Veteran foils armed carjacker
81-year-old Korea War veteran, Barney Trusewicz stopped for gas. When he went to tell the attendant to turn on his pump, Barney saw 39-year-old Christopher Bowens climb in the driver’s seat and order his 79-year-old wife, Constance, out of the car. Barney hurried to the driver’s side, reached in and turned off the engine while Bowens, a recent parolee from jail and several previous arrests, threatened Barney with a knife.
“With the left hand I shut the car off twice, and then I spotted the knife and I held onto it,” Barney Trusewicz said.
“I was just waiting for him to thrust it into his stomach, but didn’t happen,” Constance Trusewicz remarked.
Barney grabbed the man by the wrist and wrestled him until he just gave up and ran away.
“He [said], ‘I’m going, I’m getting out of here.’ I said, Okay.’ I just didn’t want him to come and give me a parting shot,” Barney Trusewicz said.
According to the article, police captured Bowens and now he’s facing a life sentence.
“It was mine, and what is mine is mine. What is yours is yours, and let’s keep it that way,” Barney Trusewicz stated.
Constance Trusewicz said she feels bad for Bowens’ parents. His dad is the public safety commission chairman in Lincoln Park. His brother was Matt Bowens, the Detroit police officer who was killed in the line of duty.
Who knows how many other lives Barney saved that day besides his beloved wife. Another superhero veteran saving the world from itself.
Thanks to DefendUSA for the link.
Category: Veterans Issues
Now, if that Vet had been a legally armed citizen, he could have saved the police a lot of time looking for the dirtbag.
Have you noticed that punks are getting older? An almost 40 year old man, carjacking? Of course, I don’t know what I’m whining about…we’ve got guys that have to be at least 30, riding skateboards around here.
Hey PN, don’t forget to add to your short list the ones riding those stunt bicycles and cheap ten-speeds, running dope and boosting what they can off the selves of convenience and other types of stores….lol.
Way to go, Barney Trusewicz. Well done!
God, how I love that un-PC generation. We’re really going to miss them when they’re gone.