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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If she got a rifle from the trunk of her car she could have gotten in the car and fled.
If she’s White and the dead man non-White, there will be a trial and she’ll have to explain the above.
So ... he appears to be a stupid, violent SOB who was just begging to get shot.
Katrina refugees?
Well he seems to have died a success then.
Apparently swinging at her with a knife.
“He was already messing with people, you know what Im saying, one witness said. Like trying to attack people with the umbrella. Like he was just angry, like expressing he was mad at the world.
The young woman fled the scene after the shooting, but a witness recorded her license plate number and handed it over to police. Police tracked her down and took her in for questioning, then got her version of events.
Police said the woman was pumping gas when Daniel approached and began making sexual advances toward her. She repeatedly told the suspect to go away, but he continued to harass her. The man then advanced toward her with a knife, which is when she armed herself.”
Probably not good for her defense.
Just my opinion.
But ya know what, I'll bet that is not far from what really happened here. And the guy had a knife he was about to try and cut her with don'tchaknow.
Success in one’s life goals is a beautiful thing ...
“If she got a rifle from the trunk of her car she could have gotten in the car and fled.”
That is what stand your ground is for. Under that law you do not have a duty to retreat. The guy was certainly close enough to hurt her with the knife.
Don’t screw with an armed angry black woman.
Good shoot.
Well, they’re putting it in front of a grand jury. That was Zimmerman’s undoing, but I’m not thinking a GJ would do that in Texas.
Have the media posted any pictures of the dead man as a young boy?
A grand jury wasnt used for Zimmerman.
Way at the bottom of the article is this....
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“Police said the woman was pumping gas when Daniel approached and began making sexual advances toward her. She repeatedly told the suspect to go away, but he continued to harass her. The man then advanced toward her with a knife, which is when she armed herself.
The case is being referred to the grand jury. No charges have been filed at this time.”
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So IF the man was using a knife would this be considered self defense?
I LOVE how the media play up the story, a lot of people would have only read the first couple of sentences.
They were both obastard’s people. You know, the peaceful ones. No racism opportunities here... move along citizen.
Well, his head is pretty cool by now.
If cooler heads had prevailed he wouldn't have swung on her and she wouldn't have had to shoot him.
Decent folk don't express their anger and discontent by violently lashing out at strangers.
The young woman fled the scene after the shooting, but a witness recorded her license plate number and handed it over to police. Police tracked her down and took her in for questioning, then got her version of events.
Not entirely wise on her part. Fleeing might not be too bad, but she should have called 911 on her own. IMO. It suggests innocence. IMO.
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