Exercising the Right
Young Gang of Criminals Stopped by Gun Owner
Fox News reported on July 18 about a shooting in Houston in which an armed criminal attempted to rob a man who had just withdrawn cash from an ATM. The robbery victim was also armed, and pulled out his handgun and fired it at the would-be robber. Police were soon called, and the robbery suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. This shooting demonstrates the necessity of being armed for self-defense, and followed a similar shooting that took place in Texas the previous month.
Fox News reported on June 19 about an incident that occurred in Austin involving a gang of young criminals who were driving around the city, robbing victims, and then pistol-whipping them. Their final crime, in which four of the young criminals drove to a busy area in a getaway car and robbed people, was captured on surveillance video. In the video, one of the criminals, identified as 17-year-old Jaylen Reed, exited the vehicle, approached a young couple, and forcibly took the male victim’s backpack. Reed then turned his attention to the female victim, at which point the male victim pulled out his own handgun and fired it at both Reed and the occupants of the getaway vehicle. A wounded Reed hopped in the vehicle as it drove off, and the victims immediately called 911.
Law-enforcement authorities later apprehended all the suspects, and Reed was taken for treatment to a nearby medical facility. Police recovered stolen goods where the teens were found, including firearms. Investigators later identified two of the other suspects as 18-year-olds and the fourth suspect as a minor. Reed himself was a youthful offender in the recent past and had been convicted of multiple robberies last year. He was out of juvenile detention for only two days before he allegedly cut off his ankle monitor and began committing the aforementioned robberies. Investigators now believe the group committed nine robberies over the course of five days.
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