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Rod was a
manager at House Depot. He worked about 50 hours a week. He loved his job,
although the extra hours cut into the time he could spend with his three little
girls. One morning he was supposed to go home at 7 a.m. Instead, he stayed on to
help out for three more hours. He was just about to leave at 10 a.m. when he
heard something.
At one of
the checkout counters, he saw a man dressed in white painter’s coveralls
pointing a gun at the female checker. He had on a yellow cap, a white plastic
painter’s mask, and white gloves.
Rod hurried
over. Times in Los Angeles had changed. All managers now received training on
how to respond to armed robberies and hostage-taking. Rod was nervous, but he
knew what he was supposed to do. He approached the gunman.
“Sir,
please don’t point that gun. We will give you all the money you—”
The gunman
didn’t even wait for Rod to finish his sentence. He shot Rod in the stomach. The
checker screamed. The gunman ran out to a white van and hopped in. The van sped
off.
Rod didn't
even make it to surgery. The killing made all the TV news shows. House Depot
offered a $100,000 reward.
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