esstac
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We just got home, so I thought I would add this while it is fresh, yet a bit tired so please forgive my lack of spelling.
My wife works at the Big B on second shift, and tonight I had to pick her up and drop of 2 of our kiddies to there mom for there weekend visit. Our third child, my wife and I decided to pay a visit to my folks who also work second shift at the Big B. We arrived at there apartment that is close to back side of Boeing in Everett and did the normal socializing.
Around 2am we were getting our things gathered to leave when we heard a loud screach from outside, the sound of a car slamming on the brakes and leaving a nice 50+ foot patch of black on the road. My folks live in a second floor apartment with a wrap around balcony so all of us headed out to it to see WTF was going on. We got to the balcony and didn't see a thing.
A few moments later we noticed a car pulling into the small parking lot between my Folks building and another and this car was being driven quite eratic almost sideswiping 3-4 other cars that were parked, the car was then turned and driven into a stall and they almost hit a truck in the next stall only swerving with a quick jerk at the last second. The car was parked then, this parking spot just happens to be directly below my Folks balcony.
We saw allot of movement from inside the car and it was rocking back and forth, at one point I swear it had hydrolics as it looked like it lept in the air a bit :shock: We started hearing some comotion and realized the movments inside looked like a fight was breaking out. At this point I told my Dad to dial 911 and I headed for the door, my folks told me to not go out but I wasn't going to sit and do nothing. About the same time I hit the door my wife screamed it was a guy beating on a gal.....
I hit mach 5 down the hall and flew down the stairs at this point. I hit the street and rounded the corner to the side of the building that this little parking lot is located. As soon as I rounded the corner I got full view of a man ontop of a woman who was in the passenger seat in full swings. He was litteraly ontop of her giving her a beatdown as she was trying to get out of the car, he was also keeping her from exiting the car. As I aproached closer now about 2 stalls away this fight was not getting any lesser and she was now screaming for help even louder.......
Now I will get into what I did next, but I will say flat out I DO NOT regret what I did, nore does my wife or folks or the Gal that was getting beat. I have even heard back from her about an hour ago with her thanking me for what I did.
When I saw this fellow(a 26 year old male) ontop of this Gal whaling on her I had Fear for her life and safety. My instinks took over and I drew my firearm and instantly began yelling at him as I further aproached the vehicle. I yelled "Get the **** off her and Get the **** out of the car" At this point her door was open a few inches and she was clawing her way out of it with him still beating on her and ontop of her. When I said my first line she made eye contact ewith me and began pleading for help from me, he had not noticed me at this time. I repeated exactly what I had said another 2 times before he lifted his head and stopped his attack and noticed me.
When he noticed me and stoped what he was doing he got off her and sat back down in the drivers seat. What I remember the most is front sight and him, I could see everything he was doing as if it was the sunniest of days. He sat in the drivers seat for a few moments and then started fumbling at the key in the ignition. I again yelled my command to "get the **** out of the vehicle" At this time the Gal was already out and made it the 5 feet to me and had colapsed at my feet. He exited the vehicle with his hands at about a 45deg angle and palms facing me(sorta a hands up but not quite) he stood facing me for a second and then began to walk backwards twords the rear of the car, I was at the front passenger side. he then proceded to move along the back side of the car and kept moving away keeping his body square to me and his hands in plain view palms facing me(kinda strange)
At this point my wife had cought up to me and started yelling for him to get down, my Dad had come down the stairs on the other side of the building and came out on the other side of the car/s and headed for him at witch point he took off running, with my dad in pursuit. My dad lost him not to far off, he is an older gentleman and couldn't keep up with the younger attacker.
This entire time my wife was on the phone with 911. She let them know I am a CPL holder and was OCin and what I had done.
As soon as he was away I reholstered keeping an eye out and comforting the Gal. She was pretty shaken and histerical at this time. I will also add she was a bit on the not so sober side. We took her into the open of the parking lot and sat her down on a curb and I sat there with her comforting her until the police arrived. I managed to get her calmed down quite a bit. I would say it was a long 4-5 minutes from the time this started till the police arrived, but it was a good minute into it before my wife got the phone and dialed 911.
My only thought through this entire incident was for the Gals safety, what happened to him was no concern to me other then getting his ass off of her and getting her safe. At no time did I even consider running after him and was not leaving her side until the police arrived, but I did keep him in mind incase he returned.
My wife had told the 911 operator I had a firearm, when the first police officer arrived she emidiatly made it clear to him that I was armed before he aproached me and the victim(sitting with the victim in a non threatening way) At no time did any of the officers even mention or agnolage the fact I was armed and OCin. The 2 officers I talked with were very proffesional and have my utmost respect, one even drove her home after being treated by the medics and refusing to be transported to the hospital, she was a reluctant witnsess but did provide some info on the guy.
Now a few things about this incident, Some asshat from the next building opened his window and yelled out for us to STFU????? seriously a Gal is getting a beat down and all you care about is sleep? The Gal asked me several times how I knew(How I knew she was being attacked and to come to her aid) we told her the story and she was extremely grateful.
Now some may question me pulling my Firearm, to each his own I guess but if this happened again I would do it without hesitation. I felt she was in extreme danger and my actions led to him stoping his attack. My Mom who watched the whole incident from about 15 feet away on her balcony would not shut up for the next 2 hours about how proud she was of me, and how she couldn't believe that was my voice telling him to get off her and get out of the car(she reinacted it multiple times to my embarassment) My Father a veteran of multiple wars said it could not have went any other way, my wife(who reads OCDO also) belived it could not have been handled better and hoped someone would do it for her if she needed help(she also carrys open and CC and was pissed her Glock was locked in the truck atm)
Both my wife an I wrote out our statements for the Police and then went back up to my Folks after they were done with us. As far as I know they did not find the guy but they had quite a few Officers out hunting his ass down.
I never thought I would have to draw my weapon, and I am glad this asshat did what he did when confronted and did not try to be a martyr. I am 32 and have been carring a pistol for over 12 years, always beliving that if you carry you carry ALWAYS as you never know what will happen. Tonight was just a simple picking up the wife and droppping kiddies off and hitting my parents but it happened. I had OCed all day, granted I work from home and it was at home working, messing with my Willys and baking bread, I even considered taking my gun off tonight and leaving it in the vehicle with my wifes that I brought with me so she would have hers when she got off work. This just reafirmed my "always" mentality...
I may have missed some info here and if I remember I will add it later or answer any questions once I get some sleep.
We just got home, so I thought I would add this while it is fresh, yet a bit tired so please forgive my lack of spelling.
My wife works at the Big B on second shift, and tonight I had to pick her up and drop of 2 of our kiddies to there mom for there weekend visit. Our third child, my wife and I decided to pay a visit to my folks who also work second shift at the Big B. We arrived at there apartment that is close to back side of Boeing in Everett and did the normal socializing.
Around 2am we were getting our things gathered to leave when we heard a loud screach from outside, the sound of a car slamming on the brakes and leaving a nice 50+ foot patch of black on the road. My folks live in a second floor apartment with a wrap around balcony so all of us headed out to it to see WTF was going on. We got to the balcony and didn't see a thing.
A few moments later we noticed a car pulling into the small parking lot between my Folks building and another and this car was being driven quite eratic almost sideswiping 3-4 other cars that were parked, the car was then turned and driven into a stall and they almost hit a truck in the next stall only swerving with a quick jerk at the last second. The car was parked then, this parking spot just happens to be directly below my Folks balcony.
We saw allot of movement from inside the car and it was rocking back and forth, at one point I swear it had hydrolics as it looked like it lept in the air a bit :shock: We started hearing some comotion and realized the movments inside looked like a fight was breaking out. At this point I told my Dad to dial 911 and I headed for the door, my folks told me to not go out but I wasn't going to sit and do nothing. About the same time I hit the door my wife screamed it was a guy beating on a gal.....
I hit mach 5 down the hall and flew down the stairs at this point. I hit the street and rounded the corner to the side of the building that this little parking lot is located. As soon as I rounded the corner I got full view of a man ontop of a woman who was in the passenger seat in full swings. He was litteraly ontop of her giving her a beatdown as she was trying to get out of the car, he was also keeping her from exiting the car. As I aproached closer now about 2 stalls away this fight was not getting any lesser and she was now screaming for help even louder.......
Now I will get into what I did next, but I will say flat out I DO NOT regret what I did, nore does my wife or folks or the Gal that was getting beat. I have even heard back from her about an hour ago with her thanking me for what I did.
When I saw this fellow(a 26 year old male) ontop of this Gal whaling on her I had Fear for her life and safety. My instinks took over and I drew my firearm and instantly began yelling at him as I further aproached the vehicle. I yelled "Get the **** off her and Get the **** out of the car" At this point her door was open a few inches and she was clawing her way out of it with him still beating on her and ontop of her. When I said my first line she made eye contact ewith me and began pleading for help from me, he had not noticed me at this time. I repeated exactly what I had said another 2 times before he lifted his head and stopped his attack and noticed me.
When he noticed me and stoped what he was doing he got off her and sat back down in the drivers seat. What I remember the most is front sight and him, I could see everything he was doing as if it was the sunniest of days. He sat in the drivers seat for a few moments and then started fumbling at the key in the ignition. I again yelled my command to "get the **** out of the vehicle" At this time the Gal was already out and made it the 5 feet to me and had colapsed at my feet. He exited the vehicle with his hands at about a 45deg angle and palms facing me(sorta a hands up but not quite) he stood facing me for a second and then began to walk backwards twords the rear of the car, I was at the front passenger side. he then proceded to move along the back side of the car and kept moving away keeping his body square to me and his hands in plain view palms facing me(kinda strange)
At this point my wife had cought up to me and started yelling for him to get down, my Dad had come down the stairs on the other side of the building and came out on the other side of the car/s and headed for him at witch point he took off running, with my dad in pursuit. My dad lost him not to far off, he is an older gentleman and couldn't keep up with the younger attacker.
This entire time my wife was on the phone with 911. She let them know I am a CPL holder and was OCin and what I had done.
As soon as he was away I reholstered keeping an eye out and comforting the Gal. She was pretty shaken and histerical at this time. I will also add she was a bit on the not so sober side. We took her into the open of the parking lot and sat her down on a curb and I sat there with her comforting her until the police arrived. I managed to get her calmed down quite a bit. I would say it was a long 4-5 minutes from the time this started till the police arrived, but it was a good minute into it before my wife got the phone and dialed 911.
My only thought through this entire incident was for the Gals safety, what happened to him was no concern to me other then getting his ass off of her and getting her safe. At no time did I even consider running after him and was not leaving her side until the police arrived, but I did keep him in mind incase he returned.
My wife had told the 911 operator I had a firearm, when the first police officer arrived she emidiatly made it clear to him that I was armed before he aproached me and the victim(sitting with the victim in a non threatening way) At no time did any of the officers even mention or agnolage the fact I was armed and OCin. The 2 officers I talked with were very proffesional and have my utmost respect, one even drove her home after being treated by the medics and refusing to be transported to the hospital, she was a reluctant witnsess but did provide some info on the guy.
Now a few things about this incident, Some asshat from the next building opened his window and yelled out for us to STFU????? seriously a Gal is getting a beat down and all you care about is sleep? The Gal asked me several times how I knew(How I knew she was being attacked and to come to her aid) we told her the story and she was extremely grateful.
Now some may question me pulling my Firearm, to each his own I guess but if this happened again I would do it without hesitation. I felt she was in extreme danger and my actions led to him stoping his attack. My Mom who watched the whole incident from about 15 feet away on her balcony would not shut up for the next 2 hours about how proud she was of me, and how she couldn't believe that was my voice telling him to get off her and get out of the car(she reinacted it multiple times to my embarassment) My Father a veteran of multiple wars said it could not have went any other way, my wife(who reads OCDO also) belived it could not have been handled better and hoped someone would do it for her if she needed help(she also carrys open and CC and was pissed her Glock was locked in the truck atm)
Both my wife an I wrote out our statements for the Police and then went back up to my Folks after they were done with us. As far as I know they did not find the guy but they had quite a few Officers out hunting his ass down.
I never thought I would have to draw my weapon, and I am glad this asshat did what he did when confronted and did not try to be a martyr. I am 32 and have been carring a pistol for over 12 years, always beliving that if you carry you carry ALWAYS as you never know what will happen. Tonight was just a simple picking up the wife and droppping kiddies off and hitting my parents but it happened. I had OCed all day, granted I work from home and it was at home working, messing with my Willys and baking bread, I even considered taking my gun off tonight and leaving it in the vehicle with my wifes that I brought with me so she would have hers when she got off work. This just reafirmed my "always" mentality...
I may have missed some info here and if I remember I will add it later or answer any questions once I get some sleep.