Posted on 07/22/2013 12:13:56 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Surveillance cameras caught a deadly confrontation outside a gas station in southeast Houston Sunday evening when a 23-year-old woman shot and killed a man with a rifle.
It happened at the Gulf station in the 6800 block of Cullen Boulevard shortly before 7 p.m., according to Houston police.
Video shows a woman, who was dressed in camouflage shorts and a white t-shirt, arguing with a man near the gas pumps. At some point, she pulled out a rifle from the trunk of her vehicle and pointed it at the man.
That is when the man took a swing at her, knocking her backward. The woman then aimed her rifle directly at him and fired off several rounds.
To witnesses’ surprise, she then pulled out her cell phone and recorded the body lying on the ground.
The victim, identified by family members as 58-year-old Lewis Daniel, died at the scene. A knife was also found on the ground near him, police said.
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Also, she would have to turn her back to the assailant to get in her car.
...nice grouping.
Well how often do you get to shoot someone outside of chicago. She probably wanted to remember it and share with her kids.
Unless you are a mind reader this is pure speculation and it doesn't make a lot of sense with the evidence given.
If she recorded it afterwards I doubt a jury will have pity on her.
Someone pointed out to me that she was probably snapping a shot of the knife in case it disappeared later. Sounds quite plausible.
A lot of folks diss the 0.22 long-rifle as wimpy. I've killed more than one full size semi-wild pig with said "wimpy" cartridge, and it rarely took more than three hits to "down". That's with hollow-points. I never tried FMJ.
I read that there was an FBI report that showed that more humans were killed in the USA by a .22 than any other caliber. A single shot may not be that lethal, but the low recoil makes accurate multi-shot results quite good (or bad, depending on your point-of-view, literally).
I am picturing a < 5 ft tall, 78 year old LOL (little old lady) with a "wimpy" 0.22 revolver as the last thing a lot of perps see..... :^)
And I have no problem AT ALL believing your FBI statistics.
Show me one person who wants to be shot with a .22
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