An old buddy of mine came by late last nite, and we decided to kill some time while waiting for his wife's flight to come in, to pick her up from the airport. We decided to find a place to chill, have a bite to eat, and maybe a coffee. We had driven to an Olive Garden nearby, but decided the place was a bit too crowded to be able to get in/eat/get-out in enough time, so we got back in the car and left.
On our way out, however, some clown came walking over towards us at a fast pace, just as we reached our car. He shouted something that neither of us understood, but instincts being what they are.. so my buddy, who was also carrying CC, pulled his shirt aside just enough so the clown could see the grip of his Kimber .45.
Sure enough the guy decided he has something important to do elsewhere, and performed an about-face.
We got into the car, and drove off.
Turns out, barely 5 minutes later, this clown car-jacked someone else in the same lot. I can only wonder what, if any deterrent we may have posed, had both of us been permitted to OC..
I feel bad though, that this guy turned his attentions to others, who were not armed themselves. Not that I, or he, wanted to get into a gunfight in a parking lot, but..just that regret that we were spared this ordeal, being better equipped to deal with it, than the one who became his victims.
By Clifford Davis
An armed carjacking at a Northside restaurant Monday night led to a police chase and shooting on the Westside Tuesday morning.
A man took a car at gunpoint about 11:30 p.m. outside the Olive Garden at 13040 City Center Drive.
Not long after, an officer spotted the vehicle near the intersection of Plymouth Street and Roosevelt Boulevard, according to Assistant Chief Christopher Butler of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Police pursued the vehicle and performed a maneuver, sending the vehicle crashing through a fence. The car stopped in the 1900 block of Old Middleburg Road in the backyard of a home.
The suspect, described as a 21-year-old man, ran from police after crashing the car, Butler said.
“Preliminary reports indicate the suspect shot at the officers, he said. “The officers discharged their weapons at the suspect several times.”
A perimeter was set up, and police were able to find the suspect and take him into custody.
Neither the police nor the suspect were hit by the gunfire, Butler said.
The victims of the initial carjacking were unharmed and the suspect was the only occupant at the time of the crash, police said.
Old Middleburg Road remains closed between Hyde Grove Avenue and Wiley Road.
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/...ing-leads-police-chase-shooting#ixzz22CbGKbVp
On our way out, however, some clown came walking over towards us at a fast pace, just as we reached our car. He shouted something that neither of us understood, but instincts being what they are.. so my buddy, who was also carrying CC, pulled his shirt aside just enough so the clown could see the grip of his Kimber .45.
Sure enough the guy decided he has something important to do elsewhere, and performed an about-face.
We got into the car, and drove off.
Turns out, barely 5 minutes later, this clown car-jacked someone else in the same lot. I can only wonder what, if any deterrent we may have posed, had both of us been permitted to OC..
I feel bad though, that this guy turned his attentions to others, who were not armed themselves. Not that I, or he, wanted to get into a gunfight in a parking lot, but..just that regret that we were spared this ordeal, being better equipped to deal with it, than the one who became his victims.
By Clifford Davis
An armed carjacking at a Northside restaurant Monday night led to a police chase and shooting on the Westside Tuesday morning.
A man took a car at gunpoint about 11:30 p.m. outside the Olive Garden at 13040 City Center Drive.
Not long after, an officer spotted the vehicle near the intersection of Plymouth Street and Roosevelt Boulevard, according to Assistant Chief Christopher Butler of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Police pursued the vehicle and performed a maneuver, sending the vehicle crashing through a fence. The car stopped in the 1900 block of Old Middleburg Road in the backyard of a home.
The suspect, described as a 21-year-old man, ran from police after crashing the car, Butler said.
“Preliminary reports indicate the suspect shot at the officers, he said. “The officers discharged their weapons at the suspect several times.”
A perimeter was set up, and police were able to find the suspect and take him into custody.
Neither the police nor the suspect were hit by the gunfire, Butler said.
The victims of the initial carjacking were unharmed and the suspect was the only occupant at the time of the crash, police said.
Old Middleburg Road remains closed between Hyde Grove Avenue and Wiley Road.
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/...ing-leads-police-chase-shooting#ixzz22CbGKbVp
