Cue Dave Chappelle.
Posted on 08/31/2022 9:57:01 AM PDT by grundle
DETROIT (AP) — A young man suspected of randomly killing three people on Detroit streets fled when an armed bystander saw him shoot a fourth person and responded with his own gunfire, witnesses told a TV station.
"He scattered like a jack rabbit,” Wallace Pleasant told WXYZ-TV.
Three people were killed over roughly two hours early Sunday. The 19-year-old suspect remained in custody Tuesday while police and prosecutors prepared to file charges Wednesday.
The suspect shot a fourth person, an 80-year-old man who was walking his dog, according to police. He survived.
Kaia Maxey-Gholson told the TV station that she witnessed another man fire shots in an attempt to stop the suspect.
She said she believes the suspect would have kept shooting the elderly man "like he did the other victims that morning.”
Police spokesman Rudy Harper confirmed the account Tuesday.
WXYZ didn't identify the man who intervened but quoted him as saying the suspect “saw my weapon and he went from predator to prey.”
The suspect was arrested hours later at his home.
Two of the three people who were killed Sunday were identified as Jesse James Hawkins, 28, and Lari Brisco, 43, according to friends and the medical examiner's office.
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Is the dog OK?
“A young man...”
No mention of his race, so we know he wasn’t white.
If he were, it would no doubt be labeled another mass shooting event.
Actually he was a white supremacist with a very dark complexion.
It’s kind of a side point, but it’s worth noting. If you are an armed bystander and you decide to take action, be damn sure that you are not mistaken for a bad guy when the police arrive.
There was a story awhile back where responding cops promptly shot and killed the armed good guy.
Is 'Wabbit' hunting in season?
You mean Amish.
Darn, I forgot all about that “internalized white supremacy”!
Cue Dave Chappelle.
A single rabbit does not scatter.
Actually, he was white…one of your typical young white incel males who had apparently originally considered attacking a school.
There”s too many crazy people on the loose.
Is this the same one who was photographed walking in a neighborhood on Wyoming Street?
His name should be in the report.
No need to ‘protect’ a killer.
A single rabbit DOES scatter if hit by a 15,000 fps plus 5.56 round from an AR-15.
I hadn’t considered that angle. ;-D
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Deetoilet,”
Velocity is a bit exaggerated.
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