Monday, January 12, 2009
News Survivor of Standard robbery speaks to Fox 5
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:13 PM
An interview with Ashley Elder, the bartender who was closing up the Standard Food & Spirits alongside John Henderson the night he was killed, aired on Fox 5 this weekend.
In the interview, Elder recounted the Jan. 7 attack. She told Fox 5 that she and Henderson were about to leave the popular Memorial Drive bar and restaurant when a group of gunmen broke in. She said she was in the office and Henderson was behind the bar when the gunmen shattered the Standard's glass door.
Elder said she begged the robbers not to kill her, stating her grandmother had just died and her mother wouldn't be able to bear the loss. She also said Henderson, who joined her in the office after being shot in the leg, was conscious and alert — until the gunmen, upon leaving, fired several rounds through the office's closed door.
Elder's interview was aired the same day the AJC ran a story stating that most of the details police originally released about the crime were incorrect.
A reward for info identifying the gunmen has topped $10,000.
UPDATE: Just learned that Elder also talked to WSB-TV Channel 2 the day before.
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This is one brave woman to give an interview before the killers have been caught. Kudos to her for setting the record straight.
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The AJC article comes off sounding like because it was not an execution style murder that it was "accidental". It seems to me that if someone fires several shots through an office door killing someone he knows is on the other side that's not exactly an accident is it?
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