'You're fired,' man hears after saving a woman's life (because he had a gun)

Florida Times-Union ^ | June 18, 2007 | Jim Schoettler

[bamahead]

When a neighbor screamed she'd been shot, Colin Bruley grabbed his shotgun, found the victim and began treating her bloodied right leg.

Tonnetta Lee survived Tuesday's pre-dawn shooting at her Jacksonville apartment, and her sister and a neighbor praised Bruley's actions. But his employers, the same people who own the Arlington complex where Bruley lives, reacted differently. They fired him.

Bruley, a leasing agent at the Oaks at Mill Creek, said he lost his job after being told that brandishing the weapon was a workplace violation, as was failing to notify supervisors after the incident occurred. He'd worked at the Monument Road complex since December and for the owner, Village Green Cos., since 2005.

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A complaint Bruley said given to him by his supervisor Tuesday said he violated several company policies found in an employee handbook. Those procedures were also explained in a recent meeting and an e-mail, the complaint said. One policy prohibits any type of weapons being used in the workplace. The complaint cited him for "gross misconduct."

"Colin demonstrated extremely poor judgment in responding to this situation. Colin's failure to immediately report this incident ... could have serious ramifications to the property, its associates and residents."

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Bruley said he found the woman bleeding heavily. He handed the shotgun to a neighbor, tied a tourniquet around her right leg and waited for police and rescue to arrive.

"I was kind of in a state of shock. I had blood all over my body,".

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Erica Jenkins, Lee's sister, said Bruley should still have a job. Lee couldn't be reached to comment despite several messages left with her sister and mother.

"If it wasn't for him ... she could have lost her leg or died," said Jenkins, 19. "He put his life in jeopardy for someone else."

[bamahead]

Here is the Apartment Management Company's website.

http://www.villagegreen.com/

In case you feel compelled to drop them a line.... They seem to feel coming to a woman's rescue is 'gross misconduct'

[bamahead]

Might be of interest to you.

[goldstategop]

I would be glad to be fired for saving a human life. And I would know whatever tomorrow brings, God will walk beside me.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[andy58-in-nh]

No good deed goes unpunished.

[Niteranger68]

I think we fried their server.

[RockinRight]

I’d bet a more 2nd-amendment conscious company would hire him in a second.

Hopefully, he finds a better job and can tell those idiots where they can go.

[rockabyebaby]

Hmmmmmmm, let me understand this, reward bad behavior i.e. amnesty for ILLEGALS, punish good behavior, i.e. saving a life, ok, I think I have now.

[hometoroost]

If I owned a business in Jacksonville I’d give this guy a job in a heartbeat. A company that stupid deserves to go broke.

[MrB]

I see... the person that shot this woman was somehow thwarted by the “no weapons” policy....

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Have at it:

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P: 248.851.9600

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Georgia, Texas

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P: 214.523.9620

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[Always Right]

Doesn’t sound like a place worth living at or working at.

[goldstategop]

Oh, I think God is going to look out for that good man even if he his idiot employer didn't. The way I look at it, I believe evil is punished and good is rewarded. Things will work out for the best even if they don't look that way right now to us mortals.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[bamahead]

ping candidate

[andy58-in-nh]

I hope you’re right.

[JamesP81]

bttt

[RockinRight]

Sent a very nasty email to them.

Hope they don’t trace it to my IP address at work...I didn’t swear, well, I did say “if I were him I’d sue your a$$es” but other than that, I was pretty decent.

[tioga]

He's a hero.

[reagan_fanatic]

Unbelieveable. What a nice swift kick in the teeth for a good deed.

A pox on the management at Arlington.

[gogogodzilla]

Moral of the story...

...no good deed goes unpunished.

Corollary to the moral: commit bad deeds and get rewarded.

(See: middle east - Arafat, Yassir as example)

[CSM]

“Colin’s failure to immediately report this incident ... “

I guess he didn’t get the memo to use the new cover sheet on all TPS reports!