Posted on 08/20/2022 7:47:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Authorities said the 5-year-old child of a second suspect drew on police with a loaded shotgun as his mother was being taken into custody. Adam Simjee and Mikayla Paulus
A would-be robber pretending to be a stranded motorist killed a Florida college student who had pulled his own weapon in self-defense during a gunfight in Alabama, authorities said.
Adam Simjee, 22, and his girlfriend, Mikayla Paulus — both students at the University of Central Florida — were driving through Talladega National Forest near Cheaha State Park when they were flagged down Sunday by suspect Yasmine Hider, the Clay County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
Hider said her car had broken down and when the victims offered their help, she "produced a gun and made the couple walk back into the woods," according to the sheriff.
Simjee then pulled his concealed handgun and wounded Hider "multiple times" before he too was shot and then died at the scene, the sheriff said.
Paulus, who was not wounded in the shootout, called 911 and told authorities there was another woman with Hider. Searchers eventually found the suspects' camp about a half-mile away, where they had been "living off the grid," according to the sheriff's statement.
That's where police officers and deputies found second suspect Krystal Diane Pinkins and her young child.
"As officers were ordering the female to the ground a 5-year-old child ran from the woods holding a loaded shotgun," the sheriff said. "Law enforcement told the child to put the shotgun down however the child continued to the female’s location before laying the gun on the ground."
Pinkins, 36, remained in custody Friday, booked on suspicion of endangering the welfare of a child, murder, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of robbery, jail records showed.
Hider was taken to a hospital in Birmingham and will eventually be jailed on suspicion of murder, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of robbery, the sheriff said.
Clay County District Court Judge David Law on Wednesday issued a gag order, preventing both law enforcement and defense lawyers from commenting on the case.
His order also directed Clay County Sheriff Jim Studdard to scrub from social media any statements his office had previously made about the case.
Simjee was a finance major at UCF where he had been enrolled since last fall, a school representative said Friday. Paulus was about to embark on her first semester at UCF, pursuing her master’s degree in counselor education.
Would officers shoot a five year old eventually?
His life or theirs.
“… Clay County District Court Judge David Law on Wednesday issued a gag order, preventing both law enforcement and defense lawyers from commenting on the case.
His order also directed Clay County Sheriff Jim Studdard to scrub from social media any statements his office had previously made about the case.…”
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WTF - Who or what is this judge trying to protect?
I’m going to get some flak for this.
But a 5 year old can point and pull the trigger at least once.
and can kill.
That’s a nightmare beyond imagination.
Some peeps need series counseling.
All 5 year olds or some?
Stand and deliver!
I found the mug shot for Yasmine Hider.
I did not need to look.
LEOs probably wouldn’t but I don’t know about IRS agents hired for their willingness to use deadly force.
I know it will never be, but I wish these stories would include the type of ammo.
Because many times the outcome is what it is because of the ammo.
For instance 9mm round nose (ball), 9mm hollow point, 9 mm flat nose, 9mm wad cutter each has an entirely different effect. Even variations in hollow nose construction vary a lot.
And a .357 hollow point +P is dramatically different in effect.
In other words with the right ammo he might have lived.
The other gal, Pinkins, was also black. Seems they were part of a violent gang living in the national park. The young (white) couple were engaged to be married.
Safest thing to do is not help.
You have obligations to family and others that normally count on you.
Yep, the usual suspects.
As for the child, teaching them to hate young is part of certain inner-city demographics culture.
This is so wrong.
I remember stopping to help a young couple on the Gen. Geo. Crook trail on the Rim.
Needed a new tire. Went to Payson, got the tire and got them back to their car. 1987.
Just a call to 911 on the cell phone and they could have lived happily ever after.
National forest. There are no national parks in Alabama. I’ve camped in Alabama many times. Never had a bad experience. This is shocking and disturbing.
This is not the same country it was in 1987.
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