Interesting case, this. A guy carjacks somebody, leads police on a car chase until his stolen vehicle is so damaged he's forced to bail. Then he tries to hijack a moving bus, boarding it and assaulting the driver. A CCW holder in the car behind the bus saw what was happening and intervened, ending up with the carjacker getting shot in the chest. The carjacker runs back to his stolen car (which is now on fire) and waits for the cops to show up.
Police: Citizen shoots man attempting to hijack Metro bus after multiple wrecks by Stacy Morrow / khou.com
Posted on April 20, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Updated today at 6:35 AM
HOUSTON – A wild crime spree ended in gunfire Tuesday when a citizen shot a suspect who was trying to hijack a Metro bus, Houston police said.
According to HPD, it all began at about 5:30 p.m. when Henry Hankston III, 37, carjacked a person who was visiting friends at a residence in the 5200 block of Fair Green in southeast Houston.
"Suspect had approached them, appeared to be under the influence of some kind of drugs, apparently came up and started assaulting the person and took his vehicle from him," said Sgt. Robert Torres, with HPD’s Homicide Division.
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"When he got to the intersection, he hit three other vehicles until he got to the point where his vehicle was disabled, got out of that vehicle and ran up to a bus that was turning through the intersection," Torres said.
Torres said the suspect entered the bus and began assaulting the driver, in an apparent attempt to hijack the bus, until the driver of a car idling behind the bus noticed what was happening.
"This person is a licensed concealed handgun carrier. He got out of the vehicle
went to the bus to try to intervene in the assault that was taking place," he said. "He did pull the suspect away from the driver and engaged in a physical confrontation with the suspect."
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http://www.khou.com/news/LIVE-VIDEO-Police-investigate-shooting-multiple-car-wreck-91655614.html So we have a CCW holder attempting to stop a crime in progress that he's not originally involved in. Playing Rambo or Dirty Harry, if you will.
The gun magazines that cover this topic generally advise not getting involved in other people's public conflicts. After all, you don't know who the good guys and bad guys are, and you don't know if you're interfering with, say, undercover cops making an arrest.
Different circumstances, though. Did the guy do the right thing?
Obviously it turned out well... bad guy apprehended, no major injuries to the bystanders, no hostage situation, no further danger. But should the guy have drawn his gun and intervened?
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