Howdy folks.. Lurker gone legitimate member here.. If I can have your audience, I need some critiques and opinions of a situation:
Travelling Northbound at 1:30am down 2 lane farm road with my girlfriend in the passenger seat, we approach a 35 mph zone in the outskirts of Troup Tx. The zone is a very sharp right handed turn with a city road to the left as you travel north in the middle of the curve. I notice a vehicle stopped in the southbounf lane. I slow my speed to 15 or so MPH as I get further into the curve and see the vehicle is occupied with one black female, and in the ditch on the northbound lane 2 black males viciously assaulting what appeard to be a young black female. I stopped completely told my GF to get into theback seat of my SUV and lock the doors and call 911. I armed my self with my G22, but concealed still as I open my door.. check my 6 make eye contact with the driver of the stopped vehicle, turn and issue the loudest "STOP NOW AND GET ON YOUR KNEES" I could muster while still covered by my SUV door. I did not draw down on them..I was at low ready..Subject number 1 moves away from the bably beaten and apperently pregnant 14 yr old female, but subject 2 walks to the center of the road and stops ,still screaming and cursing the young female.As I command the black female to go collect the 2 male subjects, so I can keep eyes on all three the subject takes off in a jog to the female in the ditch, shouting, cursing , and begins to grab and shake her ect.. The female subject exits her vehicle and begins screaming thier about to get shot , that man has a gun ect..The 3 subjects run 10-15 feet away from me and back to the vehicle and make a fast exit headed southbound. PD arrives EMS arrives and they tend to the female in the ditch. The officer asks the people who live in front of the home this all occured what all happened. They said they came out and only witnessed them leave, but I offered my statement to the officer. As we walked I told him if none of the other witnesses have mentioned yet I was armed initially and but I had disarmed when he arrived. I said I had engaged them verbally but did use any force. He said he would defer to the deputy that had arrived but wanted my word I was not armed at that time. I agreed and told him my weapon was sitting in my back seat unloaded and the chamber cleared and locked open for his inspection. As I was writing out my statement a vehicle approached slowly from the side street. as they began to turn I immediately recognize the vehicle and the subject and informed the officer who approached the vehicle and stopped it on foot. He ordered them out and into custody. The subject stated he had dropped his wallet during the scuffle and returned to collect it.. After the officer placed the 2 into seperate vehicles he looked over my statement, shook my hand as said thank you for stopping..ect..ect.. and I was released from the scene.
Now.. I ask for your critiques and feedback..
Thanks
DR. A