A suspect is dead and another is critically injured today in what authorities describe as a self-defense incident in St. Petersburg on Friday evening.
The frightening encounter exploded at about 6:30 p.m. as two men were sitting in a parked car. That’s when a pair of armed suspects allegedly approached the vehicle with the intent to rob the occupants.
Thanks to a loaded firearm, that plan went sideways immediately.
An ordinary evening turned deadly when armed suspects attacked their intended victims
The St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) later identified the suspects as 28-year-old Syltico Morand and an unnamed accomplice. When the alleged robbery attempt unfolded, at least one of the vehicle’s occupants opened fire on the suspected attackers.
Morand was pronounced dead there, and emergency responders rushed his accomplice to a nearby hospital in critical condition. SPPD officials recovered multiple firearms from the scene of the shooting.
Law enforcement initially held the two intended victims for questioning. Still, authorities quickly determined that the case was a clear-cut example of good citizens utilizing the Second Amendment to defend themselves against violent criminals.
Gun rights include the freedom to use lethal force for self-defense
Officials decline to press charges as the defenders were obviously protecting their lives. They were not identified.
The Second Amendment is fundamental to many aspects of American culture, including the fine traditions of hunting and sport shooting. But at its most basic level, the right to keep and bear arms is simply an acknowledgement of the inherent freedom enjoyed by all law-abiding citizens to protect life and property from those who would do them harm.
These two Florida men were minding their own business when they were accosted by armed suspects. If they had not chosen to exercise their Second Amendment privileges and were unarmed, the confrontation would undoubtedly have had a much different and possibly tragic outcome.
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