Posted on 03/11/2005 9:09:55 AM PST by Pokey78
Staff writer Don O'Briant, who was carjacked Friday morning, told this story while he was in the emergency room at Atlanta Medical Center getting stiches above his left eye, about 90 minutes after the carjacking happened.
I had just parked my car in the parking lot behind the Chinese restarurant at the corner of Spring Street and Marietta Street and was going to work, a little after 9 a.m.
This person pulled in beside me, and I noticed that he had pulled into a handicapped spot. He was a young, athletic looking black man, and he didn't have a shirt on, but I figured he was probably in town for the basketball tournament.
First he asked how to get to Lenox Square.
Then he pulled a gun and said "Give me your keys or I'll kill you!"
I gave him the keys, and then he said "Get in the trunk."
I said no. I thought maybe I was going to be killed, but I wasn't going to get in the trunk.
I turned to run, and that's when he hit me in the head with his gun. I fell down, and I got up and ran into a garbage bin. I got up again and ran.
I scrambled into the street, waiting for the shots to come, but they didn't come.
He must have been out of bullets, because he didn't shoot me.
I couldn't see, because blood was coming out all over my eye. I went to the Chinese restaurant and banged on the door, but there was no one there, so I started out into Marietta Street, and that's when I ran into co-worker Drew Jubera.
Good call not to get in the trunk.
I'm assuming this was the car-jacking by that POS criminal who killed the judge.
Yes.
I've been wondering how many bullets the officer's pistol holds - I'm sure the police are aware of how many rounds he's got left, given that he's shot four people so far.
This would not have happened if he was provided a car of his own. It's his civil right to own a car isn't it? NO JUSTICE NO PEACE
Good call indeed.
Is this thread a chat-free zone?
Great call not to get into the trunk.. never let the criminal take you to a place where you wont get medical attention.
At least where he was, if he got shot the ambulance was not far away. who knows where he would have been shot if he had gotten into the trunk
First I think "Atlanta Journal & Constipation", then I remember the definition of a conservative as being a liberal who has been mugged.
I can tell the editors didn't even look at this one.
As few as two. or as many as 12 depending on the weapon.
It looks quite different from such vantage point when talking of not keeping convicted law breakers in jail.
Crime rates came down by jail terms corresponding and relating to severity of crime.
Three or two strikes and you're out does result in consequences for criminals and victims.
Two strikes and you die should be the law of the land.
ping!
Maybe the editor has been mugged too.
Before I look, it's not Cynthia Tucker, is it? :-)
This story is so big that they have pre-empted Rush here in the Atlanta area.
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