SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2016
Today We Honor Retired Marine and former Pan Am/Delta Pilot John Lovell

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Retired Marine is Top Gun at Subway Sandwich Shop

Police in Plantation, Florida were called to investigate an attempted armed robbery: The 71-year-old retired Marine who opened fire on two robbers at a Subway sandwich shop, killing one and critically wounding the other, was described as John Lovell, a former helicopter pilot for two presidents. He didn’t drink, he didn’t smoke, and he worked out every day. Mr. Lovell was a man of action.

According to Plantation police, two masked gunmen came into the Subway at 1949 North Pine Road just after 11 p.m. There was a lone diner, Mr. Lovell, who was finishing his meal. After robbing the cashier, the two men attempted to shove Mr. Lovell into a bathroom and rob him as well. They got his money, but then Mr. Lovell pulled his handgun and opened fire. He shot one of the thieves in the head and chest and the other in the head.

When police arrived, they found one of the men in the shop, K-9 Units found the other in the bushes of a nearby business. They also found cash strewn around the front of the sandwich shop according to Detective Robert Rettig of the Plantation Police Department.

Both men were taken to the Broward General Medical Center, where one, Donicio Arrindell, 22, of North Lauderdale died. The other, 21-year-old Frederick Gadson of Fort Lauderdale was in critical but stable condition

Mr. Lovell was a pilot in the Marine Corps, flying former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He later worked as a pilot for Pan Am and Delta Airlines.

He was not expected to be charged authorities said. ”He was in fear for his life,” Detective Rettig said, “These criminals ought to realize that most men in their 70s have military backgrounds and aren’t intimidated by idiots.”

Something tells us this old Marine wasn’t ‘in fear for his life’, even though his life was definitely at risk. The only thing he could be charged with is participating in an unfair fight. One 71-year young Marine against two punks. Two head shots and one center body mass shot.

Outstanding shooting, Marine. That’ll teach them not to get between a Marine and his meal

Florida law allows eligible citizens to carry a concealed weapon. Don’t you just love a story with a happy ending?

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