Georgia Man Single-Handedly Stops Craigslist Crime Spree With BOLD Act
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In the era of the Internet, criminals can easily lure potential victims to places where they become easy targets, but when an online bandit with a history of heists tried his shenanigans with someone who refused to be a victim, things didn’t turn out the way he had planned.
DeKalb Police said that 32-year-old Salvador Burgos had advertised to sell a bulldog for $2,000 on several dog breeding sites, reports the FOX8. But when the Atlanta-area man went to meet the prospective buyer, things took a turn for the worse.
Burgos said the man had pushed to meet late at night, which had him leery of the sale, but he agreed to it after the potential buyer offered an additional $500 for the odd meeting hours. Being suspicious, he had his friend Walter Gonzales, 40, accompany him to the meeting, and Burgos brought his .40 caliber Glock, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
When the two men pulled up to the home just after midnight on Thursday, they saw two men standing out front awaiting their arrival. When Gonzalez got out of the truck to show the men the dog, one of them pulled out a pistol and demanded Burgos get out of the vehicle as well.
Burgos, and his Glock, got out of the truck and he immediately opened fire on the man with the gun. The man’s accomplice fled, and Gonzalez and Burgos got back in their vehicle and drove down the road, where they stopped to phone police. They told police they fled the home because they feared the man’s accomplice may return.
“My wife heard the shots, and she woke me up,” said neighbor Jeffery Spence. “She looked out the window, and she said she saw a guy walking from the sidewalk to his vehicle, get back in it and drive away.”
When police went to the home, they discovered the man dead in the yard. Come to find out, the unidentified man has been linked to at least four other robberies in the area that stemmed from Craigslist.
“As we began to look into all of this morning, we have since realized that we believe there are four additional cases that are connected to this deceased suspect,” police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said. “All of them occurred at that location and all, we believe, involve that deceased suspect.”
Just 24 hours prior, the now-dead gunman robbed a man of his English bulldog at the same house under similar circumstances. Police believe they can link the dead man and his home to at least three other cases, one of which was an incident where a victim was attempting to sell an iPhone 6.
The pair of robberies come just days after Bud and Jane Runion were murdered after an arranged sale through Craigslist. Their bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds from a small-caliber pistol to their heads. However, 28-year-old Jay Towns has been charged with the murder of the Runions.
As a result of the robberies and murder, Smyrna Police have opened their parking lot to online sellers to use as a safe meeting place through “Operation Safe Sale.” They’re inviting anyone, both buyers and sellers, to meet at headquarters to assure their safety through the transaction.
Police said it’s unlikely that Gonzalez or Burgos will be charged in the shooting incident.
Sadly, while this is a case where a good guy with a gun stopped a bad guy literally dead in his tracks, the mainstream media likely won’t mention the benefits of having a gun for protection. Make sure you share this story with others to show them what the media won’t.