This is one time that being a fat man, might not be a bad thing. A 400-lb. man shot several times in the parking lot of Tommy's Original Hamburger downtown, might have survived his wounds because he is overweight, according to a Los Angeles police sargeant who was probably eating a triple-decker with extra chili, tomatoes and pickles with grilled onions and a couple of sweet peppers on the side.
The shooting outside the original Tommy's Original Hamburger on Beverly Blvd. occurred and the victim, a man whose name was withheld, was struck "several times" in the stomach and once in the leg. He was taken to a hospital where he was reported to have stable vital signs and a slight case of indigestion with possible diarreah.
The man got into a dispute with several other men over the fact that maybe they had a couple of more pickles on their burger than he did. In this part of Los Angeles, the Tommy's burger sometimes come with a small handgun and a few bullet holes. During the altercation, one of the men pulled out a pistol and opened fire, Gamble said. The suspects then fled in a gray 4-door sedan.
The hamburger stand, which opened in 1946 and spawned a chain of restaurants, as well as dozens of imitators, has long been a late-night favorite. Police were using dogs with sensitive noses to follow the methane trail that must have been coming from the assailants vehicle.I wonder if the hospital got confused between the bullet holes and the blobs of chili? hmmm.
