Motorist shoots attacker, attacks officer

[holdover]

A Buffalo police officer found herself in a fight for her life early Sunday inside her SUV patrol car with a man who had gone berserk on synthetic drugs, authorities said.

Moments before that encounter, the suspect, feigning injury sprawled in the middle of the intersection of Main and Barker streets, leaped into the front seat of a car driven by a man who had stopped out of concern, police said.

The motorist, who was on his way to work at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, was armed with a pistol and shot his attacker in the hand. That enabled the motorist to drive a short distance and call 911 on his cellphone.


Officer survives attack from man high on synthetic drugs - The Buffalo News

 

[Gunner57]

WTF! Pretty sad when you can't even be a Good Samaritan without risking your life.

 

[Phauxtoe]

yea, makes everyone think twice, which is sad!

 

[VietnamEraVet]

My good Samaritan days are somewhat over, especially in situations where it seems very possible that my own safety might be at risk due to bad actors.

Car accidents, obvious emergencies, etc. - OK. But if I'm walking down the street late at night and hear a voice calling for help from the dark alley nearby, - um, no. That's when I call 911 instead.

 

[holdover]

He wasn't being a good Samaritan he was on his way to work when that freak jumped into his car, he pulled his weapon and shot him in the hand and took off called 911, and the freak attacked the woman officer , beating on her grabbing for the weapon , finally some help arrived accidently bounced his head off the pavement.

 

[Gunner57]

He wasn't being a good Samaritan he was on his way to work when that freak jumped into his car, he pulled his weapon and shot him in the hand and took off called 911, and the freak attacked the woman officer , beating on her grabbing for the weapon , finally some help arrived accidently bounced his head off the pavement.

Well, he was concerned...

"Moments before that encounter, the suspect, feigning injury sprawled in the middle of the intersection of Main and Barker streets, leaped into the front seat of a car driven by a man who had stopped out of concern, police said."

 

[holdover]

Ohhhh Ok , I guess so

 

[Pale Rider]

Sounds like a good Samaritan to me.

 

[99cummins]

Keep your doors locked and look cautiously from a distance and call 911. A while back I found an unresponsive male on the side of the road. Laying there in and out of consciousness. Would yell briefly when he came to. I kept my distance and yelled to him with no response. This entire time I discretely had my thumb under my shirt on my pistol to give me a head start just in case with my first plan being running like hell. You just never know and some of the drugs do crazy shit to people. I called dispatch and they sent fire and le. Turns out the guy drank a lot of liquor in a very short time. Made the day a little more interesting though.