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Showing Original Post only (View all)Mother arrested for firing gun in the air to get attackers off her daughter [View all]
A Woodbridge woman was arrested after she shot a handgun into the air to scare off a group of boys who were attacking her daughter.
Lakisha Gaither, 35, said she fired a single round into the sky from her legally registered gun Saturday night after a boy punched her daughter in the face during a dispute near their home.
I just wanted this group of guys to disperse, Ms. Gaither said. I didnt know what they were going to do. I wanted him to stop hitting my child.
The shooting occurred at 9:20 p.m. in the 13600 block of Cridercrest Place. After confronting a teenage girl and her mother in the neighborhood over a prior disagreement, Ms. Gaither and her 15-year-old daughter, Brianna Stewart, began walking home. A group of about 10 boys approached them in the parking lot of their apartment complex. One boy began to swear and insult Ms. Gaither and her daughter, who stood up to the boy.
Lakisha Gaither, 35, said she fired a single round into the sky from her legally registered gun Saturday night after a boy punched her daughter in the face during a dispute near their home.
I just wanted this group of guys to disperse, Ms. Gaither said. I didnt know what they were going to do. I wanted him to stop hitting my child.
The shooting occurred at 9:20 p.m. in the 13600 block of Cridercrest Place. After confronting a teenage girl and her mother in the neighborhood over a prior disagreement, Ms. Gaither and her 15-year-old daughter, Brianna Stewart, began walking home. A group of about 10 boys approached them in the parking lot of their apartment complex. One boy began to swear and insult Ms. Gaither and her daughter, who stood up to the boy.
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davidn3600
Oct 2013
OP
False equivalency. Stopping an ongoing assault is not "vigilante justice."
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#15
Unless she felt she *had* to shoot someone, she shouldn't have drawn the weapon at all.
moriah
Oct 2013
#88
Good...there's a reason why people aren't allowed to shoot guns into the air...
joeybee12
Oct 2013
#7
Honestly, its easy to cite correct action after the fact. And I do understand her reaction.
1000words
Oct 2013
#23
She probably was not comforted watching the Missouri teen go for two years after being raped,
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#45
Unless you are forced to shoot an attacker to save innocent life, it needs to stay in the holster.
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#52
She needs to get pepper spray and leave the kid at home if she insists on confronting people she
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#59
She shought a confrontation knowing she was armed. It led to a very dangerous situation
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#64
I'm not the one who has to edit my post so it doesn't even resemble it's original content.
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#78
And none of them have to do with anything I've said. You deliberately make false accusations
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#83
So as long as a driver goes speeding down the wrong side of the highway...
Decaffeinated
Oct 2013
#81
Yeah, grab a gun and your kid and deliberately seek out a confrontation with someone you've argued
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#55
That makes no sense at all. I never said one thing was equivalent to another.
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#58
Now's the time for her to keep her mouth shut. Let her attorney demand that the police prove that
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#93