County Commissioner Faces Down Alleged Killer
Knox County Commissioner and Knoxville, Tennessee, car dealer Greg "Lumpy" Lambert says he grew suspicious Saturday when a young customer didn't haggle over the price of a 2005 Ford Focus. His suspicion was well-founded.
The young man didn't ask for a mechanical inspection, either. He told Lambert he had $12,000 in cash and was ready to buy the car.
Lambert says he prepared paperwork on the car and the man then pulled a .25-caliber handgun from his pocket, apparently to rob him. Lambert, who has a license to carry a concealed weapon and who practices how to fast draw, pulled his own .380 caliber and the two were pointing weapons at each other for a tense moment.
The commissioner says he told the man to put down his gun and the man said he didn't want any trouble.
The suspect fled on foot and police later arrested 19-year-old Kane Stackhouse on an attempted robbery charge. On Monday, Stackhouse was charged with murder in the shooting death of another man just 10 hours before his gun-to-gun encounter with Lambert.
At the time of the attempted robbery, Lambert was wearing a baseball cap that read, "Friends of the NRA." He says the would-be robber never asked for money or made demands -- but then, he didn't get much of a chance to.
The young man didn't ask for a mechanical inspection, either. He told Lambert he had $12,000 in cash and was ready to buy the car.
Lambert says he prepared paperwork on the car and the man then pulled a .25-caliber handgun from his pocket, apparently to rob him. Lambert, who has a license to carry a concealed weapon and who practices how to fast draw, pulled his own .380 caliber and the two were pointing weapons at each other for a tense moment.
The commissioner says he told the man to put down his gun and the man said he didn't want any trouble.
The suspect fled on foot and police later arrested 19-year-old Kane Stackhouse on an attempted robbery charge. On Monday, Stackhouse was charged with murder in the shooting death of another man just 10 hours before his gun-to-gun encounter with Lambert.
At the time of the attempted robbery, Lambert was wearing a baseball cap that read, "Friends of the NRA." He says the would-be robber never asked for money or made demands -- but then, he didn't get much of a chance to.
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