utbagpiper
Banned
As reported at the KSL site, a (plainclothes) security guard from a nearby drug store was following a suspected shoplifter when he saw what he believed was an aggravated assault. He witnesses a man pull a knife on a bicyclist.
So security guard pulls his gun and the assailant complies. Cops show up and find out that the guy with the knife was the victim of a bike robbery and when he saw his stolen bike, tried to get it back when security guard draws down on him.
No charges pressed or filed in any case. Cops who respond know the security guard and don't even have him disarm.
From the posted photos it appears security guard has his finger on the trigger while holding the suspected assailant at gun point.
As one cop is quoted: “I never would have guessed that what happened before was actually what happened,” said Salt Lake City Police Sgt. Robin Heiden. “There are three different things going on in this case. You can’t make this stuff up.”
And this is why a lot of us do not plan to use our guns to intervene when we are not personally in danger.
Charles
So security guard pulls his gun and the assailant complies. Cops show up and find out that the guy with the knife was the victim of a bike robbery and when he saw his stolen bike, tried to get it back when security guard draws down on him.
No charges pressed or filed in any case. Cops who respond know the security guard and don't even have him disarm.
From the posted photos it appears security guard has his finger on the trigger while holding the suspected assailant at gun point.
As one cop is quoted: “I never would have guessed that what happened before was actually what happened,” said Salt Lake City Police Sgt. Robin Heiden. “There are three different things going on in this case. You can’t make this stuff up.”
And this is why a lot of us do not plan to use our guns to intervene when we are not personally in danger.
Charles