Posted on 09/04/2010 12:06:33 AM PDT by DakotaRed
A woman who emerged from Izzy's Pizza in Hazel Dell with her 5-year-old son, and was confronted by a would-be robber, displayed her 9 mm pistol, scared the man off and then helped sheriffs deputies find him, police say.
Deputies rushed to the restaurant at 1503 N.E. 78th St. shortly before 8 p.m. Friday after the woman called 911, said Sgt. John Horch with the Clark County Sheriffs Office.
The woman, a 30-year-old Clark County resident, told dispatchers shed walked out of the restaurant to her car when a man approached and asked her to lend him money for gas.
When she declined, the man asked for $20, then came close and demanded money in a threatening tone, Horch said.
Horch said the woman reached in the drivers door of her car, grabbed her semiautomatic pistol and put it in her waistband.
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Fortunately, this was not the case this time.
That’s one thing I’ve warned wife and kids to be aware of. Good men know better than to approach a woman or a child unknown to them, in an isolated setting, especially at night, and ask for anything. The approach should be a red flag. It should be immediately detected at a distance, and a flight or fight response prepared.
Thanks DakotaRed.
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