It’s unknown if Crayton “Big Wes” West was looking for more than cold cash during a KFC robbery Sunday evening, but he found some hot lead delivered PDQ after a police sergeant was alerted to the robbery.  Yes, Big Wes met his match – and his maker – when he pointed his gun at a cop.

Local “activists”, hanging around after a MLK holiday parade, heard of the incident and rallied across the street from where the black thug died, his pockets stuffed with ill-gotten cash he would never live to spend.

Fast-food robber killed by St. Louis police had history of holdups in mid 80s

ST. LOUIS (Post-Dispatch) • The man police shot and killed Sunday during an armed robbery at a fast-food restaurant had a history of such robberies as well as sodomy, according to court records.

Sources identified the man as Crayton “Big Wes” West, 52, of the 5400 block of Arlington Avenue, and his mother confirmed that she had gone to identify his body Monday.

West was killed by a St. Louis police sergeant who confronted him inside the Kentucky Fried Chicken near Grand Boulevard and Gravois Avenue at about 6 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Police say West had robbed the business and pointed a weapon at the sergeant.

Big Wes wasn’t the brightest dim bulb, now was he?

He used a cap pistol to rob seven restaurants over a 10-day stretch in October 1986.

Beats workin’ for a living.  Working is for chumps, don’t you know?

His mother, Ruth West, said she had viewed his body Monday and confirmed that she was told he had been shot by police.

She said her son left her home Sunday morning. She tried calling him throughout the day, but her calls went to voicemail. She said she heard news reports of the police shooting and had been worried it might be him.

She said her son was living with her since his release from prison in January 2014. She said he wasn’t married and had an adult son. She said her son was on parole and was supposed to be working. He had been depressed lately because the jobs paid so poorly, she said.

“He was trying to find something better than minimum wage,” she said. “He wanted to find a better job.”

He wasn’t trying too hard, was he?

Ruth West said her son had to be tested for drugs with his parole officer, and at least one urine test showed that he been taking drugs, she said. She wasn’t sure what kind of drugs. She said he was sent to a rehab facility for a few months and also to jail for violating his parole.

He apparently had money to buy drugs.  And he went to rehab?  Apparently he was more than a recreational user of recreational pharma, eh?

The shooting drew some activists who had been attending the nearby King memorial. The gathering was also to talk about the future of the Black Lives Matter movement. Some of those who showed up at the shooting scene chanted and complained about police shootings of black men. West is black, and the officer who shot him white.

Yeah, leave it to the “Black Lives Matter” domestic agitators (or terrorists, if you prefer) to chant and complain about an armed career criminal getting shot down in the commission of a felony armed robbery after pointing a gun at a cop.