There were children involved too. Doesn't sound like neither were the Samaritan nor the LTC holder were anything but prudent and heroic.Murphy was standing between her and one of the suspects. Jonathan tried to get in front of her.
"I think he was trying to stand in between to protect me, maybe protect the children. I don't know, I don't know what he was thinking. He didn't say anything and the guy just started shooting him," said Murphy.
I only hope and pray that I will be as decisive and courageous as either one of these two men if I were ever to find myself in this position. Neither than man's wife nor the children were killed or hurt. Any wife worth having is certainly worth sacrificing oneself. We don't know how many lives the LTC holder saved, perhaps many, but that he only made the situation better is pretty certain.