| “ | This is where the change happened, and it altered everything that follows like dominoes. Okay, "Detective Joe West heroically took a bullet during a jewelry theft the afternoon of December 31, 2013." And Dad couldn't help him because he was still in a coma. | ” |
Robbery of Harrison's Jewelers was an incident that resulted in the death of Joe West and the severe alteration of the timeline. The robbery was soon altered when Nora and Bart West-Allen saved West from being shot.
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Background[edit | hide]
After Nora and Bart West-Allen traveled back from 2049 to 2021 for the Godspeed War. A series of aberrations surfaced once they returned to their home period. Among those aberrations was the Robbery of Harrison's Jewelers.[1][2]
Robbery[edit | hide]
On December 31, 2013, Joe West received a call to handle a robbery at Harrison's Jewelers. In the conflict, the robber, Sterling Brooks, accidentally dropped the gun and fired at West, killing him at the scene.[1]
In the current timeline, Nora and Bart West-Allen traveled back from 2049 to prevent West from being killed. Upon their arrival, Brooks had already fired the bullet and West was nearly killed. While they drafted a plan of the rescue, Bart impulsively rushed to move the bullet out of its initial trajectory, saving his grandfather.[1]
Aftermath[edit | hide]
After the death of Joe West, severe alterations to the timeline was done, with Jay Garrick now marrying Rose instead of Joan Williams.[1]
While the death was averted, Mona Taylor noticed the presence of the West-Allens, realizing there are more powered-individuals aside from her. She then formed the Royal Flush Gang with other similar individuals and moved the Robbery of Utopia Casino forward, earlier than she did in the erased timeline.[1]
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