Posted on 07/27/2011 5:41:15 PM PDT by marktwain
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -
Deputies say a man is dead after the motel clerk he tried to sexually assault and rob early Monday morning fought back and killed him.
Investigators say 43-year-old Vincent Carson of Orangeburg entered a Days Inn motel at 133 sometime before 6:00 a.m.
As the female clerk went into the breakfast room to prepare breakfast, she found Carson waiting inside. The victim said Carson held a knife to her throat and said, "This is a robbery."
Investigators said when her attacker slipped the knife into his pants pocket to begin tying her up with plastic ties, the woman pulled a handgun from under her shirt, turned, and fired into the man's chest at point blank range.
Deputies say the victim was about 100 pounds lighter than Carson and stood at least a foot shorter than him.
When deputies got to the scene, they found the suspect unresponsive on the floor. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Carson died from a single gunshot to the chest.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Carson's intent was not only to rob the motel, but also to rape the clerk.
(Excerpt) Read more at wfie.com ...
...if I were a woman I would have taking two shots.
A .22 to the heart did him in, but I would suggest at least a .380 for the Woman.
Sheriff Lott also says the clerk had been victimized in one of two recent robberies at the same Days Inn and had gotten permission from her employer to carry a .22 caliber gun.
No charges have been filed, and deputies say they don’t expect to file any.
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OK. Problem solved. No one discount the effectiveness of a 22.
I like happy endings!
“Gun control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.” — L. Neil Smith
The bigger they are....
“Who writes these headlines? SHEESH.”
Lol. You beat me to it.
I don’t care how strong his viagra was.
There is no way he was stiff after she made him a stiff!
Best line in the article. I just love happy endings so much, I think I may have a few Boehner tears.
I just hope she doesn’t take on any baggage from this. She did exactly the right thing, and everyone who matters is proud of her.
How did the motel die?
Good shot.
Amen....I've always been a propenent of that for reasons obvious to those other than the bang-bang-caliber group here on FR.
It only takes ten seconds to think it all out, and that includes calculating the cost of drywall/plaster repair.
My 85 pound wife wields a mean .22 Ruger, but even a .25 might cause a bit of a waver.
All's well that ends well.
Shocked, shocked I tell you.
Seesh black on white crime happens so often..............
It is the creed of liberals.
She probably saved dozens of women from being raped. He obviously had done this before, many times. He was prepared and knew what he was doing. He had likely never run up against an armed woman before.
Amen....I've always been a propenent of that for reasons obvious to those other than the bang-bang-caliber group here on FR.
It only takes ten seconds to think it all out, and that includes calculating the cost of drywall/plaster repair.
My 85 pound wife wields a mean .22 Ruger, but even a .25 might cause a bit of a waver. (Disclaimer, though....we DO have a 20 gauge scattergun with the short barrel, hanging on an interior door - but that's the Zombie home defense weapon)
Glad she got him. Hard to miss point blank unless you’re a highly trained officer. Like that DEA agent who shot himself in the foot after chiding everyone in the room about being the only one there who could handle the weapon properly.
I was wondering how a dead person could rape anyone. Was his name Lazarus?
A good friend handed me a .38 snub-nose Smith & Wesson model 10.
She said, "When I say go, shoot five shots at that target (man size silhouette from five yards), as fast as you can.
I missed with all five shots.
Now I do better. A lot better.
A day or so later, we were hitting beer cans with that snubbie at 70 yards (resting off a car door) 50% of the time.
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