MtnCreek
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All this is second and third hand info, so take it as such.
Talking to a friend and his wife this weekend. Friends wife, her sister, sisters husband and two other couples went to a concert in Atlanta. On their way back home, one of the ladies needed to use the restroom, so they stopped at a service station on the south side of Atl. The lady went into the store to use the restroom; her husband (carrying a sidearm; I was told it was holstered, but not concealed) escorted her to the door, opened the door for her and also held the door open for a man walking into the store. He then leaned against the hood of his truck while waiting for his wife to return; everyone else remained in the truck. The man that he had held the store door for came out of the store and said something to the waiting husband; waiting husband said something to the man (I have no idea what was said). The man then walked to his car and returned a few seconds (or minute) later with some type of suppressed firearm (I was told uzi, but have no idea what is really was). He walked up to the waiting husband and shot him once in the lower stomach. He then proceeded to walk (not run) back to his car while the shooters girlfriend yelled at him for shooting someone. My friends wife told me that everyone in the truck sat there in shock and disbelief. They were also armed. I was told the man that was shot stood there and never reached for his weapon, even after being shot. The only person that still had their head on strait was the victims wife; she helped her husband back to his truck and applied pressure to the wounds to try to stop the bleeding. I was told that she was not in shock as the rest were because she didn’t see the shooting. Ambulance showed up about 20
min after the shooting; another 10min for the cops to show up. The man is going to be OK. He had several issues, ruptured colon and septic fluid released in his body.
Other than my friends wife, I don’t know these people; I think I’ve seen some of the before, but that’s it. I have no idea of what types of weapons they were carrying, carry permits, training or competence levels with using weapons. Being second and third hand information, all I can do is pass it on as it was relayed to me.
I don’t know what was said between the two men before the shooting, so I can’t say that impacted the outcome (if I find out, I’ll let everyone know). Obviously, there were some bad decisions made.
1) They shouldn’t have been there in the first place. On principal, I should be able to go anywhere I can legally be, but in reality, they should have not been in that area. The south side of Atlanta (along with most of Atlanta) is a pure crap hole filled with despicable people with No moral compass. I know that and I’m sure they knew that as well. Perhaps being armed made them feel they were safe.
2) The shooting victim was not aware that the man was returning to shoot him. I was told that he walked to his car and returned with a fairly large firearm (not concealed). The victim was aware of this man, he held the door open for him and ‘talked’ to him. I would think that I would have seen him coming toward me with that firearm.
3) Was the victim too nice to the shooter? Did his actions make him appear to be pray? Did that make him more of a target? I don’t know.
If anyone comments on this post, please remember that I don’t know what was said between the men and unless you have information from another source, you don’t know either.
Thoughts???
Talking to a friend and his wife this weekend. Friends wife, her sister, sisters husband and two other couples went to a concert in Atlanta. On their way back home, one of the ladies needed to use the restroom, so they stopped at a service station on the south side of Atl. The lady went into the store to use the restroom; her husband (carrying a sidearm; I was told it was holstered, but not concealed) escorted her to the door, opened the door for her and also held the door open for a man walking into the store. He then leaned against the hood of his truck while waiting for his wife to return; everyone else remained in the truck. The man that he had held the store door for came out of the store and said something to the waiting husband; waiting husband said something to the man (I have no idea what was said). The man then walked to his car and returned a few seconds (or minute) later with some type of suppressed firearm (I was told uzi, but have no idea what is really was). He walked up to the waiting husband and shot him once in the lower stomach. He then proceeded to walk (not run) back to his car while the shooters girlfriend yelled at him for shooting someone. My friends wife told me that everyone in the truck sat there in shock and disbelief. They were also armed. I was told the man that was shot stood there and never reached for his weapon, even after being shot. The only person that still had their head on strait was the victims wife; she helped her husband back to his truck and applied pressure to the wounds to try to stop the bleeding. I was told that she was not in shock as the rest were because she didn’t see the shooting. Ambulance showed up about 20
min after the shooting; another 10min for the cops to show up. The man is going to be OK. He had several issues, ruptured colon and septic fluid released in his body.
Other than my friends wife, I don’t know these people; I think I’ve seen some of the before, but that’s it. I have no idea of what types of weapons they were carrying, carry permits, training or competence levels with using weapons. Being second and third hand information, all I can do is pass it on as it was relayed to me.
I don’t know what was said between the two men before the shooting, so I can’t say that impacted the outcome (if I find out, I’ll let everyone know). Obviously, there were some bad decisions made.
1) They shouldn’t have been there in the first place. On principal, I should be able to go anywhere I can legally be, but in reality, they should have not been in that area. The south side of Atlanta (along with most of Atlanta) is a pure crap hole filled with despicable people with No moral compass. I know that and I’m sure they knew that as well. Perhaps being armed made them feel they were safe.
2) The shooting victim was not aware that the man was returning to shoot him. I was told that he walked to his car and returned with a fairly large firearm (not concealed). The victim was aware of this man, he held the door open for him and ‘talked’ to him. I would think that I would have seen him coming toward me with that firearm.
3) Was the victim too nice to the shooter? Did his actions make him appear to be pray? Did that make him more of a target? I don’t know.
If anyone comments on this post, please remember that I don’t know what was said between the men and unless you have information from another source, you don’t know either.
Thoughts???
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