In an incident overnight, a law-abiding citizen with a carry permit shot and killed a man who was pummeling the stuffing out of a sheriff’s deputy in Estero, Florida, near Fort Myer:
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office told local news media that the deputy who was involved, 12-year veteran Deputy First Class Dean Bardes, is expected to be okay. The suspect who was fighting with the deputy was killed during the struggle and WINK is reporting that a passerby is the one who shot him.
“The passerby, who had a Concealed Weapons License, exited his vehicle and instructed the suspect to stop beating the deputy…after noncompliance from the suspect, the passerby shot the suspect three times,” sources said.
Local TV news report below the jump (since it launches automatically).
Awwww…..I love it when a story has a happy ending!
Do you think the guy would be in trouble under Mn. laws?
I think the guy wouldn’t do well under MN law except for one factor…..what prosecutor is going to tick off the police by prosecuting a guy who saved one of their own from being killed? So it would be a “blue veto” of prosecution that would otherwise be authorized.