed out".
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted September 2, 2014 Posted September 2, 2014 He could have reloaded when the perp asked "to be buzzed out". That is what I thot.
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