Talk about a picture-perfect car-jacking – for the good guy.
Edgar Horn thought he was just going to hop into a man’s car and say “You know what this is” and take what he wanted.
Unfortunately for him, the driver was our card-carrying good guy of the day, Hashim Fannin. Fannin pulled his gun and told the would-be thug to get out of his car, then held him on the pavement for police to arrive.
“You woke up stupid this morning,” Fannin told the criminal as Horn was telling one lie after another while waiting for the police to arrive.
Mr. Fannin handled the situation very well. When police rolled up, he put his gun on the ground.
The first thing cops did was shake his hand and thank him for a job well-done.
They cuffed up the would-be robber and took him away.
Just as it should be.
A witness videotaped the action and the local TV station played some of it in their report.
Here’s the uncut video. NSFW because of language.
I wish all of my neighbors were like the good guy in this story.
Hell, I wish all of my family were as clear-thinking as this man.
Good guy of the day indeed. I’ll second what the cops said: Nice work, sir!
Wish all cops dealing with CCW permit holders were like the ones in this video. These cops are the best, particularly the one shaking Mr. Fannin’s hand. I sure hope his superiors took notice of his exemplary behavior.
Awesome. Just an example of the decent folks out there. Love how the cops handled it.
Good stuff. Although, for the record, I don’t encourage engaging the suspect with dialogue. Witty, and funny in this case – but it can mess with your OODA loop if he tries anything. All conversation should be one way: YOU, issuing command voice to him, and he either complies or is shot. No discussion.
But loved the video.
You people should wait until you hear the entire story. Mr Horn drove his own car to the Family Dollar. Why would he have to carjack someone else’s car? He was also meeting a friend there to go to lunch. His friend has a similar make and color of car. The alleged good guy has also been involved in a similar incident where he was involved in a deal gone bad over the internet then pulled a gun on the victim and tried to blame the victim. A rush to judgement is very seldom the wise thing to do. The news media and gullible people perpetrate this type of vilification of people before the true story is told. What a travesty.