I feel like this is a common occurrence these days.
Employee gets attacked.
Employee defends themselves.
Employee gets fired.
Here is another one of those stories.
And this one is on video.
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This story happened a couple of weeks ago now on May 18th, but the surveillance footage
was only just released.
It centers around David Fullard, a transit driver in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The incident all began when 22 year old Omari Tobias asked to get off between stops.
An argument started between the two men, and in the video you can hear Tobias daring Fuller
to touch him and then threatening to shoot him.
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Next thing we know, he pulls out a gun and appears to pointed at the driver.
Fulford also draws and starts shooting, miraculously not crashing the bus, as he is also still
driving.
That in and of itself is impressive.
as shots rang out, two other passengers can be seen running to the back of the bus, both
ducking for cover by the rear doors.
Fullard then stops the bus and gets out of his seat to talk to Tobias.
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Fullard got hit in the arm and Tobias got hit in the abdomen.
He then crawled away and ran off the back of
the bus, and Fullard followed, still shooting with passengers ducking for cover, which also
could have gone pretty badly for the passengers.
But at the same time, there was no telling whether Tobias would start shooting again.
So I get it.
And he doesn't stop there.
After Tobias runs off of the bus, Fullard steps off and fires a final shot
The whole exchange start to finish lasted about 2 minutes.
According to Brent Cagle, the interim CEO for the Charlotte area Transit System or CATS
for short drivers are not allowed to carry on the job
We don't want anyone possessing weapons on our vehicles.
They also say that Fullard didn't properly de-escalate the situation.
And so the shootout is
his fault.
But they also admit that from the video they can't determine who fired first.
I'm not sure that bus drivers are really trained in conflict resolution or how you can safely
de-escalate someone with a gun threatening to shoot you.
But shooting back seems to be the right call in
that situation.
If you want to live
Instead, CATS says he should have simply stopped the bus and let Tobias off, which he could
have done.
But it seems like Tobias went from "let me off" to "I'm going to shoot you" pretty quick.
and yes, Fullard violated the gun free bus policy, but so did the angry criminal.
Yes.
Criminals don't follow laws.
Police showed up on the scene and confiscated both guns.
Tobias was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting serious injuries,
communicating threats and carrying a concealed firearm.
Which means, wow, he is a prohibited person.
How on earth did a criminal get a gun and bypass a gun free zone forcefield?
You're a wizard, Harry.
What's wild is right under this story was another one about a teenager getting arrested
after a stabbing an L.A. bus driver.
So many times the guy is in the hospital in critical condition.
But self-defense bad!
for his lawyer, says that he was carrying on the job because he feared for his safety.
And I don't blame him.
I have also carried on the job when I wasn't supposed to because my personal safety was
more important than my job or that job's rules.
Charlotte police have not yet released whether or not the driver will also be charged.
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