“Around 5 p.m., a woman was driving her daughter to the airport when her estranged husband, Qian Ming, 66, intentionally crashed his truck into hers,” Albuquerque’s krqe.com reports . . .
According to APD, Ming then got out of his vehicle and fired a couple of rounds into the wife’s truck, striking his daughter on the shoulder.
Police did not say if the reason Ming’s estranged wife and daughter were headed to the airport was to get away from him.
The daughter is still in the hospital but is expected to be okay.
At that time, Officer Drobik said a 34-year-old Good Samaritan pulled up to what he thought was a crash. He witnessed Ming beating his daughter with a gun in the middle of the street.
Hand on a sec. Here’s an important consideration for any armed American contemplating using his or her firearm in defense of innocent life . . .
If you haven’t witnessed an incident from its start, if you’re not 100 percent sure who’s the bad guy and who are the innocents, be extremely careful about loosing the ballistic dogs of war.
A woman screaming rape as two men attempt to subdue her could be a perp being arrested by plain clothes officers. Think about that for a second.
“Once he started walking up, he saw that there was a male violently pistol-whipping a female in the street,” Officer Drobik said. “He got out of his vehicle and had his firearm on him and told that male to stop.”
That’s when the Good Samaritan, who is not being named at this time because he’s currently not facing any charges, told police Ming pointed the gun in his direction.
Police say the man then fired at least one shot, hitting and killing Ming.
“Mom in the hospital said, ‘He saved our lives,’” Officer Drobik said. “You can’t get a stronger statement than that. So she knew it. Daughter knows it and good thing he took that type of action.”
Officers did detain the man for questioning. He was released later that night. Officer Drobik said the man is a 12-year veteran of the National Guard.
Thank you for your service Mr Good Samaritan! But here’s another pause-for-thought idea: action beats reaction.
Pointing a gun at someone who has a gun and telling them to stop using the gun is a good way to get shot before you can use your gun. If there’s an imminent credible threat of grievous bodily harm or death, there’s a faster way to end the threat. Skip the command.
I’m not saying you should always draw-and-fire in a life-or-death situation, but there are plenty of people who would.
Police did not say if the reason Ming’s estranged wife and daughter were headed to the airport was to get away from him.
The daughter is still in the hospital but is expected to be okay.
I wonder if the mother had a gun, too.