Four against two.
To four juveniles in St. Paul, Minnesota, that probably seemed like good odds to pull off an armed robbery.
Unfortunately for a 16-year-old dope-smoking, gun-toting, aspiring thug named Lavauntai Broadbent, his victim selection process was fatally flawed.
See Lavauntai picked a pair of victims where the male half had a concealed carry license, and his victim knew how to use his gun.
So when a masked and gloved up Lavauntai led the charge brandishing a pistol, he got himself shot down like a rabid dog.
His parents submitted this picture to the media.
But here’s a few more recent photographs.
And our favorite:
Of course, the family denies any gang affiliation, despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary.
In May, Broadbent pleaded guilty to third-degree riot/crime committed for the benefit of a gang, according to the Ramsey County attorney’s office. He was sentenced in Dakota County; information about the outcome wasn’t immediately available Monday.
In fact, his family says he was a member of the DINDU NUFFIN clan:
Broadbent’s family regarded him as sweet and funny, but said he had also become “messed up with the wrong crowd,” according to Shawn Distad, a family friend whom Broadbent called “Auntie.”
“He did silly stuff, but nothing to hurt anybody and that’s what’s really confusing about this, if it is true, that he did go to rob somebody,” Distad said Monday. “That’s not his character. He was a loving kid.”
To a second media outlet she elaborated:
Broadbent’s mother, Leeann Broadbent, said Monday that her son didn’t “have that kind of heart” to pull a gun on someone.
Broadbent, who was going into his junior year at Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights, was active in sports and had started getting “in a little trouble here and there, but nothing like this,” his mother said. “If someone pulled a gun on him, he would have dropped [his]” rather than shoot.
The Star-Tribune deleted the following from their story:
“Why did you have to shoot him?” questioned Jose Montez, Broadbent’s brother. “You couldn’t give him a second chance to live?”
And at a community vigil to mark the passing of this violent criminal predator, more drama unfolded, per the Star-Tribune:
He did confirm that on Sunday night, a car drove off the street just before midnight into Shadow Falls Park, where some people had gathered for a vigil for Broadbent. Shots were fired, and the suspects fled on foot because their vehicle had struck a concrete planter. It’s unclear where the shots were fired from, Linders said, but no one was hit.
Four men and a juvenile male were later arrested in connection with the Sunday shooting, which remains under investigation.
In short, good riddance.
This is why it is a good idea to strap on your legally possessed concealed carry gun even though you think you probably won’t need it.
If you didn’t wear your CCW today, or haven’t applied yet, it should serve as a reason why you should.
Bad things can happen to good people.
The only thing that stops bad people with evil in their heart is a good guy with a gun.
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