Posted on 06/02/2020 5:07:34 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
A shocking story has emerged out of Clearwater, Florida, where two saggy-pants-wearing thugs carjacked a woman and her son in the parking lot of a Bank of America. The story went viral after the fed-up helpless woman they targeted turned the tables on them. The punks definitely realized their big mistake too late.
A Clearwater, Florida, woman shot two thieves attempting to carjack her, resulting in the death of one of the suspects and a second-degree murder charge for the other. Now, many people are applauding her efforts to protect herself, her son, and her property from a couple of lowlifes.
Two would-be carjackers, 17-year-old Jernalen Dreshaw Coleman and 18-year-old Lasupta Singletary, likely believed that their intended victim, Louise Ornduff, would be an easy target. After all, by all appearances, she seemed to be a helpless woman. However, Coleman and Singletary could not have been more wrong about the Florida mother.
The two wayward teens planned to meet with Ornduff and her son Kalaeb in a Bank of America parking lot to discuss the sale of a Nissan Rogue. When they arrived, the suspects were armed and demanded the keys to Ornduffs car, which Kalaeb was driving at the time. The suspects then drove away in the stolen car, likely thinking that they had pulled off the heist and would not be held accountable. Unfortunately for their young egos, that was far from the case.
Louise Ornduff immediately whipped out the firearm she was carrying on her person and fired a shot at them with her weapon. She struck Singleton, prompting Coleman to drive to a nearby hospital, instead of making off with the Nissan Rogue. It was there that the 18-year-old was pronounced dead, WFTS reported.
Criminal defense attorney Anthony Rickman, who was not involved in the case, told WTVT that in the aftermath of the shooting, investigators would be looking at surveillance videos and talking to witnesses to see when that shot was fired in order to determine if self-defense is actually a valid defense here.
It appears that authorities did deem the incident a justified shooting, as Coleman, who along with Singleton had a prior criminal history, was charged with second-degree felony murder and armed robbery. The murder charge was due to the fact that he was committing a felony while Singleton was killed.
Based on their history, which you can see before you, and the fact they were engaged in an armed robbery, leads something to to their character I would say, Clearwater PD Deputy Chief Eric Gandy told WFTS.
Those who have read Ornduffs story applauded the mother for protecting herself and her son. She was right in what she did and had to do I would have done the same thing had I been in her shoes and the police and courts should back her up and not take the defense of these criminals, help the police clean up the streets against crime, one social media user commented on Facebook.
Everyone knows that the relatives of those two will say that they were good boys. They will probably say that they needed to steal the car to sell it to afford to live. Just wait until the b.s. starts people. I personally think that they both got what they deserved. Too bad for them, another wrote.
People are tired of working hard and getting robbed by punks. If I were these punks Id get a job you live longer. A lot of honest citizens are ready to shoot back including me, yet another added. Indeed, this story would have ended much differently if Ornduff had not been prepared to defend herself and her son. Theres no denying that it can be dangerous to meet up with a stranger for the sale of a car or other property. You should always be prepared to defend yourself in the event that trouble transpires.
So she hit him in the moving car? She's a good shot, but she really should have aimed at his leg.
Maybe they are in this list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poYj1uXVLAQ
We no longer have one America. Just as we have a bounty of hyphenated Americans, our populace has fractured into opposing subcultures. The nation is no longer governable. It won’t function much longer. We are close to a tipping point and it won’t be too many decades before we flop over and go the way of Virginia — the entire Nation.
I just pray I will be dead before then. I should be, but I can’t be sure. Everything has accelerated since Mancurian Obama got elected.
“man wouldnt get the same justified shoot that she did”
Only she hasn’t. Police are still investigating.
I was buying a trailer off of Craigslist. I “suggested” that the seller and I meet at the Sheriff’s office where there is an area with video coverage for such sales. Seller refused. No problem.
” I am a little surprised that the law agreed.”
They are still investigating.
read below that paragraph
“It appears that authorities did deem the incident a justified shooting”
Jernalen and Lasupta got WOKE.
Stand Your Ground precludes civil lawsuits.
It is really a shame the 17-year old survived, unless they try him as an adult. Too bad it was the 18 year old who died, may God have mercy on his soul.
If they try him the 17-yo as a minor, he will be out of prison in no time. Had he died and the 18 yo survived, at least we could be sure he would get a long prison sentence as an adult.
The suspects then drove away in the stolen car ... Louise Ornduff immediately whipped out the firearm she was carrying on her person and fired a shot at them with her weapon.
Which one is the video of the hijacking and shooting?
I didn’t see it, just scenes of police investigation and crime scene stuff.
"I can't breeve"
A private citizen has broader authority to use deadly force against a fleeing felon than do law enforcement officers. Because the carjackers were armed, the cops would also have been authorized of use deadly force. The law is clear and unambiguous.
“It appears that authorities did deem the incident a justified shooting”
ROTFLMAO! Written by some Tap Haps keyboard jockey. And you didn’t even give the reason he made that statement.
GEEZ, you really believe some dude that pulls a news article off his computer , Butchers it badly and makes a stupid statement when the article and more specifically the original article says the police are still investigating?
BEAM ME UP!
A “stand your ground” case?
True.
>> Once they took off,
I thought she managed to shoot while the perps were in proximity endangering her and her child.
They should give her the keys to the city.
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