| CHL Holder Foils Set-up |
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| Written by Daniel White | |
| Friday, 15 August 2008 | |
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Logan Police and Hocking County Sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call about a man sitting in a vehicle behind a residence who had been shot. That man turned out to be 40-year-old Roy Eugene Floyd, who was flown to OSU Medical Center to have surgery to remove four bullets. Floyd claimed to have been shot while close to the Hocking River near Scotts Creek Road. During the investigation, the tables quickly turned and now Floyd is the suspect, according to Sgt. Mike Peters of the Lancaster Police Department. According to Peters, Nathan R. Zeger, 27, of Galion, drove to Lancaster after responding to an advertisement for a Bobcat in the Mansfield News Journal. When he arrived, he was approached by a man wearing a ski mask who pointed a gun at him. Zeger, who has a concealed carry permit, pulled his .38-caliber handgun and fired at the robbery suspect. It now is known that the suspect did fire back, however Zeger was not injured in the incident. Police now suspect that Floyd was the man behind the mask, and that his injuries were sustained due to the lawful self-defense of Zeger. According to Peters, Zeger truly believed he was driving to Lancaster to buy a piece of machinery. "It was definitely a set up. This advertisement was in a newspaper with the intention of robbery," he said. "We've made a request to find how the ad was placed." Regardless of whether it turns out that Floyd was the criminal in question, Zeger is alive and well today due to his concealed handgun license and the criminal has learned that no matter how cunning the set-up, sometimes the victim can be more than he bargains for. |