Community Shaken Over Deadly Police Shootout

High Speed Chase Pascagoula Road A Mobile County community still on edge over a police shootout. One business owner wants to beef up security.

by Diana Lucio

Published: Fri, July 24, 2009 - 9:08 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, July 24, 2009 - 9:16 pm CST

Crime scenes around Tillmans Corner are becoming all too familiar for Terrie Atchison.
"There's a lot of people that lock their doors after 7 o'clock and won't let anybody in,"Said the store clerk.
She bought a can of mace last night to protect her mother's clothing store off Old Pascagoula Road.

From watching police swarm the area during yesterday's officer involved shooting, to a deadly robbery at the Cash and Dash just three months ago, she says Tillmans Corner is anything but safe.
"We're actually thinking about getting a firearm to have behind the counter, for the simple fact that that's the only thing that saved the man from the Cash and Dash."

On Wednesday, Atchison says 3 women came in to her store and shoplifted. Surveillance video shows a woman turning her back to the camera while placing a garment in her bag.
"The alarm went off, I chased them out to the car and after they finally gave me one of the outfits back I come back and look at the camera, they still had 4 more,"Said Atchison.

Despite the recent number of crimes in the area, Terry Boylston doesn't think it's anything out of the ordinary.
"I've lived here for about 4 years and I ain't had any problems as far as anyone approaching me or trying to shoot at me or anything like that."
Neither has Atchison, but after watching it happen right next door she believes she could be next.

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justme Says:

Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:54 pm

leave it to reporters talking to [6] people and the community is shaken with fear and then they give no hints how to protect yourself.

Night Owl Says:

Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 1:17 pm

The perpertrator’s pistol looked very real to me. In some circumstances air guns can injure or kill someone.

I wonder how people would feel if he had run into the daycare with that weapon.

He shouldn’t have robbed the bank in the first place, he should have stopped when the MPD told him to, and he should not have pointed his weapon at them.

Case closed.

STUNNER365 Says:

Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:23 pm

jmorgan its a good thing police wasnt “15 minns out” when this incident happened huh, that robber would have still been roaming the streets terrorizin the community, i think you should give MPD props for removing this predator from society. he chose hisown destiny, he lived by the gun and died by the gun1

Rusty Says:

Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 4:26 am

Please lady if going to get a gun go somewhere and learn how to use it properly or you will only get yourself and others killed.

jmorganal Says:

Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 3:00 am

Yes, when seconds count, the police are only fifteen minutes away.