College student is slain in a national park by a woman pretending to be a stranded motorist, police

[In It to Win It]

A would-be robber pretending to be a stranded motorist killed a Florida college student who had pulled his own weapon in self-defense during a gunfight in Alabama, authorities said.

Adam Simjee, 22, and his girlfriend, Mikayla Paulus — both students at the University of Central Florida — were driving through Talladega National Forest near Cheaha State Park when they were flagged down Sunday by suspect Yasmine Hider, the Clay County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

Hider said her car had broken down and when the victims offered their help, she "produced a gun and made the couple walk back into the woods," according to the sheriff.

Simjee then pulled his concealed handgun and wounded Hider "multiple times" before he too was shot and then died at the scene, the sheriff said.

Paulus, who was not wounded in the shootout, called 911 and told authorities there was another woman with Hider. Searchers eventually found the suspects' camp about a half-mile away, where they had been "living off the grid," according to the sheriff's statement.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/college-student-slain-national-park-155724076.html

[Demovictory9]

1. weird story. There was as kid in the woods too, i read somewhere

[LunaSea]

2. The five year old with the loaded shotgun

"As officers were ordering the female to the ground a 5-year-old child ran from the woods holding a loaded shotgun," the sheriff said. "Law enforcement told the child to put the shotgun down however the child continued to the female’s location before laying the gun on the ground."

What a world.

[48656c6c6f20]

3. Another glorious day in GunMurka!!

Wait till we have Cafe shootouts.

[Celerity]

4. pics

Adam Simjee with his girlfriend Mikayla Paulus



Krystal Pinkins

[The Third Doctor]

5. Sadly maybe

They should have called 911 first and not approached. Folks here would rather have guns than health care.

[AZLD4Candidate]

7. I'm confused by your post. Sounds a bit like victim blaming.

Please say you're not doing that.

[alphafemale]

6. "Stranded motorist/Damsel in Distress"

That is one of the oldest decoy ruses out there to ambush people.

Maddening.

[caraher]

8. A "good guy with a gun" fail

If he didn't have a gun for self defense he might be alive today...

[LisaL]

10. Or the perp could have killed both him and his girlfriend.

NT

[LongtimeAZDem]

13. The murderer led them into the forest at gunpoint; he and his girl were both dead if he hadn't acted

But. go ahead and blame the victim.

[Straw Man]

14. It's not enough to have the gun.

You have to be trained to use it effectively. How many rounds did he fire, and how many hits did he make? It appears from the story that stopped firing before the threat was neutralized. One wonders why.

[LongtimeAZDem]

15. He told her to get on the ground, and he hesitated when her gun jammed.

"Adam pulled out his gun and told her to get on the ground and that's when she started messing around with her gun. It jammed once but they both shot at each other and she was shot a few times and he was shot only once."

[Straw Man]

17. If someone is jacking you at gunpoint ...

... you don't tell them to "get on the ground." You shoot them until they're on the ground. It sounds cold, but it's how you survive the encounter.

[LongtimeAZDem]

18. Agreed

[Demsrule86]

16. You have to be willing to kill someone. Aim for the largest part if you miss, you will hit something

important. I am sad, he is dead. Lock the two women up forever.

[Act_of_Reparation]

19. Yeah, people forced into a forest at gunpoint usually walk out just fine.

Awesome take.

[d_r]

9. National forest

Not national park

[ShazzieB]

20. Was just getting ready to post that.

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Some might consider it a pedantic distinction, but I don't think so. National parks and national forests are completely different things.

[d_r]

21. Yes I agree

Completely different federal departments. Administered in completely different ways.

[ecstatic]

11. Yikes. I would have fallen for that too if kids were involved

And that poor little baby trying to defend his mom with a loaded gun? Is he the one who shot and killed Simjee (the college student)? The article doesn't make it clear.

[LisaL]

12. No, the child didn't shoot the student.

The woman did.