From Raleigh‘s News14.com of July 13, 2006
Durham store owner breaks up robbery to save friend
On Wednesday evening, David Baum was standing next to his car in the parking lot of David Lineberry's jewelry store, talking on his cell phone, when he saw two men approaching.
"The one in front, the bigger one," remembers David Baum, "had a gun, already out."
Police say the man with a gun was 24-year-old Rashad Rogers. Baum says Rogers demanded his wallet, and when Rogers saw it did not have any cash in it, Rogers threatened him.
Baum recalls, "He said, 'Aw, cuz,' he goes, 'I'm going to have to kill you.'"
Meanwhile, David Lineberry was sitting in his office. He looked out the window and saw what was happening.
"As they were approaching him," David Lineberry explained, "I see a weapon being produced. I immediately grabbed my weapon and proceeded outside."
Lineberry fired three shots at the suspect, who he says had pointed his gun at him. The suspect ran. Soon after, Durham Police, with the help of a K-9 named Sherlock, tracked down Rashad Rogers in a nearby apartment complex.
Baum credits Lineberry for saving his life. "There was no doubt in my mind this was it. If [David] hadn't come out, that was it."
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