The Club Cougar has a bad reputation in the neighborhood. During weekend nights police are frequently called to put down disturbances. Real estate in the neighborhood has taken a nose-dive because of Club Cougar’s bad reputation.

This particular night three career dummies — we’ll call them Larry, Moe and Curly — decide to hold up Club Cougar and rob all the patrons. Their plan of operation is ill-conceived from the beginning.

As soon as they enter the Club’s dance floor, Moe the leader fires a single shot into the ceiling as he announces, "This is a stickup, don’t nobody move or they’ll get shot." Instantly the music stops and everybody in the joint freezes in place.

Everything is quiet for a few seconds until Curly sees somebody move. Curly shoots. The guy he shoots is Larry. Moe, meanwhile, sees somebody move and he also fires a shot. Moe’s bullet strikes Curly, who shot Moe, and Moe shoots Curly. Now all three of the bandits are shot — by each other!

Somehow the bartender also gets shot. He has a small wound in his right arm. He’s shot by either a stray bullet or a ricochet. Now, pandemonium breaks loose.

Moments later the police arrive. The idiot trio is quickly rounded up, arrested, handcuffed, and transported to the hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds. Larry, the leader of the bandits, is admitted because he is shot in the chest. His condition is listed as "critical but stable." The bartender is treated and released.

All three bandits, Larry, Moe, and Curly, are charged with armed robbery, plus assault and battery with intent to kill. Because this is their third felony arrest, it’s very likely they’ll spend the rest of their lives in prison. Pity the poor department of corrections who’ll have the responsibility of housing these idiots for the next three or four decades.