2 suspects dead, 2 injured after 72-year-old shopkeeper opens fire in N.Y.


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Less than 24 hours after a deadly showdown at the shop worthy of a Clint Eastwood script, Charles "Gus" Augusto Jr. entered his store — oblivious of the inscription taken from Dante's "Inferno."

The 72-year-old wholesaler of commercial restaurant equipment had been up all night, questioned by police about how he'd drawn a shotgun and killed two of four armed robbery suspects who entered his Kaplan Brothers Blue Flame store Thursday afternoon.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32426383/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

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vigilante ‘

* Main Entry: vig·i·lan·te
* Pronunciation: \ˌvi-jə-ˈlan-tē\
* Function: noun
* Etymology: Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans
* Date: 1856

: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigilante
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sensationalism in journalism at its best

since when is defending yourself vigilantism

too bad he didnt get all 4 of em...

exactly

That man is a hero in my book. Which only proves you do not mess with old people!