Brave Granny Holds Wanted Man at Gunpoint After He Crashes Stolen Car Near Her Home
Plenty of people don’t like guns, and I can understand why. Firearms have been featured prominently in some of the world’s worst atrocities.
However, it’s foolish to blame a tool for its misuse, and even the most ferocious weapons can be used for noble ends. Just look at the case of a grandmother from Athens, Alabama.
On June 17, a man named Cameron Blake Powers allegedly stole a car, according to The News Courier.
The 24-year-old perpetrator also had someone in the passenger seat when he peeled out in the purloined vehicle. Powers then proceeded to lead police in a high-speed chase.
Of course, high-speed chases can’t go on forever, and this one ended like so many of them do. Powers eventually crashed the stolen car.
He fled the wrecked vehicle. His passenger, though, wasn’t so lucky.
That individual was injured and first responders had to evacuate her to the hospital. Meanwhile, Limestone County’s District 3 Commissioner Jason Black realized that the crash had occurred right next to his mother’s home.
So he contacted his mother, 75-year-old Marcia Black, and told her to keep a lookout. “Well, guess who showed up?” he said.
None other than a shirtless, shoeless Powers. The Associated Press reported that he appeared in Black’s driveway.
He asked her if he could use her phone. “I walked out and said, ‘Can I help you?’ and he said, ‘Yes, ma’am, I’d like to use your phone,’” Black told WAAY-TV.
That was when Black produced a rifle. “I wanted to keep him at a distance,” she said.
“I didn’t intend to kill him. I just wanted him to think that I would shoot him.”
However, Powers didn’t initially take her seriously. “He wouldn’t get down, so I shot in the air, and he realized I meant business, so he got down on his knees,” she said.
Not long after that, the police showed up and Powers tried to flee.
“He feared the deputy more than he feared my rifle,” Black said. “He jumped up and ran zig-zag right across the field.”
Police quickly caught him, and though Black’s 15-year-old granddaughter witnessed the whole thing, the grandmother didn’t consider it a big deal.
“It’s just another day,” Black said. “If something happens, you take care of it and that’s it.”
Truth and Accuracy
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards.
