SHOT ROBBER; PHARMACIST JEROME ERSLAND GETS LIFE

"INJUSTICE"

SLAUGHTERED

A PHARMACIST who blasted a teen armed robber has been sentenced to life for shooting a teenager who tried to rob him.  Jerome Ersland, 59, called the sentence "an injustice of monumental proportion" after he was convicted in the death of 16-year-old Antwun Parker and his lawyer vowed to appeal. 

Along with pal, Jevontia Ingram, who was 14 at the time of the robbery an armed Parker walked into the Oklahoma City's Reliable pharmacy and attempted to hold it.  They didn't bank on Ersland, pulling a gun and shooting, blasting
Parker in the head as his pal ran from the store. 

Then, in a scene recorded by the drugstore's security camera, he went behind the counter, got another gun, and pumped five more bullets into Parker as he lay on the floor unconscious.
At the trial, prosecutors argued that Ersland crossed into the wrong when he shot the unarmed and unconscious Parker five more times.

Ersland contended that he was defending himself and two co-workers from a robber who still posed a threat, but the jury disagreed and sentenced him to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder.