By C.J. Gardner, John Elizondo
Dec 20, 2013
MARLIN - Police are investigating an attempted robbery-turned-shootout at a Marlin used car lot Friday morning.
According to Marlin police, the attempted robbery occurred at Mitchell’s Falls County Cars about 7:15 a.m. Friday morning. The business is located on Williams Street, near the courthouse in Marlin.
There are just some people you don’t want to mess with…
The owner of the used car dealership, Jimmy Mitchell, says the suspect walked into his business and demanded a specific bag of money. Mitchell says this isn’t first time the suspect tried to steal from him, so he tried to calm the thief down.
“I called him by name, who I recognized him to be. And told him ‘This was b.s., don’t be doing this. I tried to talk him down,’” Mitchell said.
He then fired two shots at the owner, but missed with both shots. Mitchell yelled back at the suspect before agreeing to his demands.
“[He] walks up to my desk, holds up a gun right between my eyes and says ‘gimme the money bag.’ I said ‘No I changed my mind. Just go ahead and kill me. Just kill me. I am not going to give you the money bag,’” Mitchell said.
The suspect got angry and called for one of Mitchell’s friends to help him out. That’s when Mitchell decided to make his move.