Criminal Finds Armed Citizens Are A Pain In The Butt

Literally. An attempted carjacking in Columbia, South Carolina went rather badly for the gunman. When he stuck a gun into a man's stomach in a Wal-Mart parking lot, the man's female companion pulled out her gun and commenced to firing. One of the five shots struck home, sending a bullet into the would be robber's buttocks.

Harold Levar Jeffcoat, 29, was arrested Sunday at the hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound to the buttocks, Lott said.

Jeffcoat was shot Saturday night after he stuck a gun into the stomach of a man getting into his car at a Wal-Mart in suburban northeast Richland County and demanded his keys, deputies said.

A woman in the passenger seat pulled a gun from the glove compartment and fired five shots at Jeffcoat, hitting him once, investigators said.

The police are calling the feisty couple heroes. Good for them. Jeffcoat was wanted for a string of nine other armed robberies. No word on whether he sat during his court appearance. If he did, we bet it was gingerly.