Another crime victim kills an attacker with only the two throttling, bone-crunching, death-dealing hands God gave him:
An American senior citizen killed an alleged mugger with his bare hands, and his traveling companions aboard a tour bus fended of two other assailants in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said.A retired member of the U.S. military aged about 70 put suspect Warner Segura in a head lock and broke his clavicle after the 20-year-old and two other men armed with a knife and gun held up their tour bus, Luis Hernandez, the police chief of Limon, 80 miles east of San Jose, said Thursday. Segura was later declared dead, apparently from asphyxiation.
The two other men fled when the 12 senior citizens started defending themselves during the Wednesday attack. Afterward, the tourists drove Segura to the Red Cross where he was declared dead. The Red Cross also treated one of the tourists for an anxiety attack, Hernandez said.
The tourists left on their Carnival cruise ship after the incident and Hernandez said authorities do not plan to press any charges against them.
"They were in their right to defend themselves after being held up," he said.
The could have just put one of the seniors behind the wheel and let him mow down the muggers in a more normal and stately fashion.
Posted by floridacracker at February 23, 2007 03:52 AMOoh-Rah!
Posted by: Carl in Atlanta at February 23, 2007 06:05 AMNote to self: keep this in mind next time I venture into Sun City and stay away from large packs of seniors milling about.
Posted by: David Lundeen at February 23, 2007 12:37 PMI'm guessing that if there were to be an autopsy it would show the 20-year-old didn't die of asphyxiation but from embarrassment.
What I find most surprising about the whole thing is that there's no mention of anyone telling the older gentleman that he "should have used his words".
Posted by: marybeth at February 23, 2007 11:00 PM