That’s better shooting than most cops.
yup.
Posted on 04/20/2015 5:32:42 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy loathes concealed carry, and so it must be particularly painful for him today to deal with the fact that it was a concealed carry permit holder who stopped a madman firing into a Chicago crowd.
A Logan Square man was ordered held on no bail Sunday after prosecutors said he fired a handgun into a crowd of people Friday night.
But 22-year-old Everardo Custodio wasn’t in Cook County bond court to hear Judge Peggy Chiampas deny him bail.
He was at Advocate Illinois Masonic hospital, being treated for gunshot wounds to the shin, thigh and lower back.
As Custodio was allegedly opening fire on the crowd Friday, an Uber driver with a concealed-carry permit picked up his own firearm and shot Custodio multiple times, according to prosecutors and court records.
The Uber driver, a 47-year-old Little Italy resident, has a firearm owner’s identification card and acted in self-defense and the defense of others, Assistant State’s Attorney Barry Quinn said Sunday in bond court.
No charges have been filed against the Uber driver, police said.
The cab driver and attempted murderer Custodio were on opposite sides of North Milwaukee Avenue shortly before midnight when a group of people came walking by on the cab driver’s side of the street. When they got close, Custodio pulled a hidden weapon and opened fire on them. As panicked people scattered and ran for cover, the cab driver got out of his vehicle opened fire on the violent criminal in their defense.
The concealed carrier fired six shots and hit Custodio multiple times, ending the 22-year-old’s attempted murder spree.
None of the people saved by the armed Uber driver were apparently hit by Custodio’s shots.
There were five people murdered and 22 injured in Chicago this weekend in a city still dealing with the poverty created by decades of single-party misrule in what was one of the nation’s largest and most violent “gun-free zones.”
There may have been more people dead and injured if it wasn’t for the fact that the courts finally forced Chicago to allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns to defend their lives, and as seen here, the lives of others.
As the bullets entered the bad guys body, I’ll bet he was thinking, “gee, this was a bad idea”
Countdown to Uber removing him from being able to drive people begins in 3, 2, 1...
That’s better shooting than most cops.
Ha. Uber drivers as the white corpucles in the body politic. Nomads, roving throughout society, ready to pounce on and ‘sterilize’ imperfection.
IIRC that two criminal acts were stopped the first week that concealed was allowed in Chicago. One gang attempted to attack a woman leaving a bar and attempting to drive home. They lost. And, an elderly gentleman stopped an armed robbery. The only way that this was the “wild west” anti gun rights,groups claimed was coming was that the guys in the white hats won.
As the bullets entered the bad guys body, I’ll bet he was thinking, “gee, this was a bad idea”...I’d bet he thought “ That Damned WOP is just showing his white privilege.”
I wonder if Sr. Custodio is a Dreamer?
:: The cab driver and attempted murderer Custodio were on opposite sides of North Milwaukee Avenue shortly before midnight when a group of people came walking by on the cab driver’s side of the street. ^^When they got close^^, Custodio pulled a hidden weapon and opened fire on them. As panicked people scattered and ran for cover, the cab driver got out of his vehicle opened fire on the violent criminal in their defense. ::
Not well constructed...who is the “they” and it begs the question of “close to what/whom”?
That’s better shooting than most cops.
yup.
04/27 headline: Assistant State's Attorney for Cook County investigated by local police.
Uber Steady Aim and Hold.
Yes, the writing in that article was abysmal...
We need a meme for this.
Gun Control in Chicago.
1. What it is - show disarmed populace
2. What it should be - show person in good shooting stance (in control)
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