A Missouri man was shot when he attempted to intervene with his own weapon during an overnight armed robbery at a 7-Eleven in the Grandview, Mo. area.
Officers found the man with gunshot wounds and learned that two armed men were robbing the convenience store. The good samaritan had noticed the robbery in progress and grabbed his weapon in hopes of intervening successfully.
The victim instead exchanged gunfire with at least one of the gunmen, who then struck him at least once, police say.
The gunmen are not known to have suffered any physical injuries from the victim as they are still at large. The victim was treated at an area hospital and is expected to survive.
Whether or not you are carrying a weapon, there is much risk when trying to be the hero of a conflicted situation.
When Should You Use Your Concealed Carry Gun in Defense of Others?
Before engaging in the defense of someone else, or as in this situation, to stop an armed robbery, you have to realize that you are risking your life by doing so. Fortunately, this victim is expected to be okay, but he easily could have lost his life over this.
We don’t know if maybe the suspects had their guns focused on the cashier and the concealed carrier found an opportunity to draw. But in general, drawing from the drop is already putting you behind the curve.
This was me! I actually had the drop on them and had the gun trained on who I suspected to be the gunman. They never showed a weapon, in fact I was staring at his waist and hands that were inside his tight hoodie pocket. He started shooting in the middle of asking me to let them go and I never saw a gun even while receiving gunshot wounds from the gun I was apparently staring at in his pocket. I immediately returned fire while at the same time diving/crawling to better concealment. My left knee cap and both my tibia and fibula were shattered so I had no function of my leg. I held my gun arm up against the hole in my chest/side while continuing to aim from the aim and used my left hand to cover the hole in my leg as best as possible. I watched as they both ran out but the one I shot 7 rounds at was falling over and over and over as he tried to exit and a teenager matching his description was taken to the same hospital with multiple gunshot wounds very shortly after the encounter which leads me to believe I did in fact hit him. Either way, I somewhat knew the clerk and I’d rather risk my life to save another than to be a coward and drive off knowing he very well could get killed. Obviously they were ready to use that gun than to get caught so I wouldn’t have put it past them to take out the only witness. I had the drop and superior positioning which is precisely the reason I’m alive. Sure I could just drove off and I’d still be alive, but someone else might not. I appreciate the article! Don’t know how I saw it so late. Obviously the encounter is fresh on my mind being almost exactly 1 year form the shooting. I still carry that same glock which I got back from police without any issues. Unfortunately despite getting casings, a bullet, and surveillance footage with audio, they were never caught.