MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man with a permit to carry a firearm needed to fend off a man who threatened him and his wife with a bat in St. Cloud last week, according to charges filed in Stearns County.
Philip Ryan Keys, 30, faces one felony count of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in connection to the Wednesday, Oct. 5 incident.
According to the criminal complaint, officers were dispatched to a Walmart at 3601 2nd Street South in St. Cloud on the report of an assault.
There, two married victims told police that a man – identified by police as Keys — earlier approached them while dragging a bat and asked them if they’ve ever been hit in the head with a bat. Thinking he was kidding, they began walking away toward their car, the complaint said.
The male victim, who works security and has a valid permit to carry a firearm, heard Keys take a deep breath and raise his bat to strike one of them. That’s when he drew his firearm, pointed it at Keys and ordered him to drop the bat. Keys then allegedly dropped the bat and told the male victim to shoot him. He then left the area.
A short time later, officers located Keys, who matched the description the victims gave police. Keys allegedly denied being at the location of the incident and told police that he was at a bar drinking all night. He also said he was suicidal. However, officers obtained surveillance video from Walmart that showed the assault.
If convicted, Keys faces up to seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine.
Well done sir! That’s how you handle a situation like that.
But Hillary would have rather these 2 people minding their own business be assaulted and probably killed by this nut job.
73-CR-15-9729
731200003260
Keys, Philip Ryan
10/02/1986
10/26/2015
Stearns
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
Disorderly Conduct-Offensive/Abusive/Noisy/Obscene
Convicted
Convicted of a Petty Misdemeanor
73-CR-15-10653
731200004514
Keys, Philip Ryan
10/02/1986
11/24/2015
Stearns
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
Trespass-Return to Property Within One Year
Convicted
Convicted of a Petty Misdemeanor
73-CR-16-1915
730420148406
Keys, Philip Ryan
10/02/1986
02/29/2016
Stearns
Crim/Traf Mandatory
Under Court Jurisdiction
Disruptive Intoxication (Not applicable – GOC)
Convicted
Convicted of a Misdemeanor
73-VB-16-5351
730416047388
Keys, Philip Ryan
10/02/1986
05/17/2016
Stearns
Crim/Traf Non-Mand
Under Court Jurisdiction
Yelling and Shouting
Convicted
Convicted of a Petty Misdemeanor
He sounds like a walking Troll. The internet needs him.
Didn’t the police confiscate the gun and arrest the permit holder for terroristic threats?
That’s what the metro police will do.
You don’t need to “work in security” to carry. If you work at Wal-Mart, drive a cab, are a carpenter, nurse, teacher, gardener, retired, etc… get your permits, get guns, protect yourself, your partner, your kids, your neighbors, don’t be a willing victim of the bad guys out there.
I’m shocked that the gun didn’t just fill the creep full of lead after he dropped the bat because that is what guns do and therefore need to be banned. At least that is what liberal loonies would have us believe.