Quick-shooting cabbie.

Alexander Johnson, a would-be armed robber, told police after he had been shot by a cab driver that he and an accomplice, Arthur Joseph, had planned to rob a cab on the night of September 23. In fact, the cab that they held up was the second one that they attempted to rob that night. The first attempt failed because the cab driver became suspicious and wouldn't stop. Later the two men called the Casino Cab Company to get a new target.

When the Casino cab arrived, the two men jumped into the car. Johnson had a gun and wore a mask. Joseph had neither a gun nor a mask. The Shreveport, Louisiana, cabbie told KTBS-Channel 3 what went through his mind: "With one of them not having a mask on at all, having his face completely exposed, I felt as they were going to get my money and kill me." And so he grabbed his own pistol, pointed it, and started blasting. He hit Johnson five times.