When a gun-wielding carjacker spotted an 82-year-old pumping gas alone, he likely thought he had found an easy target. He’d soon learn, however, he had picked the wrong victim — and it was all caught on video.
The Atlanta Police Department released incredible surveillance footage after an 82-year-old man was targeted by a would-be carjacker wielding a gun while the elderly man was pumping gas at a gas station in Atlanta, Georgia one afternoon…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
But, rather than complying with the armed man’s demands and falling victim to the carjacking, the unnamed 82-year-old decided to fight back.
While pumping gas at about 2:30 in the afternoon at the Chevron gas station on McDonough Boulevard in southeast Atlanta, the elderly victim was approached by the suspect, according to The Blaze. “As I put my gas nozzle back and was getting ready to get in the car, I turned around, and he was there with a gun in his pants and showed part of it,” the elderly man recalled during an interview with WAGA-TV.
“I thought he was going to shoot me,” the victim said. “He just said, ‘Give it up,’ and I asked ‘To give what up?’ and he said, ‘You know what I’m talking about. Give me them keys.’” Appearing to initially comply with the gunman’s request, the victim is seen in the surveillance video footage hurriedly grabbing medical records from the front seat of his car. That’s when he saw an opportunity, though, and things took a turn.
“He said, ‘OK and you need to hurry up,’” the victim recalled. “I saw he wasn’t looking and I grabbed his arm with the gun in it and we started ‘tussling’ and we hit the ground,” he added, describing the moment he decided to fight back against the assailant. Thankfully, footage from the incident shows the suspect’s gun was tossed in the other direction during the scuffle.
“I’m just glad to be alive,” the elderly victim admitted, and for good reason. The suspect was able to gain the upper hand during the scuffle and break free. After getting up off the ground, the would-be carjacker allegedly grabbed his gun again and pointed it at the victim. “Do you want me to shoot you?” he reportedly asked the elderly man. “Don’t make me shoot you, man.” READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
“I said, ‘Please don’t shoot me man.’ I backed off and ran into the store,” the victim said. The suspect then attempted to steal the car, but he was unable to get the vehicle started. Meanwhile, the elderly man ran into the convenience store, seeking help, as the suspect fled the scene. The ordeal, rightfully, left the elderly victim shaken, knowing that things could have taken a much different turn:
“Oh, it scared me! It scared me. I thought he was going to shoot me,” the victim admitted, adding that criminals are now starting to pick on people they assume to be vulnerable, like the elderly. “They are getting desperate. That’s [why] they are changing to the most vulnerable people now.”
While the suspect, who’s been described as a male teenager with dreadlocks, definitely misjudged the vulnerability of his target in this instance, it could also be argued that the victim simply got lucky. After all, the suspect did appear to have the opportunity to shoot the elderly man after allegedly regaining control of his gun. Thankfully, he didn’t — but we can’t ignore the fact that he could have.
Although we want to delight in the suspect leaving empty-handed while the victim got away unscathed, we must do our due diligence in expressing the unnecessary danger the elderly man put himself in. He could have easily been killed for his car.
If you are so inclined to fight back against an armed criminal, it would behoove you to be armed as well. As they say, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.” Fists are very rarely any match for a firearm. Thank God, this story didn’t end much differently.
Mother left everyone in disbelief after they heard her excuse why she left her baby alone with pit bull only for the dog to chew on the child’s hands and leave her without 5 fingers!
The young mother, later identified as Chloe, was arrested and charged with neglect after leaving her baby daughter with pit bull. The dog reportedly chewed on the baby’s hand when she left her alone, resulting in the girl losing 5 fingers.
Three of the fingers on the girl’s left hand were fully amputated and two fingers on her right hand were partially amputated. The incident left neighbors startled and in disbelief.
The mother reportedly left her 3-month-old baby alone with the dog so she could take a shower. During and interview with investigators, the 21-year-old mom said that she was feeling ill and put the little girl in her bassinet before heading to the bathroom, per reports.
The woman then turned on the shower and turned it back off again when she heard the baby girl scream. Chloe then found the 3-month-old pit bull puppy chewing on the baby’s hands. She wrapped the baby’s hands in cloth and called 911…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
You just don’t. Thank God the baby’s still alive,’ neighbor, Kecia said. NBC2 reports the three-month-old puppy that was just brought into the home less than 24 hours earlier after the mother coming across a post for the dog on Facebook.
The mother was charged with child neglect following a four-month-long investigation. Investigators in bringing charges forward said the mother kept changing stories as to why she left the baby alone with the pit bull.
The puppy was quarantined as part of protocol following a bite. The pit bull passed the quarantine and was transferred to the Animal Welfare League.
As the baby recovers with family members, the mother, who posted $7,500 bond, was granted supervised visitation. This incident remains under investigation.
The resulting diagnosis was shocking and horrifying: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM.
This extremely rare condition causes brain swelling, and Ellis now has repeated seizures as a result.
ADEM is a little-understood disease that can begin from even a small infection.
It causes negative reactions to the white matter of the brain, which then affects the body’s immune system.
The result is a severe allergic reaction that involves attacking the immune system and the eroding of nerves’ protective layers.
This condition tends to affect different people in different ways, meaning it is usually impossible for doctors to provide an accurate prognosis – as is the case with Ellis.
It is unsure whether Ellis will recover, how severe his condition is, or if he will have any long-term effects from it.
After the AEDM diagnosis, Ellis was placed in a medically-induced coma and rushed to the Leeds General Infirmary.
A week later, another scan revealed that the swelling was no longer just in Ellis’ brain – it was beginning to make its way down his spine.
He was also having mini-seizures due to the brain swelling. But it’s not all bad news – after a while of being on a ventilator, Ellis is able to breathe on his own again.
The Sick Children’s Trust has put up Ellis’ family, including his three brothers, the youngest of which still doesn’t know what is really happening to Ellis.
Ellis, meanwhile, is still in a coma with his parents by his bedside as he receives the 24/7 care that he needs.
It is still unknown whether Ellis will recover fully or not, but doctors are doing everything they can to provide information to his worried family.
It’s expected that Ellis will be at the hospital for at least a couple of months, and will then need constant care at home once he is able to leave.
In order to ease the financial strain, family and friends, as well as Ellis’ school Clayton St John CE Primary School, have been working hard to raise funds for the family.
Ellis is a strong, tough boy and everyone is rooting for him and hoping for his recovery.
A fundraiser for the family with a £5,000 target goal has been set up, and around 92% of funds have been raised at the time of writing.
If you’d like to donate to the cause, you can do so at their JustGiving page.
Losing a child can be a devastating event, no matter what age.It is, however, universally agreed upon that it is worse when the child is lost at such a young age.
Sadly, this sort of early death is expected for some families, due to the circumstances that their child is involved in.
Despite the advancement of modern medicine, there are still plenty of children who suffer from severe health problems from either a young age or even from birth. These children are often predicted to not survive very long.
This latest bout of illness seemed to be the last one she could handle – the girl was forced to stay in the hospital for seven weeks, completely dependant on life support.
It was at this point that Colleen Banton, her mother, was forced to make a heartbreaking decision.
In the interest of not prolonging her daughter’s suffering, she opted to keep the ventilator off the next time her daughter was strong enough to breathe on her own.
It was essentially plugging the plug for the girl – by this point, Colleen had decided that should her daughter’s time had come, then there was no use in delaying the inevitable.
While praying with friends and family who had come out to support this mother, Colleen was suddenly called over to a nearby monitor by the pediatrician nurse.
There, her attention was directed to the bright light that had appeared in front of the door to the pediatrician unit.
Astonished, Colleen took a quick photo of it with her camera, then went to check this strange light in person.
Oddly enough, it wasn’t there physically.
A miracle occurred shortly thereafter – three days later, Chelsea was well enough to return home once again.
Colleen is convinced that the figure was an angel who helped her daughter.
Chelsea would then go on to live for another 7 more years before passing away in 2015, at the age of 21.