Police in Virginia are charging a smoke shop employee for shooting at masked intruders who were breaking into the store early Sunday.
33-year-old Hamzeh Abushariah was asleep in the back office of Arlington Smoke Shop when he heard loud noises at 4:30 in the morning.
With the clamor waking him, Abushariah grabbed a firearm and encountered three masked individuals inside the shop, robbing the place.
The employee fired three shots in the direction of the thieves, striking one who turned out to be a minor.
Arlington County police arrived, found the underage robber suffering from the gunshot wound and took him to the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.
The other two suspects were able to escape and have yet to be located.
To Abushariah’s surprise, he was charged with “malicious wounding, reckless handling of a firearm and violation of a protective order,” according to a statement from police.
Police also say they are holding Abushariah without bond.
Responding to the arrest of his employee and defending the Second Amendment, Arlington Smoke Shop owner Jowan Zuber made an appearance on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight on Tuesday.
“We thought we’re in the right. Three masked men at 4:30 on a Sunday morning,” Zuber explained to Tucker. “This is very sad for America today, as American citizens practicing the Second Amendment to protect the store and the lives.”
Police reportedly asked Abushariah why he didn’t just “run out the back door” when the intruders broke in.
“This [tells] the criminals out there, hey we can rob stuff, kill people, hurt people, and guess what — people have to run out the back door,” Zuber said. “This is mind-boggling!”
Additionally, Zuber argues his employee’s health is in jeopardy due to the spread of COVID-19 in jails and prisons across the country.
Watch the full Tucker Carlson, Jowan Zuber interview below:
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Parisa Dehghani-Tafti is the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church. Parisa was first elected to a four-year term in November 2019. Parisa comes to the office of Commonwealth’s Attorney with a twenty-year record of criminal justice reform as an innocence protection attorney, a public defender, and a law professor.
Years ago I used to live in Silicon Valley. SF had a Police Chief whose name I don't remember but she was well qualified. Her qualifications were that she was a Chinese lesbian with a Masters degree in Sociology which permitted her to understand young criminals. Now police don't arrest people for walking into a store and walking out with less than a thousand dollars worth of merchandise. That is a state law passed by Demoncrap corona-idiots who want open borders. Look at all the Italians dying. Why? Liberal crazies deciding to let as many infected people as possible fly into Italy from Wuhan China.
Enough. There are too many idiots in the Demoncrap party. 41 Demoncrap senators refused to vote to kill a live baby who had survived an attempted abortion.
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Jowan Zuber is not an Irish name is it ??? Were the robbers black ???
EDIT: Abushariah is being held in jail on no bond.
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