Saturday morning feel good stories
From Las Vegas, NV
After being caught in the middle of an armed robbery, police say a Las Vegas woman’s quick thinking helped her disarm the suspect who had taken her as a hostage.
Experts say it was a risky move, but it’s one that paid off because it appears she had experience with firearms. That one thing may have saved her life. “We know that he’s armed with two guns,” said Sutton. “He’s holding his pistol to the victim dragging her out.” But the woman quickly turns the tables on the suspect who has been identified as 27-year-old Mario Trejo.
“He’s got the wrong victim here,” said Sutton. “First of all she is exceedingly courageous and second she’s familiar with a firearm.” The video shows the woman confidently disarming the suspect and then running away giving police officers a clear shot. “It’s very rare for a civilian who is in that kind of situation to basically take aggressive action,” Sutton said. “And that’s what she did. She did a fantastic job! She’s a hero.”
Jeanette Morgan is the program director of the Annie Oakley Women’s Shooting Program in Las Vegas.
“I’m glad she was able to drop magazine, clear it and able to run away,” said Morgan.
The whole article is worth a read.
From Elizabethtown, KY
Kentucky State Police say a man was taken to the hospital after being shot by a homeowner Friday morning.
Troopers say they received a call from a homeowner in Elizabethtown who said her husband shot a man during a home invasion.
The man was taken to University of Louisville hospital, and he is expected to survive his injuries.
Police believe the suspect may be responsible for other burglaries in the area, but authorities have not charged him as of Friday afternoon.
Troopers continue to investigate the shooting.
From Columbia, SC
A jury has found a man not guilty of murder in a shooting death after an argument in a South Carolina Waffle House.
Eric Nixon’s lawyer said he feared for his life in February 2017 when he shot 28-year-old Wayne Bell in the parking lot of the Columbia restaurant.
Witnesses testified that Nixon went after Bell, but defense lawyer Micah Leddy told The State newspaper a video from a bystander showed Bell following Nixon into the parking lot after the argument.
Prosecutors told jurors Nixon acted like a guilty man when he didn’t call 911, changed his clothes and hid the gun after the shooting.
But Leddy says all that mattered for self-defense was how Nixon felt when Bell aggressively came toward him with his hands in his back pockets.
Category: Feel Good Stories
LV good for you Girl. Always fight back. Better to fight and possibly lose, than not fight and surely lose. E,Town KY, don’t try to come in my house, you’ll be DRT. Col. SC Don’t come at me, I’m too old to fight or run. I will shoot you in center mass.
Ms Morgan has more sack and testosterone than a gaggle of latte sipping man-bun millennials.
Or cory booker
Sounds like the SC shooting was all about FEEWINGS. But the defense presented their side better.
Sounds like a charge that should not have been brought.
Too bad the Elizabethtown homeowner didn’t apply that One More Taxpayer Savings Shot. Now the taxpayers are most likely on the hook for this idiot’s hospital care, trial, and incarceration.
Remember, boys and girls, all it takes is to expend that little bit more to save a lot.
Think of it as a tremendous ROI (Return On Investment). 25 Cents for a round can save tens of thousands in ER cost plus potentially quarter of a mil for decades of incarceration. Wow, what a return on investment.
I’m like a broken record with the ladies for whom I feel responsible. I have told them many, many times to never be taken hostage. It’s far better to run in a zigzag pattern. You may be shot, but it’s infinitely better than what awaits you if you get into a vehicle with a scumbag. Always run opposite the direction of the vehicle’s travel. If woods are available, think about trying to disappear within them. First of all, my LEO friends who teach this stuff to the community, the scumbag is unlikely to go after you. You won’t want to leave his vehicle, which he looks upon as a means of escape. I rarely hear of a victim shot while attempting escape, yet I often hear of a victim whose body is found in a shallow grave. Run. Scream ‘rape’. My LEO tells me that one word more than any other will elicit response from nearby citizens. All men understand it and the vast majority of men will aid a women in such distress. Yelling ‘help’ is too vague. For God’s sake, fight back and run. Don’t be harmed at the hands of scum. If you can blind them with your keys, that’s a bonus touch. If you jab the key in deeply enough, you will find brain tissue.