Posted By: KnotSlip
She survived? - 04/01/10 03:23 AM
Hello dawgs-
My brother, who is a law enforcement officer called and shared this story with me so I thought I would share it here with you. I know many of you are gun owners.
This happened in a Publix in Tarpon Springs, FL and my brother was not involved although two friends/co-workers were.
A 41 year old woman was fired from Publix and she later returned to the store with her 9mm, shot the guy that fired her several times as he sat in his vehicle in the parking lot, then went inside to hunt down more employees. My brother’s sergeant and another officer responded and found her inside walking down the isles looking for employees to shoot – she fired shots at the officers as soon as she saw them and hit the one officer in his gun belt (bullet went through his pepper spray canister but he was not injured) – The sergeant (also a firearms instructor) fired back and hit her 4 times in the chest with his .40 S&W. The surprising part is that she lived. She is in stable condition in the hospital. Looks like even 4 shots with a .40S&W may not be enough to kill…although it did stop the fight and save lives. My brother who currently carries a .40 S&W (Glock 23) is contemplating a move to the .45 I Just thought you might find this interesting.
I'm not knocking the .40 cal - I just find it amazing what some people can survive. And then there are the folks that get shot in the armpit with a .25 and the projectile ricochets off of bone and hits their heart and kills them. Crazy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
My brother, who is a law enforcement officer called and shared this story with me so I thought I would share it here with you. I know many of you are gun owners.
This happened in a Publix in Tarpon Springs, FL and my brother was not involved although two friends/co-workers were.
A 41 year old woman was fired from Publix and she later returned to the store with her 9mm, shot the guy that fired her several times as he sat in his vehicle in the parking lot, then went inside to hunt down more employees. My brother’s sergeant and another officer responded and found her inside walking down the isles looking for employees to shoot – she fired shots at the officers as soon as she saw them and hit the one officer in his gun belt (bullet went through his pepper spray canister but he was not injured) – The sergeant (also a firearms instructor) fired back and hit her 4 times in the chest with his .40 S&W. The surprising part is that she lived. She is in stable condition in the hospital. Looks like even 4 shots with a .40S&W may not be enough to kill…although it did stop the fight and save lives. My brother who currently carries a .40 S&W (Glock 23) is contemplating a move to the .45 I Just thought you might find this interesting.
I'm not knocking the .40 cal - I just find it amazing what some people can survive. And then there are the folks that get shot in the armpit with a .25 and the projectile ricochets off of bone and hits their heart and kills them. Crazy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />