Posted on 02/26/2014 6:36:34 PM PST by robowombat
Dad Picks Up Daughter from Movies. Their Car Gets Rear-Ended. Then Their Evening of Terror Begins. Feb. 12, 2014 10:28am Dave Urbanski
Jay Christopher Jost Jr. had just picked up his daughter from the movies and was driving on a Raleigh, N.C. highway when, police say, he noticed a car following them.
The car rear-ended Jost’s Saab. Then kept hitting it. Again and again.
Image source: WTVD-TV Image source: WTVD-TV Police released chilling 911 audio as the terrifying situation unfolded Saturday night, Raleigh’s WTVD-TV reported:
Dispatcher: 911 “What’s the location of your emergency?”
Caller: “I’ve got a guy that’s following me, and he’s rear-ended me and now he’s following me again.”
Dispatcher: “And what is your name?”
Caller: “He hit us again! Oh my God!”
Dispatcher: “And what is your name?”
Caller: “He’s just hit us twice!”
Police said Jost’s voice was altered on the released recording to disguise it; his daughter is heard screaming in the background. The alleged attacker is Remy Blaisdell Gagon, 25, someone with whom Jost was not acquainted, police said.
Caller: (screaming) “Jesus, he just hit me again!”
Jost drove into a parking lot in front of a Whole Foods Market to wait for help, but Gagon reportedly followed them and continued striking Jost’s car.
Caller: “He’s hit me three times now, and here he comes again.”
Dispatcher: “OK and you’re like circling the Whole Foods parking lot?”
Caller: “I’m trying to figure out what his plate is. (screaming) He just hit me four times now!”
Caller: (screaming) “Look, he just broke my window, broke my car. I’m freaking out! Jesus! He’s trying to kill us! Please! My God…someone! Please!”
Police say Jost found the right moment to get his daughter out of the car so she could run inside the Whole Foods for safety while he waited outside, WFJA-FM in central North Carolina reported. Jost soon took cover inside the store as well — but the suspect reportedly ran after him.
Police arrived and arrested Gagnon. There are conflicting news reports about whether police used force.
Jost and his daughter weren’t hurt, WTVD said. Gagnon was taken to a hospital, then released, and remains in police custody at an undisclosed location, WFJA reported.
Police say he faces two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts of simple assault — for kicking an EMS worker and biting a firefighter — and one count of careless and reckless driving.
Image source: WTVD-TV Image source: WTVD-TV WFJA reported that police are trying to determine if Gagnon was under the influence of any substances.
Police spokesman Jim Sughrue told TheBlaze on Wednesday that Gagnon is presently receiving care at a medical facility that police cannot disclose, and will be formally charged when he’s well enough.
The public defender’s office in Wake County said Gagon has not been assigned an attorney and no court date for a preliminary hearing has been set, WFJA reported.
Carolyn Floyd, Jost’s sister, told WJFA she doesn’t know what triggered the attacks but that her brother acted bravely to save his daughter.
“I just believe that my brother is a hero,” Floyd said. “He is an absolute hero.”
Too bad he wasn’t armed.
First thing I thought of.
What you said.
The first thing I thought of was that the dad (or daughter) was going to end up shot dead by the police right in front of the other… glad that wasn't the case.
This is why I carry. You never know when the criminals and crazies will come out of hiding.
“I just believe that my brother is a hero,” Floyd said. “He is an absolute hero.”
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YES, he should have been armed.
I don’t want to downplay his dilemma in any way possible and glad they are both safe.
He acted sanely, got to a safe place and out of ‘immediate’ danger.
Commendable Yes.
Father protecting his family. YES
Hero? NO,
sorry but they have surely been watering down what a ‘hero’ is these days.
Remember the ‘first stage’ of being a hero is to be one of the people who run towards gun fire or fire while others are retreating.
Then when he gets there he ‘sacrifices’ himself to save others etc.
By ‘sacrifice’ I don’t mean gives up his life BUT he puts himself in MORE danger to save others.
A carry gun and some training would solved this problem, permanently.
“I just believe that my brother is a hero,” Floyd said. “He is an absolute hero.”
What? He called the cops and then ran into a store. That’s not heroic.
Meth.
Agree.
That’s what I was thinking. This is the super high behavior I remember from the crack days.
I’m not sure how you shoot someone who is rear ending your car while you are driving unless you’re Steve Martin in L.A. Story. The guy did the best he could and he and his kid survived. I hope the perp goes away for years and years.
‘roid rage?
Shoot out the guy’s tires?
Or this Headline:
Crazed White Man Kills Mentally Disabled Man Over Fender Bender
He did not run into Whole Foods immediately with his daughter. He waited outside. Hero.
He may not be your definition of a hero, but to his little girl he certainly was. I wouldn't take that from her.
I hear that!
Seems likely. Or at least not-unlikely.
Good point and she is a heck of a lot better off looking up to him than that douchebaggorous kid Bieber.
the hero status and the purple heart ain’t what they used to be sorry to say...
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