It was a warm summer night in a town near Washington, D.C.
A group of friends sat around a backyard table eating dinner when a young man with a gun appeared and interrupted the dinner party, according to a 2016 NPR story.
“Give me your money or I’m going to start shooting,” he said, pointing the gun at one of the women.
The people believed him; however, no one had any money on them.
So, they started talking to the man, first trying to play on his guilt: “What would your mother think about you doing this?”