gridlore | I'd love to be on this jury.

Just so I could find the dude not guilty, then take him out for dinner.

Store clerk charged with murder

Alameda County prosecutors filed a murder charge today against a store clerk who allegedly shot and killed a man who had robbed and beaten him moments earlier.

Saleh Homran is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on one count of murder with use of a firearm in the Monday death of Terrell Martin, 19, a neighborhood teen.

"He was not in danger at the time of the shooting," Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers said. "He fired from some distance as they were fleeing. He was clearly not at risk at the time he shot them."

Police said Martin and an accomplice walked into the MA Grocery market at 2401 Foothill Blvd. in Oakland about 10:30 p.m. Monday and began stealing T-shirts.

Homran told police that Martin held him and punched him while the accomplice began taking about 10 shirts. Then both young men fled the building and ran down the street. Homran grabbed a handgun from inside the store and followed them.

"He said he chased after them for about a block and then he shot at them from the distance," Rogers said.

Homran was arrested early Tuesday after giving a statement to homicide investigators and is being held without bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. in Dept. 112 before Judge Trina Stanley.

Police have not located Martin's accomplice.

Calls to the market where Homran works were not returned today.

So, the little creeps bust in, beat the crap out of the guy, steal shit then run away. Injured clerk gets a gun and stops a crime still in progress. One less thug in Oakland, and I'm willing to bet the other ganger-wannabe is scared shitless.

Good for Mr. Homran. We need more people like him.

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Under the law as written, he was in the wrong. In most cases, you're not allowed to shoot at fleeing offenders.

This fact has little to do with the outcome of the trial. The verdict will be based on the truth, which is defined as whatever you can convince twelve citizens of.

this was legal in the state of Texas.

Last time I checked, Texas was still one of only two states that authorized civilians to use deadly force to defend property.

I'd love to be on this jury.

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