Thugs learn jumping a former Marine is not a good idea

Robbers attack armed man in Uptown
Article by: MATT MCKINNEY and PAT PHEIFER , Star Tribune staff writers
Updated: May 11, 2011 - 9:38 PM
Police say brazen robbers have struck again in Uptown, jumping a former Marine. The victim was armed and fired several shots.

A pair of brazen and violent robbers struck again Tuesday night, only this time their victim was armed, Minneapolis police said.

Edward A. Curtis, 61, was attacked as he stepped out of his car in the 2500 block of Pillsbury Avenue S., in the Whittier neighborhood. Curtis, who described himself to police as a former Marine, pulled a gun and fired several shots at his assailants and may have winged one, said police Lt. Mike Fossum.

"He had just parked his car in the parking lot," Fossum said. "These guys blitzed him. They just started kicking his ass. He managed to get off three rounds."

The suspects, one a heavyset Hispanic man and another thinner Hispanic man, ran off but may have been injured, police said. Their description and method match that of three other violent robberies that have taken place in the past few days, all within a few blocks of each other in the Uptown area.
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Robbers attack armed man in Uptown