Police: Sleeping man with gun foils jewelry-shop burglars
CENTRALIA, Wash. -- A pair of burglars' meticulously planned jewelry heist was foiled by the one thing they hadn't counted on, a man with a gun sleeping inside the business, according to the Centralia Police Department.
According to police, two men cut through the wall of Salewsky's Jewelry in the 200 block of North Tower Avenue from a neighboring vacant business Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, a relative of the jewelry shop's owner was sleeping in an upstairs room and heard noises coming from the showroom.
He went downstairs armed with a handgun and found one of the men trying to get jewelry out of the cases, according to police.
The family member ordered the man wearing a ski mask to stop what he was doing and fired his gun.
According to police, it's not clear whether or not the family member actually shot the thief, who crawled back through the hole in the wall of the business.
A witness outside told officers he saw two men with ski masks running away from the business.
The men hopped into two separate cars with women behind the wheel, and drove off, according to the witness. The cars were described as a red Mercedes CLK and a silver Toyota Scion.
After all their trouble, it is unknown if the men actually got away with any jewelry, according to police.
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Next time shoot to kill!
I wonder if there was any cameras outside that captured the vehicles at all.
Must be time for the balloon payment on that Mercedes, eh?
There goes one of those pesky guns getting in the way of another bad guy who would have otherwise had a pretty good day.Â
Bummer Dude...guy needs marksmanship practice.
Here is a hint...dont steal things...might just keep you from being SHOT.
Great job by the jewelry store employee to stand his ground. A perfect example of why your 2nd Amendment rights should never be abridged. They're an unalienable right for a reason.
Unknown if the man was hit or not...unclear if anything was taken or not? Seems the cops are minimizing the release of information? I'd imagine, unless he had on a lot of loose fitting clothing, there would be blood at the scene if he was hit. I would also think that a quick review of inventory would at least show if anything was taken or not...maybe not all, but at least that something was taken.
@aintno1special I picked up on that too. That statement is even worse than not mentioning it at all...
@NW-Economist @marsneedswomen Thanks guys!  These things should be posted more often!  Especially when someone with a baked view starts going off.
I wonder if this gun story will ever be referenced by the anti-gun crowd? Â Say is there a database for these kinds of stories? Â If so, could someone please post the link. Â It would be nice to have some AMMO (pun intended) every time a liberal says guns should not owned by people.
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@DarkParty Another one!  Thanks!  At his rate my ammo clip will be filled.  :)
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http://www.cato.org/guns-and-self-defense
@NW-Economist Here is a recent example of how out-of-hand things are getting.
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/familys-home-raided-over-facebook-photo-of-childs-rifle.html
Michael, looks like you have a typo: "The family member order the man" should be "ordered"Â
@NW-Economist Thanks! I've fixed it.
Mike- can you block/delete "JeremiahLane$" and "Lucy M Baker"? Spammers. They've posted crap on nearly every story here this afternoon.
@MichaelHarthorne @NW-Economist oh my God!!! There's a moderator??? Is this a new thing?
@MichaelHarthorne me too :-)
 @MichaelHarthorne  The comments can get quite interesting, can't they!
@MichaelHarthorneBy the way Mike, thanks for posting a pro-firearm story, it's nice to see some occasional balanced reporting from Komo, for a while it seemed like they would ignore any news story that put a positive light on firearms.Â
@chandler @MichaelHarthorne @NW-Economist There are a few of us. Mostly they wield power from behind the curtain. I'm kind of the public face of things, largely because I'm addicted to reading comments.
@chandler @MichaelHarthorne @NW-Economist KOMO staff have that designation, Who do you think deletes the flagged posts?