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The_Busy_Mom wrote:

TomsTXCHL wrote:BTW my CHL instructor played a 911 tape of a young woman in TX who "remained on the line with 911" and ended-up dead despite that she had a firearm. The nice 911 operator told her to "stay calm" and her attacker stabbed her to death. Horrific.

Anyone know the name of the woman in the case above?

After some surfing, it seems like it MIGHT have been Deanna Cook, but I could not find the 911 recording, and it seems Cook was strangled and I recall the incident played for us was a stabbing, and I don't think I've mis-remembered that the victim had a newly-acquired firearm (she'd been stalked in the past) that the 911 operator basically talked her out of using...

Texsquatch wrote:In another side discussion, I was told that it was best to remain on the line with 911, stay in a safe place/room, give 911 a good description of yourself, only secure gun and open doors when you confirm police have arrived.

That being said, I would also give them as much detail of the robber and definitely explain that shots were fired. I'm sure the 911 calls would be played in any trial/lawsuit, so I would want to be as honest as possible in such a difficult situation.

This is wrong wrong wrong. There's a video around here somewhere with a law professor and a police investigator telling you in no uncertain terms to say nothing, nothing at all beyond the brief details already discussed.

To volunteer more information can never help you, but it can potentially hurt you!

BTW my CHL instructor played a 911 tape of a young woman in TX who "remained on the line with 911" and ended-up dead despite that she had a firearm. The nice 911 operator told her to "stay calm" and her attacker stabbed her to death. Horrific.

03Lightningrocks wrote:“Yes, Ma’am, I've killed Doyle Hargraves with a lawnmower blade. Yes, ma'am, I'm right sure of it. I hit him two good whacks in the head with it. That second one just plum near cut his head in two...It's a lil' ol' white house on the corner of Vine Street and some other street. There's a pick-up truck out front that says 'Doyle Hargraves Construction' on it. Doyle said, besides sending the police, you might wanna send an ambulance or a Hearst. I'll be sitting here, waiting on ye.”

We watched Sling Blade just a few months ago, for the very first time. Great, great movie.

But of course the lines above are "too much information" unless your intent is to retreat (again) from society!