t was no miracle that a woman with a gun to her head was able to prevent herself from being robbed – or worse. That’s because Carolann Miracle, 23, who said she is 4’11 and 85 pounds, was armed and ready to eliminate the threat.
Speaking to ABC15, the woman from Glendale, Ariz., said that she was leaving a gas station when a man named Frank Taylor, 27, approached her and asked for a cigarette.
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She says Taylor then put a gun to her neck and tried to rob her.
Miracle didn’t hesitate to act.
“I dropped my soda, released my gun from my holster and cocked it. I shot him and ran in the opposite direction,” she said.
She said that her dad is a Marine and taught her self-defense.
“I was scared, at first. I thought, ‘Am I really getting robbed?’” she said. “He put the gun up to my neck and said, ‘It’s loaded, don’t move,’” Miracle said. ”I think he thought, ‘She’s a little girl. Maybe she doesn’t know how to use her weapon.’”
The woman said that, even though she was held at gunpoint, she feels bad that Taylor died.
“I feel bad, I didn’t mean to kill him. I feel bad for his mom. I feel bad because I just found out that he has a 1-week-old baby. I didn’t mean to do it, but I had to protect myself,” she said.
The woman shot the armed robber once. Taylor died as a result.
She ran home and called 911.
Police say parts of the incident were caught on surveillance camera.
The incident is currently under review by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and Miracle is not in police custody.
A 4’11, 85-pound woman with a gun to her head put an end to the threat in the blink of an eye
Yep, cigarettes are dangerous to your health! 😆
SHELL GET THE DAMNED LECTRIC CHAIR……… JUST WATCH……..
A travesty happens every day because the retards are in charge. Why is it that we allow those of obvious mental deficiencies at the Captain’s Wheel? It really doesn’t make much sense to me, but then, there ain’t too much out there that does.
I certainly wouldn’t describe this incident as a travesty. This is how every one should be, packin’ and ready to use ’em if required.
If your a pacifist, watch out for flying bullets is all I can say. Once the poop hits the blades, all the peace, love, and equality ain’t gonna add up to squat.
I agree. what’s a shame is Obummer led this country down to it’s knees. So many people with out jobs and family’s to feed. So many mentally ill people on the streets because we closed the hospitals. So many people upset because the guberment has us going against each other with all this fake hate.
So many people givin drugs that make them crazy instead of helping them. We are in a time where things are going to go downhill fast and we need to be prepared….
She was right to defend herself, because for all she knew, he might have killed her after taking her money. But still, I’m wondering how she was able to get her own gun into action when her assailant was already holding a gun on her and only had to pull the trigger.
That’s an especially bad situation to be in, regardless of how well-armed and skilled you are. Even if you manage to draw your own weapon and shoot the robber first, there’s no guarantee that he’ll be quickly incapacitated unless his brain or upper spine is hit. It’s possible for him to shoot back for several seconds even if his heart has been destroyed.
This isn’t to take anything away from her, but unless she has Jedi-like fighting skills, she might have gotten lucky here. It’s also possible that her robber had never really intended to shoot her at all, though of course she couldn’t take that chance.
As the ol saying goes
God made man
Sam Colt made them equal
More Ladies need to pack and be trained properly in its use
I applaud her judicias use of self defense
And the last thing you should ever do in a case such as this is back down on your reason why you had to put your attacker on ice
If they had a 1 week old child than they shouldn’t be out risking their life so stupidly
We are armed , and if you think your life is worth more than mine as to the point of attacking me or mine , you will find out how wrong you were to assume you could act that way
Lesson to the 1 week old
Don’t be a punk like yer dead father
She’s in Az. so I think she’s pretty safe on the criminal front. Civil? Who knows? Here in OK, the victim has to prove that they feared for their life. 80lb girl, pretty easy to prove…300lb man, not so much. In CCL class, it was pretty much taught that if you use your weapon in defense, your life will be hell, but at least you will have your life!
“Police say parts of the incident were caught on surveillance camera.”
I sure would like to see it.
I’m STILL confused as to how she avoided being shot. He definitely had the upper hand with a gun to her neck.
He wasn’t prepared to use force. She was.
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