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ParaTransit driver shot thief
in defense
Follow-up story ran here
on February 16, 2001 as:
Wounded, he's guilty in robbery
ParaTransit driver shot thief in defense
PHILADELPHIA -- Emanuel Glover, 40, a ParaTransit driver, has a license to carry
a gun.
He wants the weapon for protection.
On Dec. 1, 1999, he used it.
The gun may have saved his life, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Malone said
yesterday.
Glover shot and wounded an angry robber as he was being led at gunpoint into a
dark, vacant lot on Tioga Street near 15th, said Malone.
James Marshall, 18, of 18th Street near Rockland, was later arrested after he
checked himself into Temple University Hospital with a gunshot wound to his
buttocks.
Glover's automatic bank teller card was found in one of Marshall's pockets,
Malone said.
After a jury heard the case, Marshall was convicted of robbery and conspiracy
charges.
Common Pleas Judge Eugene E. J. Maier committed Marshall to prison to await
sentencing in April.
Marshall did not testify.
His lawyer had filed an alibi notice before trial, claiming Marshall had been
shot at 6th Street and Allegheny Avenue, but didn't produce any evidence of that
during the case.
Malone said Marshall was with an unknown accomplice when they approached Glover
at 8:15 p.m. at Broad and Tioga streets.
Marshall pointed a gun at Glover and snapped, "You know what this is, give
it up."
When the robbers realized that Glover had only $5, "they got really upset
and started screaming at me," he said.
"Come on, you're taking a walk with us," one said.
"I thought they were going to kill me," said Glover. "They
already had everything I had."
So he decided to pull out his gun and begin shooting.
Marshall staggered to a getaway car, and the two bandits drove away.
"Mr. Glover acted in self-defense," said Malone. "He only used
his gun when he felt his life was in peril. This is why we offer people licenses
to carry guns. This gun not only saved his life, but it assured us that we were
going to catch the person who robbed him."
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