Man Caught Stripping Copper from Strip Club Shot Dead in East St. Louis
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Ohio
Police in East St. Louis say Travis Heard, 33, was on the roof of the Colony II Theatre and Cocktails strip club around 5 a.m. this morning when he was confronted by the club's owner.
​Heard was reportedly ordered off the roof at gunpoint and escorted inside the building. The club owner called police around 5:30 a.m. to report the attempted theft, but by the time authorities arrived to the scene Heard was dead.
The owner -- described as a "elderly man" -- told police that Heard tried to flee and he shot him. Police followed a trail of blood some 75 feet from the club, where Heard's body was found lying in the weeds.
Heard's family tells the Belleville News-Democrat that he was addicted to drugs.
"He had a drug problem, but that was no reason to kill him. He was not a trouble maker; he was just on drugs," said cousin, Bernard Heard.
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​Heard was reportedly ordered off the roof at gunpoint and escorted inside the building. The club owner called police around 5:30 a.m. to report the attempted theft, but by the time authorities arrived to the scene Heard was dead.
The owner -- described as a "elderly man" -- told police that Heard tried to flee and he shot him. Police followed a trail of blood some 75 feet from the club, where Heard's body was found lying in the weeds.
Heard's family tells the Belleville News-Democrat that he was addicted to drugs.
"He had a drug problem, but that was no reason to kill him. He was not a trouble maker; he was just on drugs," said cousin, Bernard Heard.
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrf…
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If that was Texas, it would be an open and shut case. Come on the property and steal, you damn well will hear "BANG !!", and maybe nothing else.
I remember one time I was at Arby's and used the urinal there. When I flushed it started to flood...I reported it to a staff member and she said "must be those copper thefts again"
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Nice denial of reality there. I am sure the guy who kicked down my door wasn't a trouble maker he was "just on drugs" too.
Without the police presence, everything will become a capital punishment offense.
Copper sells now for a little more than $3/pound. I dunno if scrap copper is a worth a lil less though.
The old man has been trying to sell the club for a few years now and retire. I get the feeling his retirement will be spend in Joliet.
Bee