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Posted on 07/05/2008 2:26:20 PM PDT by DaveLoneRanger
An Austin woman credits her handgun and her own quick thinking with saving her life after she shot a man who was trying to attack her. Leonie Burgos said the man scaled a fence outside her apartment near Barton Skyway and South Lamar.
When Burgos saw the man jump the fence, she ran inside and grabbed her .38 caliber pistol. She went back outside to see if the man had left. She said that's when he attacked her by tackling her to the ground from behind.
Bergos said she shot the man only after trying to scare him with the gun first.
"First I tried to point it up in his face so that he would see that I had a gun so he would take off running," said Burgos. "But he didn't."
Burgos said the man continued to hold her down and the two struggled. She said she pulled the trigger three times and did not know if she hit the man. He ran away before police arrived.
Thirty minutes later, a man went to the emergency room at Brackenridge Hospital with a gunshot wound to the face. Hospital personnel called police. An arrest warrant said Christopher Benavides,20, told police he intended to steal the woman's cell phone and sell it for cash before he was shot.
Benavides had two warrants out for his arrest at the time of the attack for criminal trespass and criminal mischief. He now faces a charge of robbery by assault, as well. Burgos is not facing any charges.
Does anyone have a tool or application that would help me download this video report? (See the link on the left side of the page.) If you are able to download the video in any format, please let me know and we can get it put up on YouTube. There are certain things that make armed citizen stories compelling, and a blond young lady with a .38 revolver saving herself from a violent robbery is one of them.
That’s what I’m talking about, G!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717877/posts
How to save youtube videos (and upload them elsewhere)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
if this story tells the truths. it´s a perfekt example of self defencence. this woman should not be charged by any “crime”. greets from gun “hating” europe
Not exactly the smartest member of the species. Unfortunately the fact that he's still breathing means he's ineligible for a Darwin Award.
Wrong way around...I’m trying to save the video from this website to put on YouTube. I have a program which can capture certain video formats, but has trouble with Shockwave files.
If all he wanted was to steal a cell phone, there are easier ways to go about it than a home invasion with violent assault. This guy had something much worse on his mind.
I think he should be charged with criminal stupidity as well.
I think the thread has advice for doing what you need in it somewhere.
I haven’t looked at the thread for quite some time though.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11327_7-6555399-1.html
http://www.bloganything.net/140/how-to-save-flash-file-from-a-website
I don’t think I would have waited to pull the trigger, frankly.
Benavides had two warrants out for his arrest at the time of the attack for criminal trespass and criminal mischief. He now faces a charge of robbery by assault, as well. Burgos is not facing any charges.
Who buys stolen cellphones?
http://keepvid.com/ Just type the address of what you want to save in the window and you will get a download prompt. I use Doctor DivX to convert to DivX and then rewrite the extension as AVI.
Proves at the very least she wasn’t Islamic, those moron women set themselves on fire and commit suicide if they are attacked.
That requires the URL. A popup window doesn’t contain a URL.
This is in Texas. She is not facing any charges.
I would have handled the situation differently:
Stay inside "calmly" waiting for the perp to enter... aim... BANG.
right click on the link TO the video popup and select properties. see if that shows the video url or file path.
If its not flash, a lot of times you can also pluck links out of the page source
She's guilty of not packing something large enough that would save the taxpayer a trial.
This incident is chock full of lessons . Warning or attempting to scare with a gun is very often a mistake one does not recover from as well as this brave woman did .
Already been through the page source, and I can’t find any referring video source or page.
In California, she could be charged with a crime. We have no “castle doctrine”, here. She has a duty to flee.
Go inside, arm up, call for help, let out the dog, find a place that provides concealment AND cover, and aim for the center of mass. Keep shooting until the cops show up or you run out of ammo, or the twitches from the perp are ruining the carpet.
/johnny
She’s guilty of not packing something large enough that would save the taxpayer a trial.
I take it by your screen name that you live in Austria?
It is FLV, is going to be hard to get.
I used to tell my (ex) ‘Rat girlfriend that one of the most compassionate things you can do for someone is to allow them the means to defend themselves. That drove her nuts. My daughter lives in the city and is going to get a concealed carry permit and start packin’. She has my blessing. Well done and NICE SHOT Ms. Burgos.
Yeah, personally it would probably have gone like this.
See perp entering yard, make sure door is locked, go for gun, call 911 while holding gun.
What was she thinking? Guess I’m a chicken but going outside looking for him would not be on my agenda...at all.
Leonie Burgos....ATTAGIRL!
Be polite, arm yourself, and be a good neighbor.
And if anyone threatens you, you have the right to protect yourself.
/johnny
yep you are right i have been born raised and lived in austria for the most of my life ;-) but i have visited the US too for example.
/johnny
Exactly.
It's not as if he would tell the cops, "I was going to rape and murder her."
but of course the media frames it in the "trigger-happy gun nut shoots to protect cell phone" meme.
That’ll make him easy to identify.
Welcome to America, land of the free.
Be polite, arm yourself, and be a good neighbor.
And if anyone threatens you, you have the right to protect yourself.
:) Wish I had the big territorial dog. Even a sweet dog like a lab will become territorial when someone is entering their home and they know they shouldn’t be there.
Will keep in mind and train myself, cover and concealment.
True about the dog thing, had friends who lived in Tulsa, one day several of their neighbors were robbed but not them. They attributate it to their 2 doberman’s in the yard.
Having pursued other means of capture (and failed), I’ve put in a request to the channel. I received an inconclusive (but I don’t think it was automatic) response stating someone would be online to respond soon. So we’ll see.
If anyone else manages to capture this, please let me know.
We’ve got in MICHIGAN!!!!!!!!
Bang!Bang!Bang!
Ping!
If you want to move to Texas, let me know.
/johnny
Don’t bother calling 911 in Austin. They won’t get to you for 10-15 minutes.
Cellphones in the hands of the appropriate people are pretty easy to wipe and reprogram. Most interestingly, quite often the next stop for such a phone is overseas.
Yes, but in Texas, provided you’ve satisfied all the Federal requirements, you can have full-auto machine guns.
BRAAAP! BRAAAP! BRAAAAAAAAAAAP!
:D
They buy you about 6 seconds in a firefight.
And enrich your life in so many ways.
Better than being married.... I don't have to bring home flowers.
/johnny
Of course ‘tween the eyes is always nice.
barbra ann
In California, she could be charged with a crime. We have no “castle doctrine”, here. She has a duty to flee.
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