Adam Simjee and Mikayla Paulus on the day Adam was killed. Image contributed
Posted on 10/16/2023 5:06:27 AM PDT by marktwain
On August 14, 2022, Adam Simjee and his longtime girlfriend, Mikayla Paulus, were on a road trip through wild Alabama country before returning to college.
They decided to help a woman who appeared to have had a vehicle breakdown. The woman, Yasmine Hider, was planning to rob them or worse. Adam was a dedicated Second Amendment supporter. He had tucked a concealed pistol in his waistband because he was suspicious of the circumstances. After Adam and Mikayla had been working on the broke-down vehicle for an hour without success, Hider pulled out a handgun and ordered them to drop their cell phones, empty their pockets, and give up their bank and cell phone passwords. Then she marched them into the forest. Adam waited for an opportunity to draw his firearm.
In situations such as this, the assailant is often momentarily distracted. From abc3340.com:
“Adam had his gun on him the whole time because he said, ‘This is how people get robbed,'” she said, “So I was just waiting on him to use it.”
Paulus described what happened next, “Adam pulled out his gun and told her to get on the ground and that’s when she started messing around with her gun. It jammed once but they both shot at each other and she was shot a few times and he was shot only once.”
Law and Crime supply a few more details. From Law and Crime:
At one point, HIDER looked away and lowered her guard, Victim #1 pulled his pistol from his waistband and ordered HIDER to drop her weapon. HIDER said, “Are you serious?” She cocked her gun and started firing, and Victim # 1 returned fire simultaneously while falling to the ground. While on the ground, Victim #1 said, “You shot me,” and fired one last time
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Give the warning after you shoot them
Adam Simjee and Mikayla Paulus on the day Adam was killed. Image contributed
If you are suspicious, keep driving.
Que Tuco!
Suspicions result in judgment calls. He left no kids and made the decision in conjunction with his significant other.
Judging souls is a fool’s game, but it sounds to me like he led a decent life and gave his life for a decent cause, which may make it a life well-spent. That his girlfriend emerged physically unharmed means that his first priority as a man was met.
I’d be curious as to whether her shot was first, or if he might have used more range time.
Sadly, the victim did not make the first shot count and it cost him his life.
Something about the story seems very odd. The guy and his girlfriend worked on the car for an hour before the perp decided to rob them?
No good dead ever goes unpunished
Running a search on Yasmine confirms what you would suspect. Sorry Adam but you were really stupid to stop. Some books are safer to judge by their cover.
He made the first mistake by not seeing the threat before he stopped.
True enough.
Unfortunately, we’re in a time when playing good Samaritan can get you killed.
and make sure yours is the only story told.
sadly, this young man died of his wound.
I live in Bama. First thing I was told after moving here: dont stop to help anyone especially if they meet certain criteria. Call troopers, sheriff or cops, let them deal with it. Its ugly, but I am not risking my life to be the good guy. This is not the only incident either, it just happened to get reported.
It is strange but apparently what happened. This story was widely reported in national news at the time. Tons of hits when you google.
Heh-heh.
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