bongogator
07-11-09, 11:42
A 83 year old man protects his life with his 9mm.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1017531.ece
ST. PETERSBURG — If Nathan Snyder cut off the motorcyclist, he didn't mean to.
The 83-year-old retiree, who was going to visit his sick wife, didn't realize the motorcyclist had followed him into the parking lot at Palms of Pasadena Hospital.
When Snyder opened his car door, the man started cursing and punching him, his blows so violent that Snyder said he thought he was about to be pummeled to death.
Synder knew he needed to act fast, he recalled this week from his hospital bed, where he is recuperating from injuries he suffered in the July 3 attack.
Woozy from blows to the head, Snyder reached for his 9mm semiautomatic handgun as the man began to drag him from his Hyundai, said Jacob Snyder, a 54-year-old lawyer who flew in from Philadelphia to be by his father's side.
Nathan Snyder fired a warning shot into the air. When that failed to deter his attacker, he shot the man in the arm, his son said.
Synder said he didn't want to take the life of his attacker, whom authorities later identified as George S. Hall, 64, of St. Pete Beach.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1017531.ece
ST. PETERSBURG — If Nathan Snyder cut off the motorcyclist, he didn't mean to.
The 83-year-old retiree, who was going to visit his sick wife, didn't realize the motorcyclist had followed him into the parking lot at Palms of Pasadena Hospital.
When Snyder opened his car door, the man started cursing and punching him, his blows so violent that Snyder said he thought he was about to be pummeled to death.
Synder knew he needed to act fast, he recalled this week from his hospital bed, where he is recuperating from injuries he suffered in the July 3 attack.
Woozy from blows to the head, Snyder reached for his 9mm semiautomatic handgun as the man began to drag him from his Hyundai, said Jacob Snyder, a 54-year-old lawyer who flew in from Philadelphia to be by his father's side.
Nathan Snyder fired a warning shot into the air. When that failed to deter his attacker, he shot the man in the arm, his son said.
Synder said he didn't want to take the life of his attacker, whom authorities later identified as George S. Hall, 64, of St. Pete Beach.