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A would-be killer armed with a handgun is no match for a pair of eight-year-olds with baseball bats.
Listen to this one: After his girlfriend broke up with him, Charles Arby Bradley of Gainesville, FL, tried to reconcile, but she wasn't having any of it. Each time she turned him down, however, he threatened her with violence. Scary, right?
On Sunday, Bradley came up behind the woman as she was leaving her home, hit her in the back of the head with a handgun, then stuck it in her face and threatened to kill her. I don't like where this is heading, either.
But here comes the heroes. The woman's eight-year-old son and his friend were watching the whole thing. They didn't just watch, however. Using baseball bats, they attacked Bradley and chased him off. They then went to the police to report the incident and Bradley is now in custody.
How would you feel if your young child came to your rescue? Relieved? Guilty? Both, and more?
I wouldn't normally suggest hitting an armed man, especially while he's threatening to kill someone -- and double especially if you're an 8-year-old kid -- but it seems to have worked out for the best in this case. Those are definitely two brave boys and I hope the woman took them out for as much ice cream as they can eat or something even better. Good job, boys!
Listen to this one: After his girlfriend broke up with him, Charles Arby Bradley of Gainesville, FL, tried to reconcile, but she wasn't having any of it. Each time she turned him down, however, he threatened her with violence. Scary, right?
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On Sunday, Bradley came up behind the woman as she was leaving her home, hit her in the back of the head with a handgun, then stuck it in her face and threatened to kill her. I don't like where this is heading, either.
But here comes the heroes. The woman's eight-year-old son and his friend were watching the whole thing. They didn't just watch, however. Using baseball bats, they attacked Bradley and chased him off. They then went to the police to report the incident and Bradley is now in custody.
How would you feel if your young child came to your rescue? Relieved? Guilty? Both, and more?
I wouldn't normally suggest hitting an armed man, especially while he's threatening to kill someone -- and double especially if you're an 8-year-old kid -- but it seems to have worked out for the best in this case. Those are definitely two brave boys and I hope the woman took them out for as much ice cream as they can eat or something even better. Good job, boys!
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 3)
1-22-2009 @ 3:09AM
Kara said...Uh, Jack... these aren't the First Kids.
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1-22-2009 @ 8:21PM
GIGI said...LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL!
Thanks you Jack I needed that!.
Next time try READING the whole thing.LOLLOL!!!
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1-23-2009 @ 10:46PM
betty said...betty
I don,t think he was going to really kill her , ah she would have been dead before the kids could act with the bats . but i,m glad
they locked him up for going over there with a gun .
he,s now down in history with the rest of the DUMPIST CRIMINALS
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1-25-2009 @ 8:49PM
Janice said...Your way of thinking is why so many women and some men are killed in domestic violence situations.After they are dead, it is too late to say " OH I GUESS HE REALLY DID MEAN TO KILL HER" WOOPS.Any man or woman who abuses their mate should serve time in jail regardless of wheather or not the other mate wants to press charges.Sometimes they are so scared to say anything because they know,and I speak from experience,that the cops or judge will just slap then on the wrist,tell them what all you said,give you a protective order which they do not back up and let them go.Then they come home and beat the H--- out of you again and be gone an hour before the police finally decide to come.Ask me how I know.Also they tell you to go to a shelter and when you call they are all full,go figure.
1-22-2009 @ 10:55PM
Kim said...I think those boys were very couragous. You do not see things like that happen very often. Yes, they could have gotten shot and/or killed,but they did not want to see that happen to the boy's mother. I would be very proud of my child for doing something like that.
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1-22-2009 @ 10:59PM
varsrus said...Good kids. Glad it didn't happen here in California. The kids would be in jail by now.
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1-22-2009 @ 11:01PM
dar said...Brave Little Boys! Glad it turned out great. Could have really been horrible if he had shot the Mom infront of the boys or had shot them. Wow, I hope she moves too. Because that creep will be out on bail in NO time and who knows what he will do the next time.
LOL, yea Jack try reading the post before you comment dude, then you don't look so..du.......ummmm I will just say bad.
Brad, Nobody if falling for that crap either!
Nitapatu, ummmm quit yelling my ears hurt!
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1-25-2009 @ 2:42PM
Anne M. Harman said...Mom-get you and your son somewhere where this clown can never trace you. This article in and of itself puts him in danger.
2-01-2009 @ 9:55PM
Been There said...Drastically, something similar happened to me, but no gun involved. I was being beat to death, my 8 yr. old and all his friends, aged from 8-10 yr. old beat him off me. He ended up only spending 6 months in jail after abducting 2 children, one of them for almost 4 yrs. We hid for years, always having the Supreme Court Custody Order. My children are grown & successful & I am blessed with numerous Grandchildren. The father has not shown up but we always keep our guards up, & law enforcement on our side. My daughter married her High School sweetheart who became a Marine, then became a Sheriff. We are all blessed.
1-22-2009 @ 11:24PM
Sygna said...This has given me GREAT hope for the future of America. What boy wouldn't want to be his Mom's hero? God bless them both.. I have a grandson that age, and yes, I can see him doing exactly the same thing.
I also say 'shame on Mom' for picking such a loser.. forget the boyfriends, Mom, and raise that boy right
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1-22-2009 @ 11:39PM
paula said...I think what those boys was not only dangerous but good as well! Taking on someone with a gun is extremely dangerous but at least in the end everyone( the boys and the mother) were okay and safe.
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1-22-2009 @ 11:42PM
ralph said...now excute him
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1-23-2009 @ 1:22AM
Sabrefling said...To execute him would violate the jerks civil rights. GRRRRRRRR
1-23-2009 @ 12:50AM
Kevin said...Good job to bad they didn't kill him. I pulled a knife on my dad when he hit my mother. It really changes a man when his son puts him in reality! I do it again.
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1-23-2009 @ 2:55AM
Kathi said...lol....bless those sweet little boys.
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1-23-2009 @ 4:07AM
chris said...The boys are definetly heros but it is still scary!
Betty- you don't know that he wouldn't have killed her just because he didn't do it right off. I think some cowards need to work up to it. At least I think the def. of a coward is a man who pulls a gun on a woman with her 8 yo son and his friend right there.
I think if he was a real man he wouldn't have done any of this. So what can we know what he would have done!
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1-23-2009 @ 4:33AM
Avice said...Someday? I hope to hell he is locked up NOW!
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1-24-2009 @ 3:53PM
BMom said...What amazing heros!!!! Thank God everyone was unharmed...except the idiot. Sometimes it takes the niavety of a child to act on a situation when an adult would stop and assess the risk. It would be nice if we could all live through the eyes of a child.
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1-24-2009 @ 4:05PM
geteducated said...How would I feel???? I would feel very fearful as well as panicked for myself and my child. It seems that deadbeat male (obviously he is not a man) would like to inslave her instead of loveing her. He may come back to beat her or even possibly kill her and or her child in the end. Of course he would likely say it was just an accident. Good Job Kids. But don't do it again. It is too dangerous for you or you mom. Let the police know he is stalking you or your mom. There are ways to become free from that person and sometime your mom may have to take extreme measures such as moving and sometimes secretly. Many women do have to so such that.
Good luck
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1-24-2009 @ 4:07PM
Kathie said...Good kids. It sounds like she raised her son right. She probably should move, maybe change her name.
If I'd been there the night my Mom was murdered (by a stranger) I'd have fought to the death. He wouldn't have walked away. Sorry... rambling.
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