Hero Sticks up to Mugger, Gets Shot Twice in Arm

OVER-THE-RHINE – A man who was shot after he refused to give another person his beer Thursday night said he doesn’t regret standing up for himself.
“That would be a crime if I just let him  have the beer,” said Sean Owens, 29. “I doubt whether I would have given him the beer or not I would have left unscathed. I absolutely think I made the right decision.”
Police generally advise crime victims – particularly ones being robbed at gunpoint – to hand over whatever the suspect is demanding and not risk being hurt.
But Owens was walking home from work after picking up a few items at a grocery store about 7:15 p.m. Thursday when a man he did not know began following him.
The man trailed him into his apartment building in the 1200 block of Race Street and claimed to live there, too.
Once inside, the suspect demanded Owens’ plastic bag, which was holding a six-pack of beer.
“I refused to give him the beer,” Owens recalled. “I pulled out my phone to call the police. He made a play for the phone. There was a brief scuffle and then he decided to walk away and that’s when he pulled the gun. He shot me twice in the left forearm.”
The suspect took off without the beer.
Owens was treated and is expected to recover.
The incident hasn’t soured him on urban life. He said he loves Cincinnati and has lived downtown and in Over-the-Rhine for nearly 10 years.
“Random acts of violence such as this one can happen to anyone, anywhere, unfortunately,” Owens noted. “Considering all the progress that has been made in the city, I am certainly not going to let one unfortunate act sour me on the area of downtown and Over-the-Rhine and moving forward hopefully.”

I would love to tell you all that this is exactly how your boy would act in this situation, but as hard as this is to believe, the RBG would have given up his sixer of Heineken by the time this robber said "Give..." I'd have so much piss running down my leg the tenants downstairs would think my water heater exploded. And you know what? That is the exact play in this situation. I'd rather give up my six pack of beer than keep it and have two fucking holes in my forearm 764 times out of a hundred. Way to be a hero, bro and not give up your $6 worth of beer in exchange for $25,000 in medical bills. Run the math a little bit next time before you decide to be Billy Badass and stand up to the local gang bangers.