Bad. Person shot trying to stop robbery.

[NJB]

Saw this today. Re-enforces the idea of just being a good witness sometimes.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=7780048

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[ctsketch]

Saw this today. Re-enforces the idea of just being a good witness sometimes.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=7780048

actually its more evidence that should you intervene against an armed perp...don't do so with your hands...

[Sig35seven]

He made a serious mistake. The purse was not worth the risk. Even if I had a gun I would not have started a shoot out with him. Be a good witness and just let him have the purse.

[Guantes]

Not enough details to determine what the best course of action would be. Obviously, that of the samaritan was not it.

[tkruf]

QUOTE: "That's when the victim tried to stop him."

Poor writing... The author should have mentioned at this point that the "victim" in this sentence was a male subject that was a bystander and not the female who's purse the perp took. This had me confused at first.

As stated by NJB, this just reinforces that it's best to be a good witness.

[21bubba]

Not enough details to determine what the best course of action would be. Obviously, that of the samaritan was not it.

^^^^This^^^^

[ZX9RCAM]

OK.....if they claim to have all this video of the individual, why did they ONLY give a vague description of him?????????????

[ccw9mm]

It's certainly one of the possible outcomes. One must be prepared to go all out in any physical encounter, particularly when potential death is on the line. That's not a time to be unarmed, or to hold back in any way. That's a good way to get seriously harmed or killed. Unknown what occurred in this specific instance.

[Guantes]

It's certainly one of the possible outcomes. One must be prepared to go all out in any physical encounter, particularly when potential death is on the line. That's not a time to be unarmed, or to hold back in any way. That's a good way to get seriously harmed or killed. Unknown what occurred in this specific instance.

I think this is where a great many problems occur for the "average" person who decides to intervene.
First, they do not have a grasp of the level of incident that they are injecting themself into.
Second, they are not prepared to go from strong talk to life and death in a matter of seconds.
Third, they are not prepared to actually take a life if necessary.
I'm sure there are more, but those immediately come to mind.

[schwaa]

Sure, a purse wasn't worth it. But, was the woman's life worth it? He had a gun, willing to kill. Who's to say he wouldn't have killed the woman instead. I hope they find the SOB, maybe put one in his head while they're at it.

[oneshot]

Sad. Very sad.

It sounds as though it may have been an impulsive, type of reaction;

His mind:" Do something , he's trying to rob her."
Before he had the presence of mind to really think.

[retsupt99]

People are always surprised when they are close to crime..."I'm actually shocked. I'm blown away," said Gerson. "Just hearing about it gives me the chills, now that I think about it."...they don't seem to realize that they are close to it on a daily basis.
Stay armed...stay alert...stay safe!

[javahawk]

Its difficult to just throw the 'be a good witness' tag when the woman could have potentially been in serious trouble. Assuming she was, I would have tried to step in as well.

[Bark'n]

I think this is where a great many problems occur for the "average" person who decides to intervene.
First, they do not have a grasp of the level of incident that they are injecting themself into.
Second, they are not prepared to go from strong talk to life and death in a matter of seconds.
Third, they are not prepared to actually take a life if necessary.
I'm sure there are more, but those immediately come to mind.

Excellent points of fact! I agree 100%.

[EB31]

Pick and choose your battles. This wouldn't have been mine.