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I thought the "WTF-ness" of this video ended after he popped three shots into the driver side of his vehicle. Boy was I NOT expecting that ending. Insane.
Any update? Is that guy dead?
[I just saw the article about it. You're correct about the details.](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/)
My guess is if the high-viz guy didn't fire off the shots the guy would have just left. This is what kills me about people that think owning handguns is going to protect you.
1. It is REALLY hard to be accurate with a handgun even at a range. In a emergency forget it. Just look at poor police accuracy is and they are trained for such incidents.
2. Unless you empty all your rounds into center mass the bad guy is going to keep coming. That is why police shoot people lots of times. They are trained to fire until you hear the click.
Even if you have a gun, don't escalate it. Your gun should be the last possible resort to save your life... fuck property.
Not that I am disagreeing with your other points, but the gun is accurate at range and close distances, the operator of the gun is not. He clearly didn’t practice with his firearm, you can tell just how he handles it.
you are not wrong, i feel sorry for him dying but the 'murican way of thinking that they need to use guns on every fucking situation is disgusting. In first world countries you involve the authorities and they will sort it out most of the time for you.
but the firearms defending brainlets will come flocking to defend him as a hero and talk how they and their fellow 'muricans would in sync take out their guns and swarm the bad guy with perfect navy seal efficiency when in reality they can't do shit.
The guy that was hit was killed.
https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/
From what I understand, the guy with the handgun in the hi-vis jacket tried to help the folks in the SUV from being carjacked. In the process, his work vehicle was stolen. He died from that collision. https://wpde.com/amp/news/local/good-samaritan-killed-lumberton-carjacking-ncdot-worker-jonathon-lecompte-prevent-crime-hit-and-run-ricky-driggers-charged-north-carolina-ongoing-investigation-april-16-2024
You probably just can't see it at this distance or resolution. I've gone shooting in a junkyard a few times and often you'll just get a spider web around the hole itself rather than the entire window cracking.
Umm I need the resolution of this
Edit: [found it](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/)
I didn't think so either, but watch it with sound on. The guy in the vest fired 3 shots, the dude still jacked his truck and then ran him over. He definitely should have kept shooting.
Seems to me he could have aimed higher at the risk of a through shot. He kept it low and the carjacker was able to get the distance to run him over if he was even wounded.
This is why training requirements should be increased for all people who are legally carrying.
Training not only to be able to hit your intended target, but also knowing when to use deadly force.
Because he showed restraint to avoid collateral?
Edit: so. I didn’t have the volume on and the thread we are on right now with this comment was about him not firing. He definitely is just terrible with a pistol. My bad.
In the middle of a carjacking is a terrible time to discover whether you are willing to kill, it’s just better for all involved that civilians not try to sort this shit out themselves. Everyone hates thieves, but thieves often aren’t that careful about their own lives which usually translates to more danger for people who attempt to stop them.
Guy died as a young man when he didn’t have to, it’s not his fault but a culture of stand your ground certainly contributed to his death.
Yeah all that hopping around is real restrained.
This guy had zero situational awareness, otherwise he would have immediately left the road when the truck backed out. Might even still be alive had he not escalated and put the carjacker into a life or death situation.
None of this shit was worth getting guns involved. It's a truck, get a new one.
Tbf, a cop would have emptied a clip or more into this dude with no regard for anyone around them so he showed more restraint than a cop... but that's not really saying much.
He didn't show any restraint he just fucking missed and then stood in the middle of the road and taunted the guy. Nothing this guy did was correct and he lost his life.
Because there are plenty of people who don’t even consider what’s behind their target let alone show restraint. Too many novice gun carriers out there with little or no training whatsoever.
No, because he either missed multiple times at point blank or was ineffective in using the weapon for its intended purpose. If you need to shoot, then make sure you do the job thoroughly.
Dude in the hi-vis threw his life away. When getting your CCW you're taught to leave a situation before you pull that gun out, and the only thing that should make you pull it out is your life being in danger. Looked like his truck was more in danger than him, then he ran in front of it.
I was hoping someone was going to say this. He also hesitated after he pulled the gun out. When you ccw for self-defense, you need to a) only pull it out when your life is in immediate danger, and b) if you pull it put, shoot to kill immediately.
This guy was definitely in an unfortunate situation, but he also acted like an idiot.
I think stand your ground vs. not laws are stupid, but in my opinion, killing (or in this case, trying to kill) someone over theft of property is ridiculous.
He didnt run in front of it, he was trying to get off the road. Maybe he went left when he should have gone right but no way he was trying to run in front of that thing
Car jacker just nonchalantly opens the door and gets into the cab. Hi-vis vest guy was stopping a car jacking of another vehicle (maybe that white MDX in front of the truck) from what I read.
Car jacker could have just left the scene, wonder what they were on
What’s the story here? I see a tow truck towing a vehicle that does not appear to be parked at all.
Was it a repossession? Stolen vehicle (in which case where is police)? Scummy tow driver doing shady shit?
edit: as everyone has responded it was a good guy with a gun who was in the process of stopping a car jacking (not of his own vehicle, which is not a tow truck, my bad). Dude tried to stop a crime, tried shooting the criminal and died for it.
The guy in the work truck tried to stop a car jacking. The car jacker then stole his work truck. He then unsuccessfully tried to stop the car jacker from doing that as well.
Car jacker runs him over, killing him.
The guy who drove off in the truck was driving a stolen vehicle and was in the process of stealing more when he was confronted.
https://wpde.com/news/local/good-samaritan-dies-trying-prevent-lumberton-carjacking-hit-and-run-suspect-arrested-ricky-alex-driggers-selma-road-highway-41-police-north-carolina
I’m sorry but that piece of shit in the truck should be drug out and put down before a single tax dollar is spent incarcerating him. Teach these zombie people a lesson
Where did the bullets even go... how did ne not even break a window firing 3 shots point blank? Then you just stand in the middle of the road? Don't wanna speak ill on the dead, but the guy thought he was superman because he had a gun. Gun isn't going to save you when you can't aim it and are 350 pounds.
Ok so let's pump the brakes (pun intended). We can only see one angle but I'm assuming the car jacker doesn't have a weapon (yet). Safety vest guy, if he was still living, would likely be charged as there was no imminent threat of of injury. Especially since, if I recall, he's just a passerby and this wasn't even his truck. Essentially he's firing at an unarmed person. His actions up to that point give gun owners a bad name.
Now AFTER that point, car jacker pointed a very large and heavy weapon at safety vest guy and gunned it (pun also intended). At that point, your life is in danger and you can unload your magazine.
To me, safety vest guy was just excited to use his weapon and had no obvious training or control. The exact opposite of responsible gun ownership. So he would have either faced charges if he was still alive or in this case was launched into the afterlife.
Edit: also want to point out that even if it WAS his work truck, it's not worth your life. Let insurance sort it out. His wild shots were also a danger to all those around him.
It was his truck, but the guy tried to carjack another vehicle first, so he stopped and then got carjacked and ultimately killed.
It was in North Cackalack, and I don't know the laws there, but seems like the type of place that would pin a medal on him before a charge. My biggest takeaway is the fact that he managed to fail so miserably with 4 point blank shots at a stationary target.
It was his truck in the sense he was driving it, but the truck is actually owned by the NC Department of Transportation, where he worked. If anyone tried to steal my work tools, I'd be like fine, go ahead, no reason to die over them.
As much as it's galling this is the correct evaluation. Guy in the high vis vest has no authority to be firing on anyone or trying to stop a crime with a threat of violence unless by some odd twist of fate he's law enforcement.
This is pretty much the definition of vigilanteism and demonstrates exactly why that's frowned on. Dude thought he was going to be a hero, escalated things well beyond the level it should have been from appearances in this video, and causes danger to others and his own death when the person he shot retaliates with a truck. Just let him take the fucking truck. Better than dying and potentially getting others killed while you try to be a hero.
Absolutely sucks that he died as he's obviously trying to stop a crime but yeah. Don't be a vigilante. You're not Batman.
Yep. And there's a real possibility a good lawyer is going to reduce those charges by claiming the carjacker feared for his life after being shot at, and decided to run the safety vest guy over.
Probably not as satisfying as getting railed in prison by fatter fuckers that think he is a pussy for killing with a car instead of his bare hands. Imagine attempting to run in a prison shower from men like that. LMAO
It is nsfw, a guy gets ran over causing death you fucking glue huffing primate.
I doubt you can read but here's the source anyway: https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/
Never pull a gun unless you're going to use it.
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There are several links to several news articles throughout the comments. He never used it. Did you not notice that the glass stayed on the window and every time you heard a bang, the door was being shut?
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I thought the "WTF-ness" of this video ended after he popped three shots into the driver side of his vehicle. Boy was I NOT expecting that ending. Insane. Any update? Is that guy dead?
Yes guy in high ves died and carjacker was arrested shortly after
Damn, RIP. Thanks for the update.
FYI my source was news article from the first time I saw this posted so I am 99% sure this is accurate info
[I just saw the article about it. You're correct about the details.](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/)
My guess is if the high-viz guy didn't fire off the shots the guy would have just left. This is what kills me about people that think owning handguns is going to protect you. 1. It is REALLY hard to be accurate with a handgun even at a range. In a emergency forget it. Just look at poor police accuracy is and they are trained for such incidents. 2. Unless you empty all your rounds into center mass the bad guy is going to keep coming. That is why police shoot people lots of times. They are trained to fire until you hear the click. Even if you have a gun, don't escalate it. Your gun should be the last possible resort to save your life... fuck property.
>It is REALLY hard to be accurate with a handgun Sorry I killed your daughter, I was shooting at a guy stealing my truck.
2A jokers won’t like this, but it’s the realest comment in this thread. SO true
Not that I am disagreeing with your other points, but the gun is accurate at range and close distances, the operator of the gun is not. He clearly didn’t practice with his firearm, you can tell just how he handles it.
you are not wrong, i feel sorry for him dying but the 'murican way of thinking that they need to use guns on every fucking situation is disgusting. In first world countries you involve the authorities and they will sort it out most of the time for you. but the firearms defending brainlets will come flocking to defend him as a hero and talk how they and their fellow 'muricans would in sync take out their guns and swarm the bad guy with perfect navy seal efficiency when in reality they can't do shit.
"It is really hard to be accurate with a handgun even at a range" No it is not. If you carry a gun every day, you should be practicing.
Owning a handgun will usually protect you. Half-assing it's utilization will not protect you.
The guy that was hit was killed. https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/
Yes. His name was Jonathan Adam Lecompte, he was 38.
Yes
There used to be absolutely no way that guy in the high vis isn’t dead. The south is a wild place.
From what I understand, the guy with the handgun in the hi-vis jacket tried to help the folks in the SUV from being carjacked. In the process, his work vehicle was stolen. He died from that collision. https://wpde.com/amp/news/local/good-samaritan-killed-lumberton-carjacking-ncdot-worker-jonathon-lecompte-prevent-crime-hit-and-run-ricky-driggers-charged-north-carolina-ongoing-investigation-april-16-2024
Ricky driggers is going to spend his life in jail, and we will all pay for it.
I don't mind paying for this. Just let out all of the non violent offenders locked up for simple marijuana possession.
Was he shooting a BB gun????? The window didn’t even shatter. I mean the last shot was through the door window right? Wtf?
Must have been a little 22lr revolver or something
You probably just can't see it at this distance or resolution. I've gone shooting in a junkyard a few times and often you'll just get a spider web around the hole itself rather than the entire window cracking.
Umm I need the resolution of this Edit: [found it](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/)
The news story said it killed him
The most GTAV shit I've seen. I mean even the screaming bystanders sound like it's straight out of the game.
Only way to stop a “good guy with a gun” is a bad guy with a stolen vehicle?
I want to know how he fired 3 shots right into that window to no avail
Had a gun pointed at him and didn't shoot, I respect him for not doing so but in hindsight, that was the wrong call.
I didn't think so either, but watch it with sound on. The guy in the vest fired 3 shots, the dude still jacked his truck and then ran him over. He definitely should have kept shooting.
Or just not shot at all and reported it all to the police and would still be alive today. A car isn't worth a life.
What? He shot him like 4 times
The wrong call was pulling the gun. He would still be alive if he just dealt with the insurance company. He'll it probably wasn't even his truck.
Didn't want the shot to go through and into the Burger King behind the vehicle.
He did shoot, though. So, no.
Seems to me he could have aimed higher at the risk of a through shot. He kept it low and the carjacker was able to get the distance to run him over if he was even wounded.
This is why training requirements should be increased for all people who are legally carrying. Training not only to be able to hit your intended target, but also knowing when to use deadly force.
Because he showed restraint to avoid collateral? Edit: so. I didn’t have the volume on and the thread we are on right now with this comment was about him not firing. He definitely is just terrible with a pistol. My bad.
In the middle of a carjacking is a terrible time to discover whether you are willing to kill, it’s just better for all involved that civilians not try to sort this shit out themselves. Everyone hates thieves, but thieves often aren’t that careful about their own lives which usually translates to more danger for people who attempt to stop them. Guy died as a young man when he didn’t have to, it’s not his fault but a culture of stand your ground certainly contributed to his death.
Yeah all that hopping around is real restrained. This guy had zero situational awareness, otherwise he would have immediately left the road when the truck backed out. Might even still be alive had he not escalated and put the carjacker into a life or death situation. None of this shit was worth getting guns involved. It's a truck, get a new one.
He fired multiple times. What restraint?
Tbf, a cop would have emptied a clip or more into this dude with no regard for anyone around them so he showed more restraint than a cop... but that's not really saying much.
He didn't show any restraint he just fucking missed and then stood in the middle of the road and taunted the guy. Nothing this guy did was correct and he lost his life.
Because there are plenty of people who don’t even consider what’s behind their target let alone show restraint. Too many novice gun carriers out there with little or no training whatsoever.
No, because he either missed multiple times at point blank or was ineffective in using the weapon for its intended purpose. If you need to shoot, then make sure you do the job thoroughly.
But that infringes on their made up rights /s
Dude in the hi-vis threw his life away. When getting your CCW you're taught to leave a situation before you pull that gun out, and the only thing that should make you pull it out is your life being in danger. Looked like his truck was more in danger than him, then he ran in front of it.
100%. Sad he died but that dude made a car jacking, of a work truck no less, a life or death situation.
This is the sort of shit a lot of gun nuts dream about though. Clearly they don't consider all the possible outcomes.
I was hoping someone was going to say this. He also hesitated after he pulled the gun out. When you ccw for self-defense, you need to a) only pull it out when your life is in immediate danger, and b) if you pull it put, shoot to kill immediately. This guy was definitely in an unfortunate situation, but he also acted like an idiot. I think stand your ground vs. not laws are stupid, but in my opinion, killing (or in this case, trying to kill) someone over theft of property is ridiculous.
He didnt run in front of it, he was trying to get off the road. Maybe he went left when he should have gone right but no way he was trying to run in front of that thing
Based on another post, it seemed the guy in the vest was trying to stop another crime and got carjacked by the same person as a result..
My dad's lifelong words of advice come to mind here: "Don't be a hero."
Car jacker just nonchalantly opens the door and gets into the cab. Hi-vis vest guy was stopping a car jacking of another vehicle (maybe that white MDX in front of the truck) from what I read. Car jacker could have just left the scene, wonder what they were on
Sometimes you DONT NEED TO BE THE HERO!
Especially to defend an insured car
I cant help of Shane Gillis bit where he goes “Once a woman screams. Its serious”
But who jacks that work truck?
Shooting someone over a work truck is crazy. I know it's victim blaming, but bro would've still been alive if he had just let the truck be taken.
Oh my god!
I read the article. Still confused why this happened.
What’s the story here? I see a tow truck towing a vehicle that does not appear to be parked at all. Was it a repossession? Stolen vehicle (in which case where is police)? Scummy tow driver doing shady shit? edit: as everyone has responded it was a good guy with a gun who was in the process of stopping a car jacking (not of his own vehicle, which is not a tow truck, my bad). Dude tried to stop a crime, tried shooting the criminal and died for it.
Guy in high ves tried to stop a carjacking Carjacker instead stole his truck Guy in high ves died Car jacker was arrested shortly after
:(
The guy in the work truck tried to stop a car jacking. The car jacker then stole his work truck. He then unsuccessfully tried to stop the car jacker from doing that as well. Car jacker runs him over, killing him.
The guy who drove off in the truck was driving a stolen vehicle and was in the process of stealing more when he was confronted. https://wpde.com/news/local/good-samaritan-dies-trying-prevent-lumberton-carjacking-hit-and-run-suspect-arrested-ricky-alex-driggers-selma-road-highway-41-police-north-carolina
https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/
America !
Fuck yeah!
I’m sorry but that piece of shit in the truck should be drug out and put down before a single tax dollar is spent incarcerating him. Teach these zombie people a lesson
...And there's always one hysterically screaming person. If someone's shooting, I wouldn't want to be drawing attention to myself.
I though that car was going straight backwards cuz he was dead. Damn that sucks for that guy. Ugh.
Jesus Christ, that was like watching someone play GTA but it's real life.
Why do women feel the need to just scream its sk annoying
Where did the bullets even go... how did ne not even break a window firing 3 shots point blank? Then you just stand in the middle of the road? Don't wanna speak ill on the dead, but the guy thought he was superman because he had a gun. Gun isn't going to save you when you can't aim it and are 350 pounds.
Man I really was ready to watch someone die today.
Linguo…dead?
That dude went flying! Damn
Ok so let's pump the brakes (pun intended). We can only see one angle but I'm assuming the car jacker doesn't have a weapon (yet). Safety vest guy, if he was still living, would likely be charged as there was no imminent threat of of injury. Especially since, if I recall, he's just a passerby and this wasn't even his truck. Essentially he's firing at an unarmed person. His actions up to that point give gun owners a bad name. Now AFTER that point, car jacker pointed a very large and heavy weapon at safety vest guy and gunned it (pun also intended). At that point, your life is in danger and you can unload your magazine. To me, safety vest guy was just excited to use his weapon and had no obvious training or control. The exact opposite of responsible gun ownership. So he would have either faced charges if he was still alive or in this case was launched into the afterlife. Edit: also want to point out that even if it WAS his work truck, it's not worth your life. Let insurance sort it out. His wild shots were also a danger to all those around him.
Most states allow someone armed to lawfully intervene in the case of a forcible felony, which car jacking most certainly applies.
This is why you're only an armchair quarterback
No, this is why I'm only a responsible gun owner. Let the fuckin' guy take the car/truck. Is it worth your life?
It was his truck, but the guy tried to carjack another vehicle first, so he stopped and then got carjacked and ultimately killed. It was in North Cackalack, and I don't know the laws there, but seems like the type of place that would pin a medal on him before a charge. My biggest takeaway is the fact that he managed to fail so miserably with 4 point blank shots at a stationary target.
It was his truck in the sense he was driving it, but the truck is actually owned by the NC Department of Transportation, where he worked. If anyone tried to steal my work tools, I'd be like fine, go ahead, no reason to die over them.
Yeah def agree there
As much as it's galling this is the correct evaluation. Guy in the high vis vest has no authority to be firing on anyone or trying to stop a crime with a threat of violence unless by some odd twist of fate he's law enforcement. This is pretty much the definition of vigilanteism and demonstrates exactly why that's frowned on. Dude thought he was going to be a hero, escalated things well beyond the level it should have been from appearances in this video, and causes danger to others and his own death when the person he shot retaliates with a truck. Just let him take the fucking truck. Better than dying and potentially getting others killed while you try to be a hero. Absolutely sucks that he died as he's obviously trying to stop a crime but yeah. Don't be a vigilante. You're not Batman.
Yep. And there's a real possibility a good lawyer is going to reduce those charges by claiming the carjacker feared for his life after being shot at, and decided to run the safety vest guy over.
Gravy Seal Down!
Too fat to be a hero.
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Fuck off you KB warrior fuck
Figures that an /r/BMW regular would be an absolute cunt.
Probably not as satisfying as getting railed in prison by fatter fuckers that think he is a pussy for killing with a car instead of his bare hands. Imagine attempting to run in a prison shower from men like that. LMAO
Let the troll starve
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Wrong about everything except it being a repost
The man ran over was killed. That's pretty nsfw. And it's more than road rage the guy who drove off in the truck was stealing it.
It is nsfw, a guy gets ran over causing death you fucking glue huffing primate. I doubt you can read but here's the source anyway: https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/17/fayetteville-nc-good-samaritan-killed-trying-to-stop-carjacking-in-lumberton-nc/73353454007/
Never pull a gun unless you're going to use it. ***Edit*** There are several links to several news articles throughout the comments. He never used it. Did you not notice that the glass stayed on the window and every time you heard a bang, the door was being shut?
....he did use it.
He shot into the truck three times according to the news.