Two siblings are outraged at the shooting death of their brother.
An employee at a Dayton Dollar General gunned him down.
Tragically, 23-year-old Roosevelt Rappley was fired upon inside the store along the 2200 block of North Gettysburg Avenue Wednesday night.
Siblings Rochelle and Tone Rappley are furious.
Rochelle told local Channel 7 the worker had no business having a gun onsite to start with, let alone fatally targeting her brother.
Horribly, Roosevelts the pairs second of ten siblings to perish from gun violence.
[W]rong is wrong. That was wrong for that clerk to shoot my brother in the chest
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Tones in complete shock:
I still dont believe it.
[A]t the end of the day, I dont believe my brothers dead.
[I]t aint kicked in yet. |
Police have confirmed that the employee who was legally allowed to possess a firearm was indeed the gunman.
However, even given the shock of his shooting, Rochelle does grant Roosevelt partial responsibility:
Hes got some responsibility, but not all! |
Reporter Molly Koweek summed it up:
The pair acknowledges that [it] was wrong for Roosevelt Rappley to try and rob the Dollar General
but they say the clerk shouldnt have had a gun at work. |
The worker wasnt the only one packing heat:
Police say
Roosevelt
showed a gun and demanded cash Wednesday. |
From WHIOTV:
In a 911 call, a man told dispatchers that a man with a gun attempted to rob him at the store.
He pointed a gun at me, the caller said. I had a firearm on me. I pulled my firearm and I shot him in self defense.
The caller also said that the suspect shot back, but it is not clear how many shots were fired during the incident.
[Lt. Jason Hall] told dispatchers that there [were] other staff in the store at the time and that the suspect pointed a gun at them as well.
Rochelle appears to believe the store employee was being reprehensibly petty:
Yes, hes robbin yall oh WELL. |
She thinks a little bit of decorum was in order:
Call the police. Thats what yall are supposed to do.