Exercising the Right
Pregnant Woman Saved by Good Guy With a Gun
The West Seattle Blog reported on July 22 about a wild incident that involved a pregnant woman being assaulted by her boyfriend. The police are still investigating, but they believe the woman was in a car with her 27-year-old boyfriend when they got into a dispute and he allegedly assaulted her. The pregnant woman ran from the car and entered Lincoln Park. The man exited his vehicle and ran after her, but a witness saw what was happening and intervened.
Seattle Police Department Spokesman Eric Muñoz released a statement explaining that the 30-year-old witness “shielded and protected the woman [with his body] as the suspect advanced on them.” When the abusive boyfriend refused to halt, “the man shot the suspect once in the hip while protecting himself and the [domestic violence] victim.” Police were immediately called to the scene; they confiscated the gun from the witness and recovered the spent shell casing as part of their criminal investigation.
Police confirmed that the wounded domestic-violence suspect was not armed, and he was taken to nearby medical facility for treatment of the gunshot wound to his hip. The suspect is still receiving treatment, but he has been charged with second-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment for holding his pregnant girlfriend in his car against her will.
JBS Member or ShopJBS.org Customer?
Sign in with your ShopJBS.org account username and password or use that login to subscribe.
Subscribe Now
- 24 Issues Per Year
- Digital Edition Access
- Exclusive Subscriber Content
- Audio provided for all articles
- Unlimited access to past issues
- Cancel anytime.
- Renews automatically
Subscribe Now
- 24 Issues Per Year
- Print edition delivery (USA)
*Available Outside USA - Digital Edition Access
- Exclusive Subscriber Content
- Audio provided for all articles
- Unlimited access to past issues
- Cancel anytime.
- Renews automatically