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Louisiana Man Shot After Jumping Into Delivery Truck, Ruled Self-Defense
Brandon Curtis
ALEXANDRIA, LA (4-minute read) — Alexandria police say a confrontation on Marthas Drive ended when a delivery driver used his firearm to protect himself, and investigators believe it may be part of a larger story that began more than a month earlier.According to the Alexandria Police Department, officers were called around 4:20 in the afternoon on December 15 to the 5900 block of Marthas Drive. When they arrived, they found thirty one year old Avery Lewis suffering from a gunshot wound. Detectives say Lewis had jumped into a parked delivery truck in a threatening way, causing the driver, identified as Robin Volson, to fear for his safety. Volson fired his firearm during the confrontation and then called the police to report what happened.
Lewis was described as moderately injured and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police have not released additional details about his exact condition, but they did emphasize that this was not a random act on the street. Instead, they believe it is connected to a deadly home invasion that took place weeks earlier.
On November 8, a home on Henry Street was reportedly targeted in a break in that was investigated by the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office. During that incident, the resident, again identified as Robin Volson, used a firearm to stop the intruder. The man who entered the home, Devante Thomas, was shot and did not survive. Investigators later learned that Lewis and Thomas knew each other, which raised concerns that the Marthas Drive encounter could have been motivated by revenge.
Police say the working theory is that the December incident may have been driven by retaliation linked to the Henry Street home invasion.
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So it was Mr. Volson’s fault for protecting his home. Or Mr. Thomas’ for getting shot? Criminal motivations and thought processes can be difficult to understand.
People notice if you are black. People notice if you are female. We are certainly not either colorblind or gender-blind in this country, so I’m not suggesting that it isn’t a factor. But I think in the final analysis, people will take a look at the positions, and they’ll take a look at the issues.
Condoleezza Rice
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I’m out that way every so often, but didn’t recognize the street. Makes sense, it’s a residential area and we don’t deliver to or pick up from those. It’s right around the corner from a few regular stops. My delivery truck is pretty hard to just jump into, though.
It sure doesn’t sound like coincidence. I guess Lewis thought that Volson would be an easier target while working. Glad we’re not the only ones packing while working routes.
As soon as I saw the above pic of the M-1 Garand, my right thumb started to throb. Their should be a ribbon for us members of the Brotherhood of the M-1 thumb.
I wouldn’t thumb my nose at that idea.
If you had an M-1 thumb, the nose thumb would be out of the question unless you used your other thumb unless you do the Stan Laurel routine by sitting on a chair and hit each upper thigh 2 or three times and one hand grabs the nose and the other hand grabs the ear and then you switch hands and and reverse the same thing. I don’t remember the movie he was in when I watched it. I tried it and it’s like coordition thing with the hands.
One of my most favorite of rifles. I did pay attention to a couple old timers and used the palm block method on the op rod so I never got my thumb caught. Great rifle and tons of history.
We had all the WW2 small arms onboard our ship and thats where it happened. When I was separated in Nov of 1966, I went into inactive Navy reserve and on weekends, we used to go up to Camp smith in NY State for weapons Quals. Had a great time fireing the Garand and working the pit waving the red Maggie draws flag at the misses……
I used the bottom edge palm when charging the op rod but let it go to soon.
I guess Mr Lewis never heard of “revenge is a dish best served cold”, when he went in “hot” into Mr Volson’s vehicle.
Now Mr Lewis can consider being thankful that he’s not in the same circumstances as his (former) partner Mr Thomas. That is, if he thinks at all.
We used M1 Garands in Jr-ROTC drill squad.
I listened to the Sgt and managed to never catch my thumb.
Dad had a story of when he was in Jr-ROTC during WWII. They had a routine where they’d take the rifle to port arms, open the breech, look for a round, close the breech, and pull the trigger to show empty.
He snuck a blank into the mag of a guy in the rank in front of him.
The guy did the head-nod “look”, closed the breech, pulled the trigger, and caused quite a commotion when it went “bang.”
IIRC the never did pin that on Dad. They probably suspected, but…
There was a reason Dad got busted to buck Private several times during the war.