Robbed the wrong man...

[Alamo]

Vidoe at the link, I don't know how to embed it here. I have no background info on the incident itself except what appears in the caption I used for the thread title. The tumblr account it is hosted on is by a guy who apparently works, or has worked, with the Mexican police in fighting the drug cartels in Mexico, and he runs knife-fighting and escape seminars as well. It would not surprise me if the video is from a Mexican bank or similar institution.

I like how the would-be victim distracts the robber by dropping all his stuff and camouflages his draw by walking behind the woman standing there.

Robbed the wrong man?

 

[ajeandy]

What did the perp do it him? It looks like he patted him on the back of the head? I didn't see a weapon or anything?

 

[OWGEM]

Gun in right hand.

 

[Alamo]

What did the perp do it him? It looks like he patted him on the back of the head? I didn't see a weapon or anything?

If you stop the action at 0:03 and look carefully, you will see a (what I believe to be a) gun in the right hand of the guy in the blue shirt who just walked up. He's pointing it at the guy in the black shirt. Notice that blue shirt keeps his elbow bent and holds his right arm still, doesn't use his right hand to pick up the stuff on the floor. That also makes me thing he is holding a gun in his right hand.

ETA: You can also see it at about 0:19.

 

[PRasko]

If you look closely, when the perp first walks to the right of the man, he has a revolver in his hands.

 

[ajeandy]

Yeah I see now, but I don't get why everyone else just looks at them like nothing is happening. It even looks like one of the girls is smiling or laughing. The other people don't do **** until gunshots start happening.

 

[cosermann]

Great example of how distraction and a concealed draw can beat an already drawn gun. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Alamo]

Yeah I see now, but I don't get why everyone else just looks at them like nothing is happening. It even looks like one of the girls is smiling or laughing. The other people don't do **** until gunshots start happening.

I think they just did not "see" what was happening -- too focused on what they were doing, not on what others were doing. It's like this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfA3ivLK_tE

 

[cosermann]

I counted 3 shots by the good guy. Couldn't tell if the bad guy got off any. Might have been 3 to 0. fwiw.

 

[ajeandy]

Pretty sure I saw a muzzle flash from his revolver.

 

[dusty88]

I'm amazed that the others were so distracted that seemingly NOBODY knew what was going on or even who the good guy was. They were all down and looking afraid of the shooter.

 

[ajeandy]

Dude in the zebra shorts definitely is seeing what's going on as well as the lady in the purple top. They just don't give 2 craps until someone starts shooting.

 

[The Bubba Effect]

What did the perp do it him? It looks like he patted him on the back of the head? I didn't see a weapon or anything?

It looks like the robber pointed a handgun at the victim and then took a set of headphones off of the victim, then picked up the victim's stuff off the floor.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Great example of how distraction and a concealed draw can beat an already drawn gun. Thanks for sharing.

If only someone taught that sort of...oh, right.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Yeah I see now, but I don't get why everyone else just looks at them like nothing is happening. It even looks like one of the girls is smiling or laughing. The other people don't do **** until gunshots start happening.

See? Probably. Perceive? Probably not.

 

[voidsherpa]

If the robber took a misplaced shot and missed hitting another person, are you at all liable?

 

[jblomenberg16]

Looks like after the threat goes down he perceives another potential thread and moves to that target, then back to the original threat.

Good thing he added that kick for good measure at the end.

 

[dusty88]

Looks like after the threat goes down he perceives another potential thread and moves to that target, then back to the original threat.

Good thing he added that kick for good measure at the end.

I thought perhaps the kick was to get the gun away from the perp's reach

 

[jblomenberg16]

I thought perhaps the kick was to get the gun away from the perp's reach

Yeah, looks like he does it earlier to sweep the gun away. The last one looked like a good kick to the gut / groin.

 

[Robert Richardson]

Looks good to me, job well done.