Isabel's blog

There was an armed robbery at 450 Stanley Street last night. Two men wearing ski masks entered the store. One of them held a gun on the owner, Barney Joseph, Jr., while the other removed $382.65 from the cash register. The men left in a car parked at the curb in front of the store with its motor running.

Joseph kept a pistol under the counter but decided not to use it. He told the police the robbery was over in less than a minute. He said, “I could have reached for the gun, but felt it unwise.”

This could be because 25 years ago the same happened to his dad in the same store. Only with a different end because his dad pulled out the gun. Joseph says, “Yes, Dad resisted, I guess. Anyway, they found him shot to death with his own gun in his hand, and a bullet in the store’s ceiling. I’d rather part with my money than my life.”