Tuesday there was a nearly 200 mile pursuit of a kidnapping suspect that started in Jefferson City, MO and ended in rural Bond County, IL. The suspect and an attempted car jacking victim are dead.
Today I see this article with an interview of another attempted car jacking victim that the suspect didn’t shoot:
http://broadcaster.lee.net/t?r=7&c=1046323&l=43&ctl=1650099:085355EF49D757101ACAD772DD464B01
Retired carpenter Charles Schuster pulled over when he saw the pursuit approach him. He was unaware that it was a pursuit. The suspect pulled up next to Schuster got out of his disabled vehicle (4 flat tires from stop sticks), walked up to Schuster and pointed a gun at him. Schuster said he assumed he was being carjacked and leaned back behind the door post hoping it was cover. The suspect then got back into his disabled vehicle and drove down the road where he shot and killed another motorist who had pulled over.
However Schuster had this to say:
I don’t know if that’s brave talk for the press or if he actually thinks it’s a good tactical move to draw on a drawn gun.
What would have been wrong with driving off?
If he had his gun with him on Tuesday he might well be dead today and his family would be telling the press what a good man he was and the anti-gun people would have another story “proving” that carrying a gun is useless for self defense.
As things stand today he’s lucky to be alive, the suspect did shoot the next driver he tried to carjack.
There is nothing wrong with driving away. He was on the shoulder of a rural highway. I drive RT 140 frequently and there is nothing to block you in there like there might be in an urban environment.
Today I see this article with an interview of another attempted car jacking victim that the suspect didn’t shoot:
http://broadcaster.lee.net/t?r=7&c=1046323&l=43&ctl=1650099:085355EF49D757101ACAD772DD464B01
Retired carpenter Charles Schuster pulled over when he saw the pursuit approach him. He was unaware that it was a pursuit. The suspect pulled up next to Schuster got out of his disabled vehicle (4 flat tires from stop sticks), walked up to Schuster and pointed a gun at him. Schuster said he assumed he was being carjacked and leaned back behind the door post hoping it was cover. The suspect then got back into his disabled vehicle and drove down the road where he shot and killed another motorist who had pulled over.
However Schuster had this to say:
Schuster, of Sorento, Ill., said he normally keeps a gun in his car with him. But the day before, Schuster had taken the gun inside his home to oil it so it wouldn't rust. He left it at home.
Schuster reasons that, if he had his gun, the chase would've ended right there.
"I would've shot," he said. "Wouldn't even have blinked an eye. It would've been over."
I don’t know if that’s brave talk for the press or if he actually thinks it’s a good tactical move to draw on a drawn gun.
What would have been wrong with driving off?
If he had his gun with him on Tuesday he might well be dead today and his family would be telling the press what a good man he was and the anti-gun people would have another story “proving” that carrying a gun is useless for self defense.
As things stand today he’s lucky to be alive, the suspect did shoot the next driver he tried to carjack.
There is nothing wrong with driving away. He was on the shoulder of a rural highway. I drive RT 140 frequently and there is nothing to block you in there like there might be in an urban environment.