NOT CHICKEN: NC Poultry plant worker downs two armed robbers

By Bob Owens | 1:47 PM | December 15, 2013

Two would-be robbers pistol-whipped the wrong man, and wound up a few hundred grains heavier each for the trouble they caused:

Police said Tyson Foods employee Terry Campbell was acting in self-defense when he shot Jarvis Miller and Jermaine Blakeney just after 5:15 a.m. Friday.

Investigators said the men approached Campbell as he was sitting in his car in the Tyson parking lot after finishing his overnight shift.

Detectives said the suspects opened Campbell’s door and began pistol-whipping him, until Campbell was able to grab his own gun and fire at them.

“One suspect was shot multiple times, the other was shot once. Both were transported to Carolinas Medical Center Main,” said city spokesman Pete Hovanec.

The two men will face felony charges when they leave the hospital.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.