Good Guy with a Gun #178: Columbus, MS

She saw three red flags. She drew her Glock. He ran behind the Sonic. | Original incident: April 22, 2024

These posts are based on our Good Guy with a Gun calendar. Today’s post is essentially the same as the calendar version.

Sharion Long tells the story about what happened while she was using an ATM at 6:45 AM in Columbus, Mississippi:

The fact that he was coming around the corner with the hoodie on was the first red flag. And then he went behind my car instead of in front of my car. That was another red flag. And that business next door is closed so why are you going there? That was the third red flag. And he turned around and came back behind my car again. I was like ‘Okay it’s time to do something.’ When he reached for the door, I pointed my gun at him and he ran behind Sonic then.

Local police couldn’t confirm the story because Long didn’t call 911.

How many stories don’t have a 911 call, much less a news report, because staring down a gun barrel is sufficient to defuse the situation?

Sources

There are two sources for this story: Sharion Long’s still-public Facebook post and WCBI’s interview with Ms. Long.