FL - Man shoots armed robber at ATM.

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WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – A man turned the tables on his would-be robber while he was pulling out cash at an ATM, police said.

Winter Garden Police said the victim was at the Wachovia ATM at 801 S. Dillard St. early Friday morning when he was approached by a man with a gun.

The victim, who has a concealed weapons permit, pulled out a gun of his own and opened fire at the robber, identified as Tommie R. Ward, while he was being shot at himself, according to police.

Ward, 18, was shot three times and fled the scene with two other people, police said.

Police said officers caught up with the Ward’s vehicle about a mile away where he crashed the car.

Ward was taken into custody and transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, police said. He is in stable condition.

Another man who was in the car, Patrick White, 19, was also arrested. One other person escaped into some nearby woods.

Police said at this time the man who shot the robbery suspect faces no charges.

Always be vigilant. Multiple hits on target do not always stop the threat.

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Thankfully FL (and GA) passed a law a few years ago that allow you to meet force with force if you’re anywhere you have a legal right to be. In other words you no longer have any legal obligation to retreat from an attacker.

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This is minutes from my residence. Downtown Winter Garden is beautiful place to be. Which my family frequents. We ride the West Orange Trail to down town. I’m sad to say I feel the need to be armed even as we ride our bikes down or walk. But society is what it is. I’m pleased it worked out in favor of the victim.

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Robbing other deadbeats in their own hood is not very lucrative. You have to go where the money is…

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That’s precisely what I was thinking. How many of these stories end in ‘the suspect ran away and was apprehended later by police’ regardless of having multiple GSWs? Lots of them.