Arizona Man Shoots Armed Female Carjacker
Hey, guns are the ultimate equal opportunity employer. They don’t discriminate, they equalize. All things being equal, i.e. – both parties having guns, it comes down to skill, weapons reliability, and a little bit of luck. So, if you are a female who fancies herself as the prettier half of the crime duo Bonnie and Clyde, you best remember that you are now on equal footing, not superior footing.
Thankfully, the right person won this round:
Man shoots woman, foils carjacking, police say
By Alexis Huicochea and Jamar Younger Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.24.2009
A woman who tried to carjack a man at gunpoint outside a North Side Walgreens early Thursday was shot and wounded by the man, police said.
The man called police around 12:30 a.m. to report he had just shot one of two women who tried to take his car as he waited in the pharmacy drive-through near East Grant and North Swan roads, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
Pacheco gave this account:
The 26-year-old man, whose name was not released, had just left Tucson Medical Center and went to fill a prescription.
When he drove back to the drugstore to check on his prescription, two women came up to his car. One was armed with a gun.
The woman tried to shoot the man, but he pulled his own gun while she was trying to pull the trigger. Her gun didn’t fire for an unknown reason.
[Yup, as I've said in the past, black market guns from the hood are notoriously unreliable. Best to buy from a reputable gun dealer, like this guy obviously did. Your life may depend on it one day.]
The man fired his gun twice. One shot grazed her head, and the other struck her in the shoulder.
The woman fell to the ground, and the man took her gun away.
He drove away and called police from a convenience store at East Pima Street and North Craycroft Road.
The wounded woman, whose name was not released, was found at the Walgreens. She was taken to a hospital, where she remained Thursday night.
The suspect is expected to recover and will face charges upon her release from the hospital. The other woman was found a short distance away. She will not face any charges, Pacheco said.
24 April, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Why the heck not? Did she not participate in an attempted carjacking?
24 April, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Guilt by association?
24 April, 2009 at 3:40 pm
More illegal aliens?
How much is this going to cost?
24 April, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Even if they are pretty..double tap in the chest, now thats gun control.
25 April, 2009 at 4:44 pm
He must not have been a good shot. Jon is right–double tap in the chest. Maybe he was concerned it was a female. Don’t look the perps in the eye, you silly, that is why you go for the torso….I don’t care if the torso has boobs. She tried to kill him and would have if she had not had a misfire.
And the other one should have the accessory charge if nothing else…