INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indianapolis police say a 54-year-old mailman was shot in the face when he attempted to stop a bank robber fleeing the scene of the crime.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Lt. Jeffrey Duhamell said letter carrier Robert Norman was in stable condition after his attempt to capture the bank robber ended with a gunshot wound, The Indianapolis Star said Friday.
"He knew a robbery was taking place," Duhamell said of the brave citizen. "He came around the corner as the robber came out of the bank."
Police arrested a 42-year-old suspect, identified as Brook Abebe, an immigrant from Ethiopia, following a short police chase.
Abebe, who is in custody at an area hospital, faces charges of attempted murder, robbery and carrying a handgun without a license.
Kim Yates, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service in Indianapolis, expressed support for the injured Norman.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family," Yates told the Star. "We're wishing for his speedy recovery."
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This is very bad.
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:52 pm
If I recall it correctly, the name "BROOK" has had something to do with another "bank robbery" in the VA area some months ago. Is he the same guy again? What a waste of talent no matter how little he possesses!!!
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
They should throw his 'balegie' ass behind the slammer and throw away the keys. He should rot in jail and hell.
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
As far as I know we Ethiopians are working hard to have a better future once we step our feet on the western soil and we are well known for that by our host countries. But sadly we still own some dirty compatriots who are trying to defame the the good name of our community by trying to do something impossible.You know what,he deserves to be rotten behind bars and then send him back to where he came from.
We shouldn't shed tears for people like him.
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I can't emphasize enough on the fact that we Ethiopians are in deep hole and that we really need a serious change on the way we live. I can tell you that we haven't seen nothing yet. This amazing Habesha mind is going to be creative and distractive in the most unimaginable way. This is the time to come together and do something about it or we will be doomed. Kids are really growing in this U.S.A. unattended and parents are busy accumulating material. Is there a better investment than giving your child a great life.
July 4th, 2009 at 12:43 am
It is very sad and shameful to see brother Ethiopian involved in this kind of cheap racket. May almighty god forgive him and help him to forgive himself.
July 4th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
send his A@# to kaliti prison.
July 4th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Folks, Waite a minute now,,,
What ever happened to justice?
How can you be sure the man committed a crime, with out having seen or hearing the evidence?
After all, a man is innocent until proven guilty in court of law, but nearly all of you, already sentenced the man, with out even finding out the whole story or seen the evidence.
All of you need to be more careful when ever you read "the free press of the Western media" or the accusation of a police, before you end up a victim of the system, falsely accused, arrested, prosecuted, lynched or gassed to death, by the very system that's prosecuting Brook Abebe & millions like Brook Abebe.
Be careful what you pray for, you might get it.
"Those who fail to remember history are condemened to repeat it". Winston Churchel
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July 15th, 2009 at 8:59 pm