Bartholomew Roberts
Moderator
I thought that this particular incident had some good training value since there is both surveillance video of the incident and the shooter has made his own comments about the incident at the Ohio CCW forum.
Short summary: Drunken crackhead starts conversation with man at gas station as he is refuelling his car. Hangs around until man has finished refueling and is trying to leave. Attacks man as he gets into his car and attempts to drag him out of the car. Crackhead's accomplice comes running from across the parking lot to join in. The man in question has a CCW; but has left his loaded Glock 36 in the center console of his vehicle, so he is fighting to reach it as they attempt to drag him out. He gets a hold of the Glock and shots his initial attacker twice in the upper torso (1 230gr Corbon Pow-R-Ball and 1 230gr FMJ) causing both criminals to stop the attack.
Some key points from a Tactics perspective:
1. Classic "interview" approach by the criminal to size up the man as a potential target. The video is a good chance to learn what signs to look for.
2. The CCW states he was glad he carried with one in the chamber because there is no way he would have been able to rack the slide as he had only one hand available.
3. Investigators were great and treated the CCW with respect (his words). However, they also took his Glock 36 as evidence. The second attacker, who apparently has 5 warrants is already back on the street and posting threats on his public Facebook page (the Ohio CCW link has more on that). Luckily, like most good gun forum members, he has more than just the Glock.
4. From a legal perspective, disparity of force cases where someone shoots an unarmed man (or men) are very tricky. Even cases where there was video of the shooting (Gerald Ung for example) have been prosecuted. Luckily, the video and eyewitness testimony in this case appears to have helped the shooter avoid any serious legal hassle.
Short summary: Drunken crackhead starts conversation with man at gas station as he is refuelling his car. Hangs around until man has finished refueling and is trying to leave. Attacks man as he gets into his car and attempts to drag him out of the car. Crackhead's accomplice comes running from across the parking lot to join in. The man in question has a CCW; but has left his loaded Glock 36 in the center console of his vehicle, so he is fighting to reach it as they attempt to drag him out. He gets a hold of the Glock and shots his initial attacker twice in the upper torso (1 230gr Corbon Pow-R-Ball and 1 230gr FMJ) causing both criminals to stop the attack.
Some key points from a Tactics perspective:
1. Classic "interview" approach by the criminal to size up the man as a potential target. The video is a good chance to learn what signs to look for.
2. The CCW states he was glad he carried with one in the chamber because there is no way he would have been able to rack the slide as he had only one hand available.
3. Investigators were great and treated the CCW with respect (his words). However, they also took his Glock 36 as evidence. The second attacker, who apparently has 5 warrants is already back on the street and posting threats on his public Facebook page (the Ohio CCW link has more on that). Luckily, like most good gun forum members, he has more than just the Glock.
4. From a legal perspective, disparity of force cases where someone shoots an unarmed man (or men) are very tricky. Even cases where there was video of the shooting (Gerald Ung for example) have been prosecuted. Luckily, the video and eyewitness testimony in this case appears to have helped the shooter avoid any serious legal hassle.