Convicted Felon Has His Gun Rights Restored And Goes On To Save Arizona Trooper’s Life

By James England

About a month ago, we covered the harrowing tale of a Good Samaritan coming upon a downed Arizona DPS trooper on the highway. The trooper, Ed Andersson, initially responded to a call about a man shooting at passing motorists. When he arrived at the scene, he was brutally attacked by 37-year-old Leonard Penuelas-Escobar. Penuelas-Escobar beat the officer down and was in the process of beating his head into the pavement when Thomas Yoxall arrived.

We now know, thanks to details of the investigation sourced in part by Independent Journal Review, that Penuelas-Escobar was likely in the country illegally and was formerly a Mexican police officer.

The Good Samaritan was on a 5-hour drive to California for a conference when he discovered Andersson being beaten by Penuelas-Escobar. He got out and asked Penuelas-Escobar to stop. When the suspect refused, he shot him twice. The assailant died at the scene and Andersson was taken in for urgent treatment of his injuries.

A good day for the Good Samaritan, right? Well, apparently, it could have easily never happened.

Yoxall was a prior convicted felon in a theft case that happened in 2000. He pleaded down the felony to a misdemeanor and asked a judge to …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation