After church band practice,
a young man decided to stop at a large supermarket with two
friends. While his two companions went into the store to shop,
the young man sat in his late model luxury car on the parking
lot. Four gang members wearing yellow bandannas covering their
faces had been wandering around the parking lot for more than
30 minutes, looking for cars to steal. Two of the gang members
eventually approached the young man and, at gunpoint, ordered
him out of his car. After taking his keys, they shot the young
man. He died hours later at a local hospital. The store owners
argued that they could not have prevented the murder and,
in fact, it had guards outside who simply were unable to see
the murderers wandering the parking lot at all. During our
investigation, we learned that the murderers had attempted
to car-jack two other shoppers as they wore the masks on their
faces. The first of these attempted car-jackings occurred
only 30 feet from where the guards were supposed to be stationed.
This particularly lucky shopper saw the men approach with
masks on and with a gun and sped out of the lot as fast as
he could, making significant noise with his tires. Nonetheless,
the guards said they saw nothing and heard no car exit the
lot. |
