![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2){kind=small}
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif?v=92.2){kind=small}
College Student Shoots, Kills Home Invader
Posted: 4:53 pm EDT May 4, 2009Updated: 6:41 pm EDT May 4, 2009
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- A group of college students said they are lucky to be alive and they’re thanking the quick-thinking of one of their own. Police said a fellow student shot and killed one of two masked me who burst into an apartment.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Jones met with one of the students to talk about the incident.
“Apparently, his intent was to rape and murder us all,” said student Charles Bailey.
TOM JONES: College Student Shoots, Kills Home Invader
Bailey said he thought it was the end of his life and the lives of the 10 people inside his apartment for a birthday party after two masked men with guns burst in through a patio door.
“They just came in and separated the men from the women and said, ‘Give me your wallets and cell phones,’” said George Williams of the College Park Police Department.
Bailey said the gunmen started counting bullets. “The other guy asked how many (bullets) he had. He said he had enough,” said Bailey.
That’s when one student grabbed a gun out of a backpack and shot at the invader who was watching the men. The gunman ran out of the apartment.
The student then ran to the room where the second gunman, identified by police as 23-year-old Calvin Lavant, was holding the women.
“Apparently the guy was getting ready to rape his girlfriend. So he told the girls to get down and he started shooting. The guy jumped out of the window,” said Bailey.
A neighbor heard the shots and heard someone running nearby.
“And I heard someone say, ‘Someone help me. Call the police. Somebody call the police,’” said a neighbor.
The neighbor said she believes it was Lavant, who was found dead near his apartment, only one building away.
Bailey said he is just thankful one student risked his life to keep others alive.
“I think all of us are really cognizant of the fact that we could have all been killed,” said Bailey.
One female student was shot several times during the crossfire. She is expected to make a full recovery.
Police said they are close to making the arrest of the second suspect.
So, we hear this continuing mantra that college students can't be trusted with guns on campus. Here's an example where a student defends himself and others, hits what he's aiming at AND plants one of the criminals. You'll note that the 'simple robbery' was going to devolve into a rape multiple homicide. The implied threats of the criminals AND their behavior pointed at a clear intent to do MORE than just take property under threat of deadly force. They were going to take liberties with the women and likely kill the rest.
The next time someone tells you that a student shouldn't be able to defend themselves on a campus circle back to THIS incident.
May 6 2009, 13:21:55 UTC 3 years ago
May 6 2009, 13:33:07 UTC 3 years ago
Deleted comment
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
May 6 2009, 14:13:19 UTC 3 years ago
The point I'm making is that a lot of people contend that college students aren't responsible enough to possess/own firearms. Yet, they seem to utterly ignore equal protection under the law issues and the fact that if you're of a certain age, it doesn't matter if you're in college or not. You have or should have the same rights as everyone else.
I don't suppose people would be comfortable with the contention that College students shouldn't be allowed to vote since they're not responsible enough.
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
May 6 2009, 14:11:37 UTC 3 years ago
May 6 2009, 14:24:55 UTC 3 years ago
I do see what you're saying, but mentioning that the student clearly took the time to take a course or put in hours at a shooting range would probably help the "responsible owner" case. Based on what I'm inferring from between the lines, of course. That kid could've just had major, major luck on his side, but I'm doubtful. :)
May 6 2009, 14:42:34 UTC 3 years ago
The way the law is articulated now, you could be a master weapons instructor for the Army on reserve status for college and be legally barred from carrying a firearm. The problem is that regardless of your training or license status, students are legally barred from possessing arms on campus.
And it legally bars them from transporting to/through campus. Building includes parking deck. Walk around the tech campus at night. Heck walk into/out of Ga State at night. How safe is that area? What's worse is that I could be in technical violation if I'm driving my car down Marietta St, get a flat, pull to the side of the road and step too far onto the sidewalk while carrying. The same could happen to someone choosing to rent a room in the Ga Tech Hotel off of Spring street. Register in one hotel for a stay overnight you're a felon, register in another you're perfectly legal.
The blanket "no guns on campus" law is perfidious and over broad.
May 6 2009, 14:31:05 UTC 3 years ago Edited: May 6 2009, 14:36:09 UTC
May 6 2009, 14:37:06 UTC 3 years ago
May 6 2009, 14:39:15 UTC 3 years ago
GENIUS!
May 6 2009, 14:35:49 UTC 3 years ago
this is what happens when people are not mandated training in firearms use.
and, of course, there was thishttp://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/a
Tech student critical after carjacking, shooting
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
A Georgia Tech student shot during a carjacking remained in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit early Wednesday, hospital officials said.
Patrick Whaley, 22, was shot and two other people robbed during a carjacking at an off-campus apartment complex.
Whaley was shot once in the lower back Monday night as he and two other people walked out of the Tivoli Tenside Apartments at 1000 Northside Dr., according to police reports. The apartment complex is near Georgia Tech, where Whaley studies mechanical engineering.
May 6 2009, 15:40:37 UTC 3 years ago
Re: this is what happens when people are not mandated training in firearms use.
I was going to bring this up as well. There has been a huge increase in crime on and around GA Tech campus in the last few months. This was the first actual injury that's resulted, but I've lost count of the number of people who have been assaulted or robbed on Tech campus and surrounding areas like Tech Square in the last couple of weeks. It may just be coincidence, but it seems like a lot of criminals are targeting students these days.3 years ago
May 6 2009, 14:36:23 UTC 3 years ago
May 6 2009, 14:42:58 UTC 3 years ago
May 6 2009, 14:54:10 UTC 3 years ago
May 6 2009, 14:59:36 UTC 3 years ago
I need to find the guy who did the actual protecting, not just the guy the news talked to.
May 6 2009, 15:14:21 UTC 3 years ago
3 years ago
May 6 2009, 16:01:03 UTC 3 years ago
May 6 2009, 16:09:23 UTC 3 years ago
But he'll learn and get some good IWB I think very shortly.
May 6 2009, 16:11:03 UTC 3 years ago
3 years ago
May 6 2009, 16:34:35 UTC 3 years ago
May 7 2009, 00:54:49 UTC 3 years ago
a crying shame...
It's apparent he needs more training... I mean, he failed properly ventilate the second robber.May 9 2009, 04:42:37 UTC 3 years ago
May 9 2009, 15:43:37 UTC 3 years ago
The student wounded is a far sight better than a room full of people shot and killed. The perps made specific mention of their intent to kill them all, "Got enough bullets?" After that, one cannot complain about the one armed student's response, at all.
Don't underestimate the fear that people will have which will either drive them to action or worse, when confronted with deadly force where they have nothing to match it, drive them to total compliance. Don't understand that? Explain why millions of people compliantly allowed themselves to be herded into cattle cars to be sent off to their deaths.
May 10 2009, 02:10:36 UTC 3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 years ago