Posted on 07/27/2011 5:41:15 PM PDT by marktwain
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -
Deputies say a man is dead after the motel clerk he tried to sexually assault and rob early Monday morning fought back and killed him.
Investigators say 43-year-old Vincent Carson of Orangeburg entered a Days Inn motel at 133 sometime before 6:00 a.m.
As the female clerk went into the breakfast room to prepare breakfast, she found Carson waiting inside. The victim said Carson held a knife to her throat and said, "This is a robbery."
Investigators said when her attacker slipped the knife into his pants pocket to begin tying her up with plastic ties, the woman pulled a handgun from under her shirt, turned, and fired into the man's chest at point blank range.
Deputies say the victim was about 100 pounds lighter than Carson and stood at least a foot shorter than him.
When deputies got to the scene, they found the suspect unresponsive on the floor. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Carson died from a single gunshot to the chest.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Carson's intent was not only to rob the motel, but also to rape the clerk.
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Lack of training.
If this had happened in the UK she’d be in jail right now. Glad we can still get it right over here.
Dang, he kind of looks like Coach from Left 4 Dead 2.
LOL!!
I'd say this was a contact shot rather than a point blank shot. Impossible to miss when the gun is touching his chest.
Looks to me like a trial and long incarceration will not be necessary; PLUS....as you said, his raping days came to a screeching halt!
Just as I pictured him in my mind. I must be getting psychic in my old age.
Knowing the history of SC, I am surprised to hear that. But in this day and time I guess I should not be.
Guess my age is showing.
Now, now. How could this women possibly know what was in the “victim’s mind”. She should have waited to be tied up and he was ripping off her dress before she defended herself. It’s only fair—ya know?
Quite likely. That might explain some of the potency of the shot. In a contact shot, a lot of high pressure hot gases are injected into the body cavity. It does a lot damage in milliseconds.
I like to encourage people to train. Taking just a tenth of a second more per shot can give you a tremendous increase in accuracy.
It is also a lot of fun to try different situations, positions, positions of targets, etc. It gives confidence.
Too many people think it’s the easiest thing in the world to whip out a fire arm and off somebody who’s attacking you.
It isn’t. First you have to have the ability to not panic—biding your time. Then you have to be familiar enough with your fire arm that you instinctively know where the safety is and how to release it. Lastly you must know how to fire the weapon accurately.
Obviously this women had the right stuff and great training. SC is personal fire arm friendly. Don’t even need to register a handgun. But you cannot conceal carry without instruction and certification. Two day mandatory class is all that’s required. Her instructor(s) were good and irt speaks well of the State’s program.
Doesn’t pay to be a criminal these days. People are fed up with being victims.
Go clerk woman!!!
She avoided being raped and took out the trash. My hero of the day.
I suspect if you had been handed a .22 instead of a .38, you would have hit the target every single time. A .22 has no perceptible recoil. I can’t say that for a .38. IMO, that’s the true advantage of a .22, for someone who doesn’t spend much time at the range. It might not have much stopping power, but a larger caliber with more stopping power that misses all the time, due to recoil issues (in turn due to lack of range time), is distinctly inferior to a .22 that is more-or-less point-and-shoot, that usually hits the target. The .22 is preferable to a .38 for someone with no time to practice.
Deputies say the victim was about 100 pounds lighter than Carson and stood at least a foot shorter than him.
Guns, the great equalizers.
you can check out any time you want but you can never leave
Maybe not, but it could certainly slow someone down long enough for you to get into a position to get a better shot at him. ;o)
It was more an unfamiliarity with revolvers and the desire to shoot extremely fast. Some people are naturals that shoot very well with minimal training. Most improve by an order of magnitude with just a little coaching. I could shoot 3 inch groups at 50 feet one handed with a target .22 in national match rapid fire. I, in my youth and inexperience, simply didn't think I could miss a big target like that at 15 feet. It is easy to do though, If you yank on that double action trigger really fast without having learned to compensate.
I recommend that my students get a .22, and I almost always start them out with one. The ammunition costs make them affordable for lots of practice. If you can hit well with a .22, you can hit well with a .45 or a .44. The principles are the same. The only difference is the time that it takes to recover from the recoil and blast. It isn't recoil that causes people to miss, because by the time the gun is recoiling, the bullet is already out of the barrel. It is the anticipation of the recoil and the blast that cause people to flinch or anticipate the shot. That can be overcome with training. In a deadly fight for your life, people seldom notice recoil or blast.
I am not really disagreeing with you on this, just trying to elaborate a bit and to be very specific. A .22 that you have confidence with is much better than a .45 that you are afraid to shoot.
Even a .22 is enough gun, when it’s point-blank to the heart.
I understand what you are saying, but this was literally point blank range. Like turn around and shoot and the guy is a foot or less away from her.
Anyway, glad she got ‘im.
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