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Armed citizen intervenes, stops fleeing motorist.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)
Shyla Aston, age four, of Mishawaka, Indiana, is dead. Her six-year-old sister Shianna remains in critical condition. But because an armed citizen chose to act, the driver responsible will face an investigation and whatever justice requires.
It was about 7 p.m. on May 7 when the two little girls, walking hand in hand, tried to cross a street to go to a friend's house to play. They stopped at the street's edge and looked both ways before crossing, but they apparently misjudged the speed of an approaching car and were run over. WNDU TV 16 reporter Stephanie Stang interviewed witnesses who insist that speed was a factor. Witnesses indicated that the car was traveling at least an estimated 40 miles per hour on a street posted at 30 mph.
Nate Sappington, a neighbor, commented on what happened: "I actually just saw the impact and I knew something bad happened and it just turned my stomach." It was a particularly heart-wrenching scene, with the two sisters' twisted bodies motionless in the road and their mother fainting in horror.
The driver had no ...
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- Magazine article from: American Handgunner Ayoob, Massad November 1, 2007 700+ words
...the officers the way, did. A member of the Texas state Department of Public Safety handed Crum a rifle, and the now-armed citizen led the three officers upward. Crum led Martinez and McCoy to the top deck. Says Martinez of Crum, "There was no time...
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- Armed Citizen vs. The Dillinger Gang: the Harry Berg incident.(The AYOOB FILES)
- Magazine article from: American Handgunner Ayoob, Massad November 1, 2006 700+ words
...weapons. You only have a small-caliber revolver. Should you take them on? Lesson. History tells us that one courageous armed citizen did exactly that. We can learn from his tactics, and his survival of intense return fire. John Dillinger was the quintessential...
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- Magazine article from: The New American Lee, Robert W. January 26, 2004 700+ words
On October 18, 2003, A.J. and Patsy Cantrell were slain in their home in Depew, Oklahoma. Mr. Cantrell was severely beaten about his face and head, while his wife of more than 50 years died from a shotgun blast to her back. The Cantrells lived across the street from John and Carla Wright, whose
- Self-control, not gun control: Just one armed citizen could have stopped Mark...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Schiereck, Nicole August 10, 1999 700+ words
WASHINGTON _ Imagine yourself in your office, crouched beneath your desk, trying desperately to drown out the gunfire and screams that are penetrating your every thought. Your heart is beating a mile a minute as a feeling of complete helplessness overwhelms you. Are you next? You don't have to be.
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...Corporation today announced that Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket, R...time management reporting trends. Memorial Hospital selected Emergisoft in a competitive...of every patient ever treated at Memorial Hospital. With nearly 70 percent of the hospital...