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Dad Picks Up Daughter from Movies. Their Car Gets Rear-Ended. Then Their Evening of Terror Begins.
Blaze ^ | Feb. 12, 2014 10:28am | Dave Urbanski

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.”


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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Handsome devil. And so friendly-looking.


61 posted on 02/27/2014 8:13:40 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: wku man

Whoaaaa! Verbal rear-ending on FR. Hope you get some anger management help.


62 posted on 02/27/2014 8:16:13 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Remy the Random Road Rage Rammer.


63 posted on 02/27/2014 8:20:39 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: AlexW
I just can not imagine living in a society where I thought that I would have to be armed at all times ... but I can not imagine living in a “Don’t leave home without it” society.

No wonder they sound like "big talkers" to you; you prize "security" over "liberty."

64 posted on 02/27/2014 8:31:17 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: miss marmelstein
I always wonder why guns are the first resort of armchair warriors!

I always wonder about those who feel the need to attack anyone who won't play the coward.

65 posted on 02/27/2014 8:40:48 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: papertyger

You got that right papertyger, no question about it.


66 posted on 02/27/2014 9:09:18 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: AllAmericanGirl44; AlexW; miss marmelstein
People like Alex and Miss M. call to mind something I read recently:
...they never thought we'd put our lives on the line just because they never had the guts to.

...or at least believe ourselves competent to judge when to use deadly force without some authority to give its permission.

67 posted on 02/27/2014 11:07:14 PM PST by papertyger ("refusing to draw an inescapable conclusion does not qualify as a 'difference of opinion.'")
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To: papertyger

So you know everything about me, don’t you? You’re a bit of a jerk.


68 posted on 02/28/2014 4:35:27 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein
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.

Personally, I would have handed my phone to my Daughter with 911 already called, slammed on the brakes, and opened fire.
I carry 39 rounds of .45+P with my XDm on me all the time.
69 posted on 02/28/2014 4:43:38 AM PST by RandallFlagg ("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
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To: RandallFlagg

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ve heard that crap here for years. And you would have ended up in a orange suit with a court-appointed lawyer while civil rights organizations filed suit and your kid would end up on Welfare. Meanwhile, this father is alive and well and his daughter is probably back at school.

I am a 2nd A advocate. But I’m sick of people pretending they’d shoot anyone who looked crooked at them. So phony.


70 posted on 02/28/2014 4:52:37 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Wait. I didn’t attack you, nor did I attack the Father for his actions to protect his Daughter.
However, all reading this should use it as a learning experience: What would YOU do?
Many here -including myself- have had to draw their weapon to stop a threat. Can’t say I enjoyed it, myself.


71 posted on 02/28/2014 4:57:13 AM PST by RandallFlagg ("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
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To: robowombat

Did anyone hear about the Jeff Gordon taxi prank? Apparently, there were two friends, one, a JG fan, and the other, a vocal critic. Somehow the fan got a hold of Jeff Gordon, and arranged to have him pick up his friend in a taxi. Gordon then acted like be was being pursued, and did some off-road evasive driving. The video is predictably funny, but one of these days someone is going to get hurt.


72 posted on 02/28/2014 5:05:12 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: RandallFlagg

Since I came of age in the urban killing fields of NYC during the 60s, 70s and 80s, I know that fight or flight are two options that people have. I chose keeping a wary eye one block ahead of me and used flight whenever a dangerous situation cropped up. And believe me: they did. I was never once mugged or attacked because of a vigilant eye and, obviously, being born under a lucky star. There are many ways to survive.

This silly idea that someone being rear-ended - which has physical effects on the driver’s body - could pull out a gun and properly aim and fire at his target without creating mayhem - is ludicrous. Once he was in the parking lot, I suppose he could have opened fire.


73 posted on 02/28/2014 5:05:38 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Like I said. Make this a learning experience.
The Father was in a Saab -a VERY heavy vehicle (At least the older models were).
If it was me, I would have used that to my advantage as well.


74 posted on 02/28/2014 5:09:32 AM PST by RandallFlagg ("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
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To: miss marmelstein

-— I chose keeping a wary eye one block ahead of me and used flight whenever a dangerous situation cropped up -—

I worked with a liberal gay guy who told me the following story. He was walking through downtown Boston when three hooded yutes began walking toward him. He had time to cross the street, but thought crossing the street would be racist.

You know the rest of the story.


75 posted on 02/28/2014 5:12:26 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: luvbach1

Monkey dust aka bath salts.


76 posted on 02/28/2014 5:15:39 AM PST by metesky (Brethren, leave us go amongst them! - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Oh, there was always pressure from lib groups not to cross the street when thugs were coming your way. INSANE! Sometimes, once I got out of the way, the thugs would yell: Hey, White Girl! Come back here! You racist bitch!


77 posted on 02/28/2014 6:02:49 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: driftdiver
Too bad he wasn’t armed.

Right. Anybody who wonders why I travel in the company of Mr. Browning or Mr. SIG-Sauer can read this story.

78 posted on 02/28/2014 6:06:55 AM PST by NorthMountain
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To: miss marmelstein; AlexW
Don't worry...I need no help managing my anger. Trust me, there's a history behind everything I post to the cowardly liar Alex W. I have no use for an expat who badmouths his former nation and we patriots who refuse to leave it, from the "safety" of his beach chair. I especially have no use for how he actively uses Free Republic to recruit other wavering conservatives to defect and leave the USA when they're needed most. Compounding the problem is when said cowardly expat blatantly lied about me behind my back, didn't ping me to the post, and now refuses to answer for it when I call him out.

I'm doing a good enough job managing my anger, thank you very much.

BTW, Alex...where's the quote, you miserable lowlife liar? Chicken. Worm. Liar. Man up and admit you lied.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

79 posted on 02/28/2014 10:54:54 AM PST by wku man (We are the 53%! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUXN0GDuLN4)
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To: wku man

Well played.


80 posted on 02/28/2014 10:58:02 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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