No.
Her daughter Karissa, 16, was killed while trying to call 911 from her bed.
No.
The security system in their home had been disabled and all the doors were locked. A Maryland UPS worker has been indicted for killing as many as five or more women altogether. It is believed he used UPS databases in part to select his victims.
News like this fills me with disgust and anger. If you have time to try to hide in a corner, you have time to get behind cover or at least concealment with a gun. If you call 911 it should be from a position of strength while armed. A place where your assailant is forced into the "fatal funnel" in order to continue his attack.
Having a gun and the skill and will to use it would not have guaranteed these women's survival, but it would have given them a chance. The murderer was armed, and did in fact shoot them to death, but he didn't instantly drop them in their tracks. They had time to take action.
Too bad that action wasn't effective.
Hide and cower? No. Call 911 so someone else can come and stop the threat for you? No.
Stop the threat. Reload. Call 911 as soon as it's safe to do so, not instead of saving your own life. Calling 911 brings the people who put up yellow tape and take photos. It's up to you whether your body or the bad guy's is the star of their show.
2 comments:
Marylanders are notoriously anti-gun. Why else would it be impossible for someone to get a carry permit?
Hell, in Baltimore City you're better off defending yourself with a sword.
The fact that she had a child to defend makes this sickening. How can you cower and not fight someone you know may kill someone you love?
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