Armed robber shot dead at McDonald's in Sunland
A retired Burbank police officer shot and killed an armed robber Friday at a McDonald's in Sunland, Los Angeles police said.
The shooting occurred around 10:47 a.m. when an armed man walked into the restaurant on Foothill Boulevard and attempted to rob the clerks at gunpoint, said Officer Greg Baek of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The retired Burbank officer then fatally shot the robber, Baek said.
Los Angeles police detectives were investigating.
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-- Richard Winton
Photo: A robbery suspect was shot and killed by a retired officer at a McDonalds's restaurant Friday. Credit: KTLA-TV
EDITOR'S PICKS:
Gnarly, dude!
Posted by: geroguy | March 18, 2011 at 05:24 PM
another 'problem' solved at minimum expense!
Posted by: pablo | March 18, 2011 at 05:46 PM
To Richard the author of this story:
Just love how you put pro cops comments on here but when someones criticizes the police you wont post those comments, what a true journalist you are. On top of that, you cant post my comment but you will post a bunch of comments celebrating someones death. Thanks for the censorship!
Posted by: Nopeace | March 18, 2011 at 05:53 PM
good job! 1 bad person out of the streets
Posted by: irving | March 18, 2011 at 06:09 PM
YAYYYYY
Posted by: lagtat | March 18, 2011 at 06:22 PM
Wooo hooo! Saved California big money:
1-Pre-Trial motions $250,000
2-Trial & Hearings $500,000
3-Appeals & motions $250,00
4-$80,000 per year from the start, say 15 years = $1.2 million
5- A 25cents bullet saved the State $2.2 million!
6-Chinese/Russian style of dealing with Felons!
Thank you retired LEO! Thank you!!!
Posted by: repo4sale | March 18, 2011 at 06:23 PM
Francis, stop jaywalking and rolling through stop signs, genius.
Posted by: nyu1232 | March 18, 2011 at 06:36 PM
Good work.
Posted by: Paralegal Los Angeles | March 18, 2011 at 06:57 PM
I am pleased to see that the slag didn't survive to sue McDonald's. Oh, he would have wanted to sue the retired cop, too, but McD's has deep pockets.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Posted by: James P | March 18, 2011 at 07:16 PM
once an officer always an officer. I understand he went through his whole career and never killed anyone. This is the first person. But at least he probably saved a few lives today. Thank you sir for being in the right place at the right time.
Posted by: tipar | March 18, 2011 at 07:40 PM
The officer did what he had to do but don't think(as some Yahoos posting here most likely do) that he relished the thought of having killed this robber. If he did, he'd be a psychopath himself.
Posted by: Onboard Skeptic | March 18, 2011 at 08:48 PM
Awesome. We need to let these thugs know that Sunland -Tujunga is off limits to low lifes
Posted by: LAUSD teacher | March 18, 2011 at 11:04 PM
i live right there and i go to school there too
what a crazy day
Posted by: Nyck A. | March 19, 2011 at 01:45 AM
I am glad that no innocent bystanders got seriously hurt, and that the officer was there. I hope the officer is okay, since it seems like the the law protects criminals, better than the innocent people. Really criminals have more rights these days. I called in a robbery and the officer told me that it was a crime of opportunity and that nothing would be done. I hope the officer that shoot the robber is going to be okay. Tujunga/Sunland seems to have a real meth/drug problem and these addicts are out of control. This area need some serious law enforcement.
Posted by: moe west | March 19, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Go Burbank! Thank you for keeping people safe!
Posted by: Tina | March 20, 2011 at 02:11 PM
One less predator to steal from the honest man to support their stupid drug habits
Posted by: Spurwing Plover | March 28, 2011 at 01:34 PM