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Dallas mom shoots carjacker in head - score one for the good guys

Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:47 pm
Posted by jbgleason
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:47 pm
We need more of this.

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A Dallas mother shot a carjacker in the head after he hopped into her sport utility vehicle and tried to drive off with her two toddlers, who were on the backseat, according to The Dallas Morning News. The shooting occurred around 10 p.m. Wednesday (July 4) at a gas station.

A man got into her vehicle while she was inside the store. The woman jumped into the passenger side and asked him to stop. When the man refused, the woman pulled a gun from the glovebox and shot the man in the head, according to police.

The SUV crashed into a utility pole. The alleged carjacker, Ricky Wright, 36, was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. The woman and her children were not injured.


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Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

Ricky Wright, 36, was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.


Well, that is a letdown.
Posted by LZ83
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:49 pm to
Hope she didn’t leave her toddlers in the car when she went in. But glad she shot him
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

The alleged carjacker, Ricky Wright, 36, was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.


Bad shooting
Posted by Wolfhound45
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:50 pm to
Well done.
Posted by SEClint
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:50 pm to
No brain to destroy.
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

We need more of this.


I'd argue the exact opposite

We definitely need less attempted carjackings that end with a mom having to shoot the criminal in the head in front of her children
Posted by el Gaucho
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Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:50 pm to
Ricky wright, that doesn’t sound like a carjacker name
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:51 pm to
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I'd argue


You would!!
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:53 pm to
quote:

I'd argue the exact opposite

We definitely need less attempted carjackings that end with a mom having to shoot the criminal in the head in front of her children



Well, more of this might cause a reduction in attempted carjackings.
Posted by TH03
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Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:54 pm to
FFS lock your doors if you go inside and leave your kids in the car. Especially in south Dallas.

And learn to shoot better. No reason for him to be alive.
This post was edited on 7/5/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:54 pm to
A few wtf's here.

She left her kids in the car with it running and unlocked when she went into the store?

She shot him in the head at point blank range and he doesn't have life threatening injuries?
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:55 pm to
Good for her. I know a former LSU O lineman who someone tried to carjack. Things didn’t go so well for the carjacker
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66993 posts
Posted on 7/5/18 at 1:07 pm to
quote:

FFS lock your doors if you go inside and leave your kids in the car.


Could she have left the windows open to keep the car from overheating, perhaps?

But, didn't want to leave the car running with AC on?
Posted by TH03
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 1:09 pm to
Probably. It was 10 PM so not really a concern with heat.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 1:10 pm to
If stealing kids is wrong, I don't want to be Wright.
Posted by Pettifogger
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Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

Ricky wright, that doesn’t sound like a carjacker name



More of a "distribution of meth" name
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 1:13 pm to
shot in head but not life threatening? did she use a water pistol?
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 1:14 pm to
quote:

She left her kids in the car with it running and unlocked when she went into the store?


You forgot that they were toddlers and she had a loaded gun in the car. I man, fantastic that she was able to defend herself and her children. But maybe this lady shouldn't be taking care of kids.
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
7274 posts
Posted on 7/5/18 at 1:14 pm to
Pretty poor parenting. Toddlers out and about at 10 PM left in a car alone with a loaded gun while mother is in store. Mom of the year.
This post was edited on 7/5/18 at 1:15 pm
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