Imagine being out walking around a convenience store just before midnight and happening upon a friend being robbed by three others–one of whom is armed with a Glock handgun.
Without your own ready firearm and the training and courage to wield it, your options would be sorely limited. A Houston man faced no such limitations late Saturday when confronted by this very scenario.
Alleged attack quickly flipped due to presence of ready firearm
According to Houston Police Department (HPD) Lt. Pulido, the trio of suspects singled out a target outside the Quick Food Store at approximately 11:25 p.m. The armed attacker managed to wrest personal property away from the victim, but that’s when the friend appeared.
Investigators believe the Good Samaritan fired one shot, striking the Glock-wielding suspect in the chest. He went down, and his two accomplices raced to a nearby car to put as much distance between themselves and their handiwork as possible.
The injured party died at the scene.
The armed man who walked up and intervened grabbed his friend, and they left. Not advisable in normal situations after discharging a firearm in self-defense, but no arrests have been announced.
It is not always your own safety being protected by carrying a legal weapon
Officials later said they are withholding identities, though all parties appeared to be in their 20s.
Walking up on an armed robbery in progress when the person targeted is a personal friend is not what someone should expect, even at a metro area convenience store just before midnight on a Saturday night. But that’s exactly what played out for a Houston man last weekend, and he was ready.
Without the firearm, choices would have been severely limited. Do you step in and try to help your friend against an armed threat and put yourself in grave danger?
The presence of a loaded weapon meant that there was a far better decision available. The loss of young life is tragic, but Saturday’s outcome could have been far worse.
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