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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Dallas mom shoots alleged carjacker with her 2 children in the backseat
2018-07-08
[CNN] A mother in Dallas shot a man who attempted to steal her car while her two children were in the back seat, police said.

Officials said the incident took place in the parking lot of a Shell gas station in south Dallas on Wednesday night. The mother was identified by CNN affiliate KTVT as Michelle Booker.

Booker stopped at the gas station's convenience store on her way to a Fourth of July family gathering, KTVT reported. When she came out, she saw a man driving away in her SUV. Booker's two small children were inside the car.

According to police, Booker jumped in the car and told the suspected carjacker to pull over and get out. When he didn't stop the vehicle, Booker pulled a gun from her glove compartment and shot him once in the head. Booker told KTVT she wanted to give the suspect a "warning shot."

"I'm not a killer or anything like that but I do believe in, you know, defending what's mine," Booker said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Head shots can be very dangerous due to misses and ricochets. Small caliber bullets traveling at high speed can be deflected by the skull, or enter the cranium, racetrack, and exit again. Two or three shots to the upper torso is the safest way to go. Then grab the kids, exit the car, shelter in a safe place and dial 911. Don't forget to remain cognizant of the possibility of a second attacker or back-up man.

All of that being said, I'll still giver her very high marks for bravery, seizing the initiative and a successful resolution. Bravo!
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-07-08 15:44  

#6  The DA there is probably trying to see what charges he can file on her. They're like that in Dallas. (I've been told if you have to shoot someone in Dallas, drag the body to Ft Worth and call the law.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-07-08 15:26  

#5  Booker pulled a gun from her glove compartment and shot him once in the head. Booker told KTVT she wanted to give the suspect a "warning shot."

Now thats that I call a warning shot!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-07-08 14:48  

#4  that was his warning
Posted by: Frank G   2018-07-08 14:17  

#3  I heard the first report on KTVK and didn't hear nuttin' about no 'warning shot'. It was first reported she shot him in the face. While he was driving.
Posted by: Bobby   2018-07-08 14:08  

#2  When will this madness of work place firearms violence end? (sarc)
Posted by: Thrise Shomble3667   2018-07-08 13:37  

#1  Damn. Don't mess with her!
Posted by: gorb   2018-07-08 13:14  

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