Posted on 02/03/2021 12:16:24 PM PST by L.A.Justice
PHOENIX — A woman has been arrested after allegedly shooting a Phoenix Ace Hardware employee while attempting to stop two robbery suspects.
According to court paperwork, the incident happened around 9:15 a.m. Saturday, at the Ace Hardware near 32nd Street and Indian School Road.
Police say 45-year-old Nya Reyes was walking her dog in the area of the Ace Hardware when she saw two people running from the store holding items, followed by employees who were yelling at the two people telling them to stop.
Reyes observed the incident and realized the two people looked to be shoplifting.
One of the two alleged shoplifters got into a blue sedan in front of Reyes and began to drive away. The second person followed the vehicle and got in as it was driving away.
Reyes told police that she fired at least two “stop shots” toward the vehicle, in an attempt to disable the vehicle but not hurt anyone.
The vehicle drove away and it was discovered that one of the Ace Hardware employees was shot in his knee by Reyes.
Police say Reyes disabled the weapon and cooperated when they arrived. The employee was taken to the hospital and treated for his injury.
Reyes was arrested and faces charges for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and discharging a weapon within city limits.
No other details on the alleged shoplifters have been released.
Hey, maybe you wouldn’t go out on a date with her - but you’d sure want her in your foxhole!
I try not to hang out with idiots.
“You don’t fire as a ‘warning’ or to ‘disable’ a vehicle”
I’ve seen “Warning shots” get people put in jail in my state.
If they were not threatening her, why was she shooting at them?
Hero complex? Maybe she was sick and tired of criminals not being caught?
If I was the DA and they were arrested, YES.
Would you say that to her face? What if she’s a Freeper? This is probably one of the worst, most expensive days of her life, making a poor choice while trying to help out, and she gets compared to a dog? That’s something anti-gun leftists would do; why lower yourself to their level?
I apologize. Any dog has more sense than she will ever have.
If she’s a FReeper, I’ll cancel my membership here.
"...making a poor choice..."
Remind me to avoid Phoenix, cops. Suppose the perps had injured or killed a store employee? Would she be charged for doing what she did?
She should not have shot at the fleeing thieves, but them again, the police were nowhere in sight, were they?
Not a good shoot but the criminals did get away, as usual. Now, did anyone get their license plate number?
So she can shoot your kneecaps?
When all is said and done though, I can see this frontier vigilante justice as a future trend and in crime ridden areas, necessary because authorities have said they will not respond appropriately to shoplifting.
She’s obviously too stupid to own a gun.
And what’s up with the mustache? Or is that a lip tattoo? “In remembrance of Smiley RIP”
I can picture this sort of thing happening a lot. I can’t believe it doesn’t happen more than it does. My wife is a CC/LTC instructor, and I often encounter some of her former students and ask them if they’ve fired their gun lately. The response is often: “Nope.”
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