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SHIELDS VS. SHIELDS
2000 Darwin Award Nominee (Unconfirmed)
December 2000, Missouri | A Kansas City police officer was in
the Flamingo bar, waiting to see some friends play in a band.
He had only just arrived when a man ran into the bar and announced
that he'd been robbed in the parking lot, and so had another man!
The officer elicited the details, called for backup, and rushed
outside, assuming the villian would be long gone. To his surprise,
the suspect was still sitting in the pickup truck he had just car-
jacked. The officer approached the man, coincidentally named Shields,
with his gun and HIS shield drawn for identification.
It turned out that Mr. Shields had car-jacked a pickup with a manual
transmission, but he didn't know how to drive a stick shift. He tried
to flee, but the grinding of gears indicated that he was having trouble
putting the pickup into reverse. The officer pulled the incompetent
criminal from the immobile car.
Mr. Shields challenged the cop to a gun fight... and was quickly
dispatched by five rounds fired by the officer. A check of the
perpetrator's gun revealed it was fully loaded, except for
the most important round: the one in the chamber.
The morals of the story are: If you are going to steal a car,
know how to drive a stick shift; and if you are going to challenge
a police officer to a duel, make sure to load your weapon.
(Reference: Kansas City Star)
2000 Darwin Award Nominee (Unconfirmed)
December 2000, Missouri | A Kansas City police officer was in
the Flamingo bar, waiting to see some friends play in a band.
He had only just arrived when a man ran into the bar and announced
that he'd been robbed in the parking lot, and so had another man!
The officer elicited the details, called for backup, and rushed
outside, assuming the villian would be long gone. To his surprise,
the suspect was still sitting in the pickup truck he had just car-
jacked. The officer approached the man, coincidentally named Shields,
with his gun and HIS shield drawn for identification.
It turned out that Mr. Shields had car-jacked a pickup with a manual
transmission, but he didn't know how to drive a stick shift. He tried
to flee, but the grinding of gears indicated that he was having trouble
putting the pickup into reverse. The officer pulled the incompetent
criminal from the immobile car.
Mr. Shields challenged the cop to a gun fight... and was quickly
dispatched by five rounds fired by the officer. A check of the
perpetrator's gun revealed it was fully loaded, except for
the most important round: the one in the chamber.
The morals of the story are: If you are going to steal a car,
know how to drive a stick shift; and if you are going to challenge
a police officer to a duel, make sure to load your weapon.
(Reference: Kansas City Star)
