Posted on 09/13/2006 6:26:45 AM PDT by WKB
The woman who fought back during a carjacking believes her safety may still be at risk. This weekend the Copiah County woman shot and killed the man she said was trying to steal her car and possibly kill her.
It happened around 11:30pm Saturday outside a pool hall on Highway 51 in Copiah County.
Kennya Johnson is still shaken up. Saturday night she was leaving the pool hall in Copiah County when a man approached her, asked for directions, then pulled out a gun.
"I reached over to shut my door from my left, and he had a gun in my face, a silver gun in my face," said Johnson. "He told me to get out. I threw my hands up, and asked him what he wanted and he said, ‘I want to have this car."
Johnson says she offered to give the man her car, but as friends passed by, her attacker told her not to speak out. The gun was still at her chest. Johnson feared for the worst.
"I'm begging him and telling him that I have got kids," said Johnson. "He said, ‘b***h do I look like I have got a heart.' So I knew it was serious at this time."
Luckily, her attacker, Vincent Fleming, 19, of Jackson, got confused. He misheard Johnson and assumed she had a child in the back seat. He allowed her to remove the baby, but she took that opportunity to get her handgun. She reached inside grabbed the gun and shot once. Fleming fell to the ground
"At that time he came up with the gun pointed at me. So I just started back shooting because it was either me or him," said Johnson.
She shot the 19-year-old at about five times. She said three other men picked the teen up off the ground and drove away. He later died at the hospital.
But Johnson still fears retaliation. Johnson said she was told by investigators that one of those three men turned himself in on Sunday. She said he provided investigators with valuable information but was never arrested.
"So that means that there are three guys out there that know me, and I don't know them. Evidently the Sheriff's department is not concerned about my safety," said Johnson.
Johnson believes her 1992 Buick was not what her attacker really wanted. She said he mentioned how much he liked her 22-inch rims.
Copiah County Sheriff Harold Jones would not address Kennya Johnson's concerns today. He says the investigation is still ongoing.
I agree.
Pay her to relocate and give her an award.
Dieses ist 44 Magnum, die Hand mit der meisten Energie in der Welt. Ein Schuß brennt completly Ihren Kopf abputzen durch. Sie sind vermutlich fragen Ihren Selbst, "er abfeuert fünfmal oder er abfeuert sechs." Ehrlich in meiner Aufregung weiß ich nicht. SO, erklären Sie mir, daß Punk, Sie fiel glücklich?
Some folks can't handle the weight or the recoil of a .45.
Was she planning on a gunfight? It apparently did the job, and seemed to be better than no gun at all.
Since this happened in Mississippi that is probably the lest of her worries. She should worry about the late punks homies. She did a courageous act so the others should rightly fear her, but there is no accounting for stupidity.
Too bad TEENs don't read the newspapers.
LOL!
Thanx Pookie!
Oops - wrong ping.
I was just being facetious toward the other poster. I have no idea what the person in the story was prepared for but I'm just glad she's around and the carjacker isn't.
Me, too, but likely the guy in the most trouble is the one who turned himself in. Hopefully these other thugs have enough mental capacity to realize that if she wasn't going to hesitate to kill their friend, she won't stop at them.
I'm wondering if she would have had a chance to use it if it had been handy. If it were in the front, he would have been able to seh her going for it. The way it worked out, she was able to get it without him seeing it. She turned around and SURPRISE. I would love to have seen the look on his face.
She did get lucky, though.
He probably knew what happened after the first time... ;-)
Yep. Ammo is cheap. The secret is to keep pulling the little lever until the bad guy can't hurt you any more.
It seems pretty intuitive, although I don't have personal experience in the situation, fortunately.
It's my guess that her gun was taken as evidence int he investigation. If so, I hope she gets another one real quick.
"People" and "Targets"
Carjackers (and similar) are "Targets".
ROFLMAO! I love it! I'm stealing it, too.
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