Hero Victim Shoots Armed Robber
A man accused of robbing a group of people at gunpoint in Milford and shooting one of the victims in the neck is hospitalized after one of the victims shot back, according to police.
The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday in the parking garage at 1 New Haven Avenue.
Police said a group of people who had left Eli’s Tavern, at 21 Daniel Street, were walking into the parking garage when two men approached them and demanded their personal belongings.
One of the robbers pointed a handgun at the group and fired a shot in the neck of one of the victims, police said.
In self-defense, another victim grabbed his own licensed firearm and returned fire, striking one of the robbers, police said. The second person ran off.
It is unfortunate to say, but this is the perfect example of why carrying for self defense is so important; you will never know when and where you are going to need it. Friends were traveling together in a group and still they were approached and attacked by armed robbers.
There is no doubt the robbers felt they were going to be robbing unarmed people, which gave them all the power in the situation. Unhappy with just robbing the group, they fire a shot hitting one of the group members. This is when one of the armed group members decided he was not going to be a victim and defended himself and his friends.
By firing back, he took all the power away from the robbers. He shot one of the robbers, and like a predictable coward, the other robber ran off. What is terrifying is that we do not know how far these “robbers” would have went after they had already shot one person. This could have been a case of homicide with multiple innocent people killed.
Yet the preparedness and courage of one person who refused to be a victim saved the lives of himself and his friends. This is why we should all be prepared to defend and carry.
