Thread: ICE agent opens fire on purse snatcher

ICE agent opens fire on purse snatcher
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, September 22, 2008

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(09-22) 12:12 PDT OAKLAND -- A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent opened fire today on an armed man who grabbed her purse in Oakland's Chinatown, police said.

The off-duty agent was walking near Ninth and Franklin streets in downtown Oakland when she was accosted shortly after 6 a.m. A man with a gun demanded her purse, but the agent pulled out her own weapon and opened fire, police said.

The robber may have been shot as he fled with the purse, police said.
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He knows how to pick a target/victim. LOL

If he got her ID, she will get to see what identity theft is all about first hand, I hate to say.

That stinks he got away with her ID.

Dixie

I'm sure some hospital will be forced to pay for his care if they find him.

He didn't get her purse and he didn't get her ID.
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Man foiled in attempt to rob U.S. Customs agent

ASSOCIATED PRESS

6:38 a.m. September 23, 2008

OAKLAND – Oakland police are looking for a would-be robber who may be suffering from a gunshot wound after trying to steal a purse from the wrong person.
Police say when a man with a gun approached a woman and demanded her purse near Oakland's Chinatown Monday, the woman pulled out her own handgun and opened fire.

It turns out the woman was a U.S. Customs agent who was walking to work at the time of the incident.
She fired one round. Police found blood at the scene, indicating her shot hit the would-be robber.

The agent was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Her name has not been released.

Information from: The Oakland Tribune, www.oaklandtribune.com

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