01-24-2017, 10:06 PM
Arizona
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Police say Leonard Pennelas-Escobar had rolled his car on Interstate 10 when Trooper Edward Andersson stopped to help.
Escobar inexplicably opened fire on Andersson after the officer set up flares in a bid to get motorists to slow down. Then, he started beating the officer.
Thomas Yoxall (pictured above) was driving along and saw the trooper being assaulted. He retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and fired two shots at Escobar after he refused an order to stop attacking Andersson.
With Escobar incapacitated, Yoxall tended to the wounded trooper but was later drawn back into the dispute when Escobar got up and resumed his assault on Andersson, officials said. Yoxall then shot and killed Escobar (Escobar's girlfriend also died on the scene as a result of the roll-over crash).
Arizona has a “defense of third person” law that allows someone to use deadly force against another who is threatening or injuring a third person. It was not unusual that the 43-year-old was armed in the gun-friendly state with loose regulation.
“Doing the right thing sometimes has a price, and that price is severe – this is something I will live with,” Yoxall said. “But I wouldn’t change it because another man gets to go home to his family.” Yoxall also said he felt he was put there by God.
Trooper Andersson, a 27-year department veteran, suffered gunshot wounds to the right shoulder. He underwent surgery and has since been released from the hospital.
Story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-yoxal...re-by-god/
Police say Leonard Pennelas-Escobar had rolled his car on Interstate 10 when Trooper Edward Andersson stopped to help.
Escobar inexplicably opened fire on Andersson after the officer set up flares in a bid to get motorists to slow down. Then, he started beating the officer.
Thomas Yoxall (pictured above) was driving along and saw the trooper being assaulted. He retrieved a handgun from his vehicle and fired two shots at Escobar after he refused an order to stop attacking Andersson.
With Escobar incapacitated, Yoxall tended to the wounded trooper but was later drawn back into the dispute when Escobar got up and resumed his assault on Andersson, officials said. Yoxall then shot and killed Escobar (Escobar's girlfriend also died on the scene as a result of the roll-over crash).
Arizona has a “defense of third person” law that allows someone to use deadly force against another who is threatening or injuring a third person. It was not unusual that the 43-year-old was armed in the gun-friendly state with loose regulation.
“Doing the right thing sometimes has a price, and that price is severe – this is something I will live with,” Yoxall said. “But I wouldn’t change it because another man gets to go home to his family.” Yoxall also said he felt he was put there by God.
Trooper Andersson, a 27-year department veteran, suffered gunshot wounds to the right shoulder. He underwent surgery and has since been released from the hospital.
Story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-yoxal...re-by-god/