December 05, 2007

Heartbreaker in Detroit : "You see more bandages than child,"

A sad, but heroic story from Detroit:

Before [gunman] Tillie could fire again, [seven-year-old] Alexis jumped over the seat between her mother and the gunman and begged him not to shoot her mother.

The police report said Tillie "without hesitation" pumped six shots into the child.

As police arrived, they saw Parker, covered in blood, running from the truck, screaming, "He just shot my baby."

The officers said Tillie came out to the vehicle holding a blue steel 9 mm semi automatic and dropped the weapon when ordered to do so. Officers said they found Alexis huddled on the floor under the steering wheel, covered in blood, surrounded by spent cartridge casings, a spent bullet on the floor and teeth on the seat. There were bullet holes in the windshield and blood inside.

I thought this part was lovely:
Police identified [the gunman] as Calvin Tillie, 29, a four-time convicted felon whom Parker had dated for six months.

By Ragnar Danneskjold, Typical Bitter Gun-Clinger at 12:39 PM | |