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Man Shot Meeting to sell snakes

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Just saw this pop up locally, a reminder to know what your getting into when meeting someone to sell pricy animals.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/delco/Botched-snake-deal.html

Delaware County authorities are searching for a man from New York City who apparently pulled a gun and shot a guy from Doylestown this afternoon during a botched snake deal in a Ridley Township parking lot......
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wow that is crazy

here is the full text from the story:

Drug-deal shootings are so passé. Let's introduce some cold-blooded reptiles into the equation, shall we?

Here goes: Delaware County authorities are searching for a man from New York City who apparently pulled a gun and shot a guy from Doylestown this afternoon during a botched snake deal in a Ridley Township parking lot.

Details are still sketchy, but Ridley Police Detective Lt. Scott Willoughby says the Doylestown man is in stable condition at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. He apparently brought 20 ball pythons to the Woodlyn Shopping Center parking lot, where he was going to sell the snakes to the New York man for $12,000.

"It ends up the guy that was supposed to buy the snakes shoots him," Willoughby said. "I don't know if he was going to shoot him and take the snakes. Who knows what happened."

The men's names have not been released. The shooter – described as a black male, dressed in black, probably in his early 20s – threw a Smith & Wesson .357 revolver and a Beretta 9mm in the woods, then ditched a car at 2nd and Edgewood.

The snakes are currently in two boxes in Willoughby's office. Or so he believes.

"Supposedly, there are 20 ball pythons in there," he said. Asked if he has peeked inside, Willoughby instantly replied with two words. The first isn't printable, the second is, "No."

"I don't like snakes," he added. "They're going to stay sealed until we figure out what to do with them."

Anyone with info about the shooting can call 610-532-4000.

UPDATE: Police say the gunman stole the snake dealer's Toyota Rav 4 with the snakes in it and crashed it into a pole. That's why he had to flee on foot. Cops are fairly certain that he is the guy who was supposed to buy the snakes, but they cannot be sure. Apparently, the shooter didn't identify himself to the Doylestown man, so there is a slim possibility that this was just a random carjacking that happened before the prearranged snake deal.

So if you were supposed to buy 20 pythons in a parking lot today but the guy wasn't there, call Ridley police and help them solve this shooting
 
AbsoluteApril said:
The snakes are currently in two boxes in Willoughby's office. Or so he believes.
"Supposedly, there are 20 ball pythons in there," he said. Asked if he has peeked inside, Willoughby instantly replied with two words. The first isn't printable, the second is, "No."
"I don't like snakes," he added. "They're going to stay sealed until we figure out what to do with them."
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Another idiot!
There really should be a death penalty for ignorance and stupidity.
 
Anyone local to the area that can give the police department some advice or help caring for the animals while they are in evidence?

I dont like the part

"I don't like snakes," he added. "They're going to stay sealed until we figure out what to do with them."
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I dont like how that part sounds....
 
Seriously??!! Not one person could be found to open the box??!! There are thousands of people right here who would open the box. Maybe the guy in stable condition could call someone. If you had $20K worth of snakes in a box, and were in stable condition, wouldn't you make sure someone opened it? Not to minimize the shooting, but this can't be the straight story. In a public place, there should be plenty of witnesses. Unless it was a quiet, out-of-way lot, which is a stupid place to meet with $20K worth of anything. I don't know...

Noelle
 
News scanners World Wide are set on stun regarding anything "Python"
It will likely shake out as a drug deal gone bad,what thief runs and leaves the loot?
What would be really cool is if they opened the box and found some dope hidden under them,just like the old days :dgrin:

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I'm still curious if the shooter was the buyer, or just a car thief that would up with the BP's in the back seat. Also did he ditch the car while being chased? Or just ditched it in general?
 
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