Here is a newspaper account of this incident that gives more detail.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/crime/ ... 7e86b.html
Man recovering after attempted carjacking, shooting
Web Posted: 01/23/2008 11:51 PM CST
Karen Grace
KENS 5 Eyewitness News
An Iraq War veteran came face-to-face with an armed, would-be carjacker outside a Bill Miller Bar-B-Q restaurant on Broadway Tuesday night, and now, he's in the hospital with a gunshot wound and his family is explaining why he didn't just hand over his keys.
Glenn Goodrich's family says Goodrich thought if he had gotten out of the vehicle, it would have been worse.
"He was watching the news and he said, 'Wow, that looks like Glen's car,'" said Mindy Moore, Goodrich's sister.
Sure enough, it was her brother's Ford Mustang. When Goodrich refused to give up his car, the gunman shot him in the back through the window and then fled on foot.
"My brother actually went inside and called my mom, and said, 'Mom, I've been shot,'" Moore said.
Inside the restaurant, Goodrich also pleaded for help from the staff.
"When he went in, they didn't believe him," Moore said. "Some of the people started realizing he was telling the truth, and they, like, went on the ground in safety mode."
The staff called 911, and 42-year-old Goodrich was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center. The gunshot wound was dangerously close to vital organs.
"It's a miracle. I mean, millimeters away, they said, from the main artery or his spine," Moore said.
Many asked why he didn't just hand over the keys, but in the heat of the moment,
Goodrich thought staying inside the car was the safest bet.
"He said his instinct told him to stay in the car. He thought, 'If I get out, the guy would shoot (me) anyways,'" Moore said.
Police still need your help to find the gunman. Goodrich is stable and expected to be released from BAMC in a few days.
Nowhere in the account of this crime is there any mention of the victim being armed so the presumption must be that he was not.
The news story said, "the gunman shot him in the back through the window and then fled on foot."
Some posts assume that the victim was armed (and/or possessed special training to deal with an armed attack) even though nothing in the news articles suggest that that was the case.
"Keys first, then 2+1."
"I'm thinking give him the keys... then perform a reverse carjack."
"Pick the right time to pull your weapon."
"We need to stop having the mindset of sheep and kick the wolves when you have the chance."
In this case the victim resisted without having any tactical advantage at all with this result:
". . . but when the victim refused, he was shot in the lower back."
A few mm diference in the trajectory and he would be dead or paralyzed. That said, I stand by what I put in my earlier post:
Are you saying that you would have resisted an armed assailant in this situation (victim was presumably unarmed) when presented with a demand for your car keys?
Of course, if the assailant demands that one should become his hostage and drive him away from the scene, then that would change everything and resistance would probably be the best option. IMO
This is not an endorsement of the chief. It is agreement with his comment about this particular incident and circumstances. BTW, he did not indicate what he would recommend if this had turned into a hostage situation.
Make sure you watch you 6. Be safe gentlemen and ladies.
me to no end. I hope the guy recovers. That's just happening too close to home.
