On my previous job, I had a client I had to visit not a block from this station. I stopped there several times for coffee, and it was a nice, well-kept location with none of the usual markers or zoology examples that could have tagged it as a dangerous spot populated by the scum of the earth.
The problem is you never know when murderers will come visit anyway.
SMYRNA, Tenn. (WTVF) — A gas station clerk is dead after being shot by a man Tuesday morning.
According to the Smyrna Police Department, officers responded to a report of an attempted armed robbery around 3 a.m. at a Shell Fuel Station on Stonecrest Blvd.
Police determined that a man entered the gas station, displayed a handgun and demanded money from the register. He then proceeded to shoot the clerk before fleeing the store.
Clerk killed in attempted robbery at a Shell gas station in Smyrna (newschannel5.com)
The only person who values your life is yourself. Defend it! Trust nobody. Carry all the time.
This exact same thing happened in my home town a while ago. Robber shot the clerk and killed him after completing the robbery for no reason. Turned out the robber was also on some sort of good behavior/early release program from prison too.
To borrow from Officer Gregg: No one is coming. It’s up to you.