Robbery Thwarted After Victim’s Son Returns Suspects’ Fire

By Tom Knighton

Anytime someone faces an armed assailant, it’s frightening. Especially when you’re outnumbered, they’re armed, and they want your possessions. However, when you’re a mother, it’s good to know that you raised your boy right enough that he not only protects you but does so by returning fire when the bad guys start shooting.

After robbing a woman of her purse at gunpoint, one of two armed-robbery suspects was shot to the right leg and left foot by the victim’s son in the Dillard area last week, according to New Orleans Police.

Jeremy Davis, 20, was taken to a local hospital for treatment before he was booked into the Orleans Justice Center jail in the armed robbery, police said.

Brandon Morgan, who is in his early 30s, is also accused in the robbery, which occurred about 12:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in the 3800 block of Havana Place, in Gentilly.

The victim, a 39-year-old woman, told detectives that she was getting into her vehicle when she was approached by two masked men.

The men took out handguns and yelled at the victim to get on the ground, police said, but as one of the men tried to take the victim’s purse, she tried to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms