Off-duty Police Officer Shoots, Kills Fugitive After Bad Guy Plows Car Into Vehicles In Parking Lot

By James England

CAHOKIA, ILLINOIS — When an off-duty police officer spotted a wanted, violent fugitive entering a Walmart, he knew he would need backup. He likely didn’t anticipate how badly he was correct… Or how his off-duty concealed carry handgun would inevitably save his life.

According to the Southern Illinoisian, the off-duty officer called police. When they arrived on the scene, the perpetrator attempted to flee. In the ensuing attempt to escape, he hit a concrete pillar with his vehicle. Several more vehicles were hit, including the police cruisers. Both on-duty officers were injured in the commotion. The fugitive, identified as 35-year-old Jason Stringer of Centerville, then careened his vehicle directly towards the off-duty officer who ratted him out. That officer, thankfully, had a concealed handgun.

Of the several shots he fired at the oncoming vehicle, he was able to get a single hit before dodging the oncoming car. That shot, as it turned out, probably saved his life. The vehicle made it for some distance further before Stringer collapsed at the driver’s seat and collided with oncoming traffic and a traffic median strip about a mile away.

Stringer was pronounced dead at the scene. And, according to records obtained by the Southern …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation