Score one for the good guys...

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/uber-driver-fatally-shoots-man-who-was-threatening-him-deputies-say

Video link



Dude reached into his pocket, pulled out a black object, pointed it at the driver, said he had a pistol and asked the driver if he wanted to be shot.... LOL

Bad idea.

He paid for it with his life....

Oh, and...



Attempting to commit domestic violence, and that history? Can't say he didn't get what was coming to him.

Thought Uber was a "nO GuN" Company.

Glad there wasn't a cop involved

I love how the Sheriff says “don’t mess with the Uber drivers”.

Nice to see that support.

Yup, that poor bastard is gonna get fired for protecting the life of his passenger.

Funny thing is....


She wasn't in the car.....

By the way, this was meant tongue-in-cheek; TW poked fun the other day when he posted a positive officer thread...

This small poke was meant in the sme good-natured way...

His passenger WAS in the car. Just not the passenger that dude was looking for.

That uber driver was pretty damn quick on the draw/fire. It would be curious to know when he actually drew or were he had his weapon. I am not going for my weapon everytime someone cuts me off. It is normal procedure to cut people off around here it seems. But the speed at which these sort of thing happen really gives me pause and makes me think about some of these situations differently.

10sec after he cuts him off and you hear the horn, the truck stops and he is stepping out. 4 seconds later the Uber driver has shot him after he approached and appeared to raise a gun. That may seem like a long time to people, but seated in a vehicle, drawing a weapon from concealment is going to take a couple seconds out of that 4 or less he had reacting to The attacked exiting his vehicle.. I am thinking there was probably previous video/build up to this final conclusion and maybe the uber driver already had his weapon handy?

A few more details in the BBC article -- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45350434



So there was almost a cop involved.



Criminals can't claim they didn't know what might happen to them in Polk County.

Wasn't very long ago, I was on a back road.

For about 3 miles, it is very secluded. Even noise from there would not likely reach anyone to hear it. No one was likely to come down that road again, for hours.

A vehicle pulled onto the road behind me, as I entered the secluded area. For about a mile, they were doing everything they could to get me to pull over.

After I gave them room to pass me, and they didn't just pass me, I finally figured out that they were trying to get me to pull over and stop.

Something in my gut told me not to do so. I also pulled my handgun from it's holster and wedged it in place beside me, so I could get it out of there in a hurry. In case they somehow forced me off the road.

They were not as aggressive as this guy was. Yet, I prepared myself.

I am not surprised that he was already ready to respond when he saw what appeared to be a gun.

Yes, I was thinking the drivers question seemed a little off "I say something?" like there was a bit of build up

A logical move to most but not really a good idea. Until you get your vehicle safely stopped, it's best to leave the weapon secured. In the great FBI Miami Shootout over 30 years ago one of the agents wrecked his car after doing exactly what you did. Ended up forcing him to enter the gunfight without his 9mm Semi-Auto and rely on his 38 cal revolver. Guess which one he carried spare ammo for.

His 9mm rocketed off the seat and wedged itself somewhere up under the dash in the accident. Had he left it in the holster until stopped? Who knows how the events would have unfolded. Other agents did stupid stuff too. Some entered the chase without their vests on. Only one out of the 8 agents deployed a "long gun" which was an 870 shotgun.


As for the Uber driver? He was justified in defending himself the moment the dufus gestured with whatever he had in his hand and asked if the driver wanted to be shot. Having it on video is excellent.

We can all rest easier knowing that this dude won't be wasting oxygen anymore.

Uber will fire him for saving the Uber customer's life. They can't stand that.

What is strangely funny here, is that when I drew my handgun out of the holster, to have it ready, I thought of exactly that same scenario, with that same agent. I even pictured my truck rolling, and what would I do?

For me, it was 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. If I ended up needing it, there was an equal chance of either scenario by that point. I chose the half dozen that I was in more control of. I wanted to be in a position where if I only had a half second to respond, I didn't have to spend that half second, bending and twisting in my seat, just to get to the gun, Remove the gun, then try to get myself twisted back around and ready. I wanted to be more in control, at that particular moment.

If I had a rollover, I wasn't going to be in control anyway.

As I said, I wedged it in. Where wedged it in, it was as secure as if it were in a holster. So, while it was no longer on my person, it wasn't just going to go flying to who knows where. I'd still know where it was, and would have no less or no more 'control' of it than if I had left in the holster.

And yes. All of that DID go through my head in a very short amount of time. Minus all the words, and the time it takes to type them, or to read them...