WXYZ-TV
A 70-year-old women’s high school basketball coach shot and killed one would-be mugger and injured another while walking two players to their cars Friday night in Detroit, WXYZ-TV reported.
Police said the coach, who has not been named, was approached by two teens who tried to rob him in the parking lot of Martin Luther King High School as he walked with two girls around 7:30 p.m, WDIV-TV reported. One of the attackers died and the other was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
Sources told WXYZ the coach was also a reserve police office with a license to carry a concealed pistol. One of the teens was also armed with a gun.
According to WDIV, both teens were students at the high school, though the one who died had recently been expelled.
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RamonPreston
Feb. 2, 2013 at 6:02pmTake a lesson from Switzerland. You have to be armed and trained to use it.
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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:59pmWe need to start a donation drive for the coach, so he can practice shooting more now that he is about to get fired.
Political correctness is running wild in America. Personally I would have left the kids body there as a message to others.
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rcguy
Feb. 2, 2013 at 6:11pmIs the school a gun free zone? I’m affraid you might be right and the coach will lose his job. I have a CWP in Florida and still may not enter a gun free zone. Still a B+ grade for the coach, he let one gang banger go to the hospital.
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P4cooler
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:26pmThank God the girls were not alone. Now Coach and the girls can live in peace. That is all us gun owners want…. to live in peace. These young ladies survived a real life experience showing how important our 2nd Amendment is. Shame on all the anti gun fanatics who want to empower the criminals by taking our ability to defend ourselves.
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Imprimatur
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:21pmThat saved the expense of a public defense for one perpetrator.
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bankerpapaw
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:20pmExcellent example of a Concealed Carry permit – - Get yourself one!!
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dugbru
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:17pmWhat are the odds that if Obama had a son they would look just like him????
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Saff SGT
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:14pmIts not safe anywhere in the USA everyone needs to get armed and stay alert
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blackfeather
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:11pm…”at mlk jr high school”…..come and get it morons…..way to go. :)
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woodyee
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:10pm“One of the attackers died and the other was taken to the hospital in serious condition.”
Uh-oh! Someone’s in need of some range time!
Listening to Isley Bros. – “Who’s That Lady”…………Shine My Waaaaayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
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bbhouston
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:10pmIf just ONE child is saved by a gun then it’s worth keeping Feinsteins gun control antics from coming to pass…..
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Saff SGT
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:09pmgood deal less muggers to rob innocent folks. Congress and obama take note this was an armed citizen doing its constitutional duty. defend one self and others. Good job, accurate shooting also
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JBJ
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:56pmNew math problem for kids in Detroit school
If coach has a 17 round clip in his semi-auto and he used 4 to kill a mugger, how many more muggers can he get before reloading?
Bonus points if you know amount of piss run down other mugger’s leg at sound of first round.
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msjoe43
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:55pmA 70-year-old women’s high school basketball coach shot and killed one would-be mugger and injured another while walking two players to their cars Friday night in Detroit, WXYZ-TV reported.
sarcastic Q: While on the job the injured person whose job occupation is to attack and rob anothers in a public places filed a lawsuit of getting shot by his would-be attackers (a armed 70-year-old women’s high school basketball coach and two armed female players.) ?
sarcastic Q: While on the job a person whose job occupation is to attack and rob anothers in a public places filed a lawsuit of getting shot and killed by his would-be attackers (a armed 70-year-old women’s high school basketball coach and two armed female players). Will the dead person family sue for wrongful death?
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TASO
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:54pmI would say that the Reserved Officer/Coach was in the right place at the right time and that the 2 girls he was escorting to the car were very lucky he was armed. Has anyone thought that being Detroit that this area in the school district could possibly be a bad one.
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Alternative_Thought
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:43pmOK… Good Guys saved….argument over.
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tyuchic
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:40pmquestion…. how would a 70 year old be able to defend himself and 2 others against two young thugs? samuel colt had the right answer.
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eramthgin
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:39pmTalk about stupid and brazen. The two punks try to rob a coach at their own school when he is with two students from the school. Like no one would know who they were? The end to that WAS going to be the coach and the girls dead so they couldn’t rat them out to the cops. That is what would have happened with gun control. Instead we have three law abiding citizens who get to go home tonight safe and sound. The punks were already breaking a number of gun laws which did nothing to prevent them from getting and using guns.
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Dkoonz
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:37pmTwo more young thugs who got wht they deserve. It is a shame they had to learn a lesson the hard way.
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Whatmeworry-never
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:36pmCoach you are a hero and a gentleman, we need more men like you.Well I noticed no mention of the race so I will assume the BG’s were black urban Obamunists and the coach was probably a black man and a conservative. Then you see it happened in MLK address so you know immediately it’s a bad black neighborhood. (Why do towns/cities always put MLK streets in horrific crime riddled black neighborhoods)
Call me a racist if you must but it does not sting anymore as I know the truth is reverse racism is rampant and blessed by this Regime.
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Brem
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:30pmIf the liberal agenda had played out properly, the girls would be working as sex slaves and the coach would be dead
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TexOkie
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:25pmSo what does one have to do to become a reserve police officer with a license to carry? We should all be reserve police officers. That way we can protect ourselves and others like this guy.
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ARIZONA VETERAN
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:23pmi am praying for the african that was rushed to the hospital, I PRAY HE DIES A PAINFUL DEATH!!! fking piece of shyt
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MAX0O1
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:20pmIF (AND I THINK I DO)HAVE my facts right all teachers in ISRAEL are required to carry guns.
SMART SMART PEOPLE!
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Fitzzz
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:05pmLive by the sword, die by the sword
DIRTBAG
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hoosierblue
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:04pmI always like it when a story has a happy ending.
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Small World
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:52pmOh yea!
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