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General Categories => Newsworthy => Topic started by: sidearm1 on June 10, 2014, 06:25:58 AM

Title: Concealed weapons carrier killed by accomplice
Post by: sidearm1 on June 10, 2014, 06:25:58 AM

From the Lincoln Journal Star on Police Officer's killed in Vegas.

"In the frenzy, shopper Joseph Wilcox decided to confront Jerad Miller. Wilcox, 31, went from the returns area to Miller and pulled his concealed firearm. But before he could fire, Amanda Miller shot him in the ribs and Wilcox collapsed."

Is it better to be a witness than a statistic?  If he wasn't personally attacked was he right in intervening?  Situational Awareness?

Just wondering what the forum thought.

Title: Re: Concealed weapons carrier killed by accomplice
Post by: Husker_Fan on June 10, 2014, 08:22:30 AM

He had no obligation to intervene, but chose to do so to help others. I don't think very many people would have expected a husband and wife team so it may not be surprising he got focused just on the man.

We may never know if or how many lives he saved, but he was the last person they killed. He may have changed their calculus enough or slowed them down just long enough to make a difference. Even though he died without getting off a shot, he likely disrupted their OODA loop.