It is a horrible story but I admire the young actress, Nicole. I would hope I could stand up to thugs like that.
For the longest time when watching a movie and someone pulls a gun on a person, like in King of Comedy when Jerry Lewis has a gun pulled on him, I wonder "why would anybody get into a car with someone who just pulled a gun on them?"
Later, some expert was on some Fox show, pitching a book, and he said you shouldn't get into a car if someone pulls a gun on you, first, you're then totally at their mercy. Second, if they shoot you in a city, you have a better chance to survive then if they drive you way out into the country and shoot you in a field.
Some people might think you should try to stay alive, no matter what, or if you only have to hand over your wallet or whatever, but once a monster pulls a gun on you, they may take your wallet, order you to sodomize your best friend, and then shoot you anyway.
It's so hard though, because it might not just be you, it might be like this where a scum rat pulls a gun on you and a group of your friends, what if you step up and say "what are you going to do? Shoot me?" and they shoot your best friend instead?
I live in one of the safest cities in America but I think about these things all the time.