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Armed Good Samaritans Rescue Man After Gunpoint Robbery: They ‘Protected Me When I Couldn’t Protect Myself’

Jan. 14, 2013 7:34am Jason Howerton

Good Samaritans Help Victim Kevin Dorsey During Armed Robbery Attempt in Houston

(KPRC)

A Houston man was robbed at gunpoint as he made his way to his car after leaving a bar on Thursday. But in addition to the man’s wallet and phone, the robber ended up with bullet wounds and bite marks from a German Shepherd, thanks to a pair of quick-thinking good Samaritans.

Police say the armed thug was canvassing a local neighborhood when he thought he had found an easy mark. The victim, Kevin Dorsey, told KHOU that he hadn’t even closed his car door before a man, dressed in all black and wearing a ski mask, put a gun to his chest and demanded his wallet, cell phone and car keys.

Dorsey took off on foot after being robbed, prompting two men in a Mercedes to ask him what had happened.

“As soon as they pass me, they see the guy has a gun to me,” Dorsey told KPRC. “They stopped right there. The guys in the gray Mercedes asked me, ‘Did you just get jacked?’ I said yes.”

The two unidentified vigilantes went after the suspect and reportedly exchanged fire with the criminal. The good guys eventually won the gun fight and wounded the thief.

In a twist of irony, the robber jumped a fence after being shot in an attempt to escape — only to find a German Shepherd waiting for him on the other side. The dog attacked him and prevented him from escaping before police arrived.

“I don’t own a gun. I’m totally at the mercy of my saviors. They obviously sent two angels to help me. These people protected me when I couldn’t protect myself.”

The robbery suspect, later identified by police as Christopher Hutchins, was being treated at Ben Taub Hospital for a gunshot to his abdomen. He is expected to recover.

It’s unclear whether the two men who came to Dorsey’s rescue were concealed carry permit holders, however, reports do not indicate that police took any action against the men. In Texas, gun owners can carry firearms in their car without a concealed carry permit so long as the weapon is not in plain view and the owner is not involved in criminal activity, a criminal street gang or otherwise prohibited by law from carrying a weapon.

This story has been updated.

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jens63
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:19am
They don’t have to have a concealed carry permit if the firearm is not concealed……at least in my state.

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- dmerwin
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:37am
  I wonder if Sgt (I know nothing) Schultz cares to comment?
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:43am
  Unfortunately, TX is not as free as people think. Open Carry is expressly forbidden in TX. Only CC with a CHL is “allowed”.
  
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- RobbieC
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:19am
  While Texas is indeed one of only 6 states without some form of open carry of handguns, you do not need any license, certification, or permission to carry a concealed handgun in your vehicle.
  
  So, even if the men in the Mercedes were not CHL holders, they are covered by Texas law to carry concealed handguns in their car.
  
  Note, that all Texans are permitted to openly carry long rifles in their vehicle or their person (without any license or certification required). Want to carry your AR-15 down Congress Ave, up the steps of the Capitol Building, and right into the rotunda of our state’s capitol? Go right ahead.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:21am
  We have open carry here in Oklahoma but you must have a carry permit just like we did when we were a concealed state. I bet Holder is meeting with Biden right now to decide what to do. You can’t have vigilantes running running around helping the law. That would be like those gangs that saved people on the NYC subways years ago. This guy was just following Obama’s orders from 2007 – Spread the Wealth.
  
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- PubliusPencilman
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:44am
  Once again, The Blaze completely misrepresents what happened here. The victim wasn’t “rescued” by the armed samaritans. Just as in the last “father with a gun” story, the perpetrator was only shot AFTER robbing the victim. You can say that the gun helped punish the criminal and retrieve property, but it didn’t SAVE the victim. The guns were still ineffective in preventing the crimes.
- muffythetuffy
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:06am
  SOME DAY CRIMINALS WILL WALK DOWN THE STREET LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDERS WORRIED
  
  Now the law abiding disarmed citizen has to walk in fear and worry that maybe one of the numerous door locks may not work. When will blacks worry about walking in a white neighborhood like whites worry about walking in a black neighborhood?
  
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- Textinstar
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:26am
  Here in Texas, unfortunately, we can not open carry. But those guys didn’t need any permit at all to carry in their car. Good people stepping up and protecting others! Love it! I bet if every robber got shot in the gut we’d have a lot less robbers…..
  
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- NewCreationDave
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:51am
  Hey PencilGuy, would you grant your pompous permission for me to conjecture that perhaps those guns may prevent the NEXT crime? (Sheesh, there’s no cure for Liberalism)
  
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- 3-Blue
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:03pm
  Concerned about your natural born gun rights being stolen along with your other freedoms? Be at your local state capitol on January 19th @ high noon! It’s a country wide protest aimed at sending the corrupt powers that be a message that we will not allow our rights and our guns to be taken from us in any way whatsoever!!!
  
  It’s a family affair. Bring everybody! The more the better! Bring your signs, be respectful, dress well and don’t give the Socialist media anything they can use for their propaganda. Because they will if they can! This is war people! It ain’t hot yet and we need to prevent it from becoming so by retaining our God given freedom and rights! Strength is the best deterrent! FLOOD THE CAPITOLS so they can’t ignore us!
  
  Organizer: http://www.guncontrolmorecrime.com/
  
  More information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUAfft7l4wQ
  
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- gz22ll
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 12:18pm
  PubliusPencilman – since you think “guns were still ineffective in preventing the crimes.” the same logic would be laws are ineffective in preventing crimes. So when a person breaks into a home and a mother and her two children retreat to an upstairs bedroom to hide with a gun and the robber makes the mistake of opening the room they are in and she shoots him. He escapes to be found later the gun did not prevent the break in? Is that your logic? Since the guns don’t act like a pre-crime unit like the movie Minority Report with Tom Cruise they are ineffective? Get a clue.
  
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- rp454
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 1:08pm
  This report is incorrect. In Texas you are allowed to carry a loaded weapon in your vehicle if you meet the criteria above, but it MUST be concealed.
  
  http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB01815I.htm
  
  Look at sectio (a-1) near the top.
  
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- Frank907
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 5:41pm
  In my state you can carry concealed as long as you are a sober, sane, law abiding citizen. Thank God!
  
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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:08pm
  In texas you can carry concealed in your car but it is not a Batman license… they may yet face charges.
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:19am
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CHL one of the only good things in Texas…………

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- Texaslockstar
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:04am
  There are many good things in Texs. Don’t be a hater.
  
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- Textinstar
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:29am
  Besides a booming economy and tons of opportunity…. You forgot to mention those two great thing about Texas
  
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Ssmicheal
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:03am
If this should somehow make it to the mainstream news, the focus will be on vigalanty justice not on the outcome. Then some commentary on how if we all had weapons it would he the “wild wild west” all over again. Unfotunately this story will not help our cause

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- missdagnytaggart
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 4:33pm
  I bet there weren’t a lot of mass murder shootings in the wild wild west.
  
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JoeSix-Pack
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:57am
One problem is that this stuff is not news worthy. Can’t say that anyone died, let alone 20 kids, so why report it? Besides, it does not fit the narrative. Even my wife does not get it, although I keep trying. She just does not understand why or how people can defend themselves.Nor does she get how much more effective it is and this stuff happens every day.

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JoeSix-Pack
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:52am
A major problem is that this stuff is not nearly as news worthy as the shooting at the school that killed 20 kids. Stuff like in this article are happening just about every day and far outnumber the stuff like the school shooting. But it does not fit the narrative, so it goes unreported. My wife does not believe me when I tell her about this stuff, so she remains convinced that gun control is the answer. She is unreachable, as are so many of us.

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1Flashlight
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:52am
Let see – Kevin was leaving a bar – well in most state’s you can not carrie in a bar – I guess again the crook to advantage of a gun free zone – If Kevin had a gun then both of them might get locked up – Kevin did the right thing – Oh Ya good job to the 2 men that came to Kevins help. The humor in this is the dog – he got his say as well.

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TROONORTH
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:48am
And driving a Mercedes! It is almost too good to be true. “Halt! Your papers please!” This scene is in every war movie somewhere.

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dublinthewagons
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:41am
Sure hope Christopher hutchins has insurance. One more financial burden on the innocent tax payers.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:40am
It’s always good to hear when a dirt bag is shot while he’s doing what comes natural to him and It’s too bad he didn’t die. I wonder if this happened in a ‘gun free zone’?

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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:18am
  The dog spent 2 hours licking it’s butt afterwards to get the taste of punk out of his mouth.
  
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Leslie Anne
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:38am
My favorite part of the story is the German Shepherd chompin’ on him :)

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- HollyRye
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:50am
  Me too. Love the mental image of him landing in the yard only to look up and see Fido NOT wagging his tail. lol
  
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- 50211bs
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:00am
  I have 2 of them, they are my 1st line of defense(and my best friends)
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:51am
  That is the reason BVDs is in business!!
  
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- CanteenBoy
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:13am
  Ah, the German Shepherd Dog… what a wonderfully efficient protector and friend! Seeing one at work or play is a joy to behold.
  
  Good dog, good dog!!!
  
  Woof!
  
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- Bobj_1960
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:30am
  Out of the frying pan, into the dinner bowl!
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:03am
  Only Way my Shepard mix would be any help in defense is if I picked him up and threw him at the perpetrator.
  
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- paxchgo
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 1:16pm
  No one needs to know that my (large) Doberman is really a wannabe lap dog who prefers leaning against my leg getting head scratches to doing anything physical, or my Staffordshire Terrier terrified of strangers. What matters is that they make a whole lot of noise. Love my boys.
  
  Then the low life can say hello to my Ruger.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:37am
But… but… Lawrence O’Donnell said these things never happen, that guns are never used to protect/assist someone when a crime is being committed! He wouldn’t lie to us, would he? Oh no, say it ain’t so!

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:09am
  BIOHAZARD, Good morning. Did Niles Crane evil twin say that too? I thought that it was Mr Ed Schultz.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:30am
  Good morning, RJ! I believe you are correct in who the exact person was who said that, but all those liberal twits look the same to me. It’s easy to get them confused for one another. :)
  
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nolies74621
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:30am
The guy they saved doesn’t believe in guns or own a gun. I bet he flapped his gum praising his Messiah Barack and his fight against private gun ownership. I bet that was the firthest thing from his mind when the tow guys that saved him showed up. Typical liberals.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:44am
  Notice how EVERY story about gun owners thwarting crime ends with something akin to “no charges have yet to be filed against the heros”-like they just barely escaped doing prison time. This is done on purpose people. It is done to scare others from using their guns by making it appear that if you use them, you will be lucky to not be charged. I hate reporters.
  
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- Xiccarph
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 10:32am
  @Mil-Dot
  Since this happened in the liberal stronghold of Houston, you can bet the local prosecutors are burning the midnight oil digging for some charge they can file against them. The crook will get free lawyers, free this and free that, and plea bargain his arse out of prison as a victim of society. The “legal system” however, will milk the two guys for as much as the system can squeeze out of their billfolds to set an example, and fatten the bank accounts of justice. Libs don’t like anyone taking care of matters themselves. They should have just called 911.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:14am
  Xiccarph,
  You hit the nail squarely on the head.
  
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noslave
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:08am
for the GUN-GRABBER LIBERALS??,im sure your way would have been BETTER??if only he had whipped out his swanze or sang KUMBIA??the rober would have left him alone with an apology no less?? what a bunch of sandra flukin morons.

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NoMoMrNiceGuy
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:05am
Hell Yeah ! HOOAH !

Now – let’s ban heroism because that kind of warrior mentality might get someone hurt !

Way to go guys !

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- dlanod
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 4:50pm
  warrior mentality ? better than your heel licking mentality. you rob me you bet you could get hurt . hurt real bad. if you half to shoot you shoot center mass an shot till threat is down an not moving. anything less could make you the victim. their is bad people out there an saying please could get you dead. sounds terrible to you hu but this is how you stay alive in YOUR world. mind you . you might go a life time an not met mr bad guy.
  
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jackact
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:00am
Ask any criminal judge in any state, city or district in the USA this sime question:
“In all of the murder cases that you have adjudicated in your career, how many guns involved were legally registered”?
The gun control argument ends there!
:)

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- 1_Smoot_Tall
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:30am
  Registration is still infringement.
  
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blanco5
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:55am
I am sure this will be the lead story on the alphabet channels!

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RaydocX
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:54am
And you are at the mercy of your government, sir.
Remediate this issue, forthwith… And protect others who have yet to see the light of the onrushing locomotive…

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Thighmaster
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:54am
Good story but I prefer stories that end with “everyone except the thief lived happily ever after”

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qpwillie
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:51am
I didn’t watch the whole video because I’m sure I can catch it on CNN and MSNBC when they report how two citizens with guns helped to save someone from a robbery.

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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:49am
Thanks Blaze for another feel good story on a Monday morning. It might be a good week after all.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:41am
  So true, and to think with a little extra benefit. This just has to piss off Ed Schultz to no end.
  
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stoptheliesbho
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:47am
Only knowing the details put forth in this writing, I say this is AWESOME. Two good Samaritans (angels maybe) sent to help an unarmed man. Thank God for that 2nd amendment!!

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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:46am
Great story of courage! I guess he will buy a gun and learn how to properly use it.

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Timberframer
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:45am
Send a link to this story and every story like it to both your state and federal legislators. Take Action provides an easy method to do this.

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- kickagrandma
  Posted on January 14, 2013 at 8:44am
  REMEMBER TO CALL your reps and senators TODAY to speak FIRMLY your opinion on our CONSTITUTION and its protection of its citizens.
  Your calls are vital.
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:44am
Like this.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 7:41am
Fine business, but I will remind you… there is only One Savior and it would be in your best interest to get to know Him.

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