Posted on 02/10/2016 4:05:20 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
POLICE ARE crediting a vigilant gun owner with saving the life of an Upper Darby cop Friday after he saw the officer being attacked and surrounded by a large group of teens.
"There were 40 kids. If it wasn't for the good Samaritan stepping forward, he'd have been dead meat," Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. "There's no doubt they would have attacked him."
About 3 p.m. every weekday, from six to eight township police officers patrol the area near Upper Darby High School as nearly 4,000 kids pour out of the building on Lansdowne Avenue near School Lane.
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Homeowner may have been in a superior firing position and able to target the big mouth (always one in the bunch instigating stuff) better.
Homeowner may have known the kids and called the mouthy one out by name or just asked them which one wanted to die first.
'Mob busting' is an art form.
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