Seen this yet? 1st grader takes bullets for mom!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,315245,00.html
Girl, 7, Shot 6 Times While Protecting Mother
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
A Detroit girl who jumped in front of a hail of bullets to protect her mother from an enraged gunman Saturday night is being hailed as an "angel from heaven."
Alexis Goggins, 7, was hit protecting her mother Selietha Parker, 30, after Parker's ex-boyfriend Calvin Tillie, 29, forced the pair and family friend Aisha Ford to drive to Six Mile Road under threat of death, the Detroit News reported.
Tillie, who was armed with a handgun, shot Parker in the side of the head and in the arm after Ford stopped for gas, but before he could fire a third shot, Goggins jumped over the seat between her mother and Tillie, begging him to stop, the Detroit News reported. Without hesitation, Tillie reportedly pumped six shots into the child.
The first grader is in stable condition at Children's Hospital in Detroit with gunshot wounds to the eye, left temple, chin, cheek, chest and right arm, the Detroit News reported. Parker was admitted to the hospital, but later released.
Tillie was arrested at the scene. He had dated Parker for six months, the Detroit News reported.
Girl, 7, Shot 6 Times While Protecting Mother
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
A Detroit girl who jumped in front of a hail of bullets to protect her mother from an enraged gunman Saturday night is being hailed as an "angel from heaven."
Alexis Goggins, 7, was hit protecting her mother Selietha Parker, 30, after Parker's ex-boyfriend Calvin Tillie, 29, forced the pair and family friend Aisha Ford to drive to Six Mile Road under threat of death, the Detroit News reported.
Tillie, who was armed with a handgun, shot Parker in the side of the head and in the arm after Ford stopped for gas, but before he could fire a third shot, Goggins jumped over the seat between her mother and Tillie, begging him to stop, the Detroit News reported. Without hesitation, Tillie reportedly pumped six shots into the child.
The first grader is in stable condition at Children's Hospital in Detroit with gunshot wounds to the eye, left temple, chin, cheek, chest and right arm, the Detroit News reported. Parker was admitted to the hospital, but later released.
Tillie was arrested at the scene. He had dated Parker for six months, the Detroit News reported.
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Had to be a .22, right? Anything more and they'd be in worse shape or dead. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
Had to be a .22, right? Anything more and they'd be in worse shape or dead.
It was a 9mm according to this article
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071205/METRO/7120503960 -
Wow, still impressed. It's a miracle neither mother or daughter aren't dead. 0 -
Oh!!!!! would I like a half an hour with the shooter, he would regret the day he was born[}:)][}:)][}:)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
It's a miracle neither mother or daughter aren't dead.
I sometimes find myself doubting God, but I think "miracle" is the only word that can describe her survival....0 -
THIS IS AWFUL!! LYNCH HIM!!![}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)] 0 -
It's a black thing.
Got Guns?0 -
I vote for a miracle. Who is it that can pump lead into a 7 year old girl? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by guns-n-painthorses
It's a black thing.
Which, the crime in general, the shooting, or the police reaction/response time?0 -
Alexis Goggins - girl
Selietha Parker - mom
Calvin Tillie - mom's ex-boyfriend...
K, now I've got it sorted out. I hope that girl pulls through.0 -
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,315245,00.html
Girl, 7, Shot 6 Times While Protecting Mother
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
A Detroit girl who jumped in front of a hail of bullets to protect her mother from an enraged gunman Saturday night is being hailed as an "angel from heaven."
Alexis Goggins, 7, was hit protecting her mother Selietha Parker, 30, after Parker's ex-boyfriend Calvin Tillie, 29, forced the pair and family friend Aisha Ford to drive to Six Mile Road under threat of death, the Detroit News reported.
Tillie, who was armed with a handgun, shot Parker in the side of the head and in the arm after Ford stopped for gas, but before he could fire a third shot, Goggins jumped over the seat between her mother and Tillie, begging him to stop, the Detroit News reported. Without hesitation, Tillie reportedly pumped six shots into the child.
The first grader is in stable condition at Children's Hospital in Detroit with gunshot wounds to the eye, left temple, chin, cheek, chest and right arm, the Detroit News reported. Parker was admitted to the hospital, but later released.
Tillie was arrested at the scene. He had dated Parker for six months, the Detroit News reported.
In red above. If there really were " angels in heaven" such an atrocity happening to a child would have been stopped before it even started. Geez! I hate naive thinking.0 -
Who's to say God's plan wasn't to let them be shot? Perhaps it had to happen for another reason that affects other people. It's pretty conceited to assume that everything that happens to us is actually for our own benefit.
I've experienced many "bad" things in my life that made me miserable, but ended up for someone else's good.0 -
He's a POS that doesn't deserve to walk free on our streets any longer. When he goes to jail and the others learn what he did to that child, he'll be dead meat! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by guns-n-painthorses
It's a black thing.
Got Guns?
yep, and her babies daddy is gonna get him, maybe he will be sentenced to the same prison he's in now0 -
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
Who's to say God's plan wasn't to let them be shot? Perhaps it had to happen for another reason that affects other people. It's pretty conceited to assume that everything that happens to us is actually for our own benefit.
I've experienced many "bad" things in my life that made me miserable, but ended up for someone else's good.
Uh....lets see, A tiny, innocent, helpless 7 year old girl, trying to save her mother, and getting shot SIX TIMES was part of God's plan? Now are we talking about the same God that is supposed to be all knowing and all powerful and in fact even perfect?
Planning for a 7 yearold girl to get shot protecting her mother doesn't sound like a very "perfect" plan to me. I mean, couldn't God have only let her get shot once and still have his perfect plan? But heck, what do I know? I'm just a mere mortal.0 -
quote:Originally posted by tr fox
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
Who's to say God's plan wasn't to let them be shot? Perhaps it had to happen for another reason that affects other people. It's pretty conceited to assume that everything that happens to us is actually for our own benefit.
I've experienced many "bad" things in my life that made me miserable, but ended up for someone else's good.
Uh....lets see, A tiny, innocent, helpless 7 year old girl, trying to save her mother, and getting shot SIX TIMES was part of God's plan? Now are we talking about the same God that is supposed to be all knowing and all powerful and in fact even perfect?
Planning for a 7 yearold girl to get shot protecting her mother doesn't sound like a very "perfect" plan to me. I mean, couldn't God have only let her get shot once and still have his perfect plan? But heck, what do I know? I'm just a mere mortal.
never know later in life during rehabilitation she may meet someone, invent something, save more lives or find a calling that would have never occurred, i thought "god works in mysterious ways"0 -
quote:Originally posted by tr fox
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
Who's to say God's plan wasn't to let them be shot? Perhaps it had to happen for another reason that affects other people. It's pretty conceited to assume that everything that happens to us is actually for our own benefit.
I've experienced many "bad" things in my life that made me miserable, but ended up for someone else's good.
Uh....lets see, A tiny, innocent, helpless 7 year old girl, trying to save her mother, and getting shot SIX TIMES was part of God's plan? Now are we talking about the same God that is supposed to be all knowing and all powerful and in fact even perfect?
Planning for a 7 yearold girl to get shot protecting her mother doesn't sound like a very "perfect" plan to me. I mean, couldn't God have only let her get shot once and still have his perfect plan? But heck, what do I know? I'm just a mere mortal.
You're assuming that what's perfect for you is the same as perfect for God. I have no doubts that He is correct with His defenition.0 -
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
quote:Originally posted by tr fox
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
Who's to say God's plan wasn't to let them be shot? Perhaps it had to happen for another reason that affects other people. It's pretty conceited to assume that everything that happens to us is actually for our own benefit.
I've experienced many "bad" things in my life that made me miserable, but ended up for someone else's good.
Uh....lets see, A tiny, innocent, helpless 7 year old girl, trying to save her mother, and getting shot SIX TIMES was part of God's plan? Now are we talking about the same God that is supposed to be all knowing and all powerful and in fact even perfect?
Planning for a 7 yearold girl to get shot protecting her mother doesn't sound like a very "perfect" plan to me. I mean, couldn't God have only let her get shot once and still have his perfect plan? But heck, what do I know? I'm just a mere mortal.
You're assuming that what's perfect for you is the same as perfect for God. I have no doubts that He is correct with His defenition.
Callktulu-read the rest of Romans 8 again (as I'm sure you've read it already), especially vs 28.
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There's a pic of the perp in the article; he's already got a black eye.... 0 -
quote:Originally posted by cce1302
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
quote:Originally posted by tr fox
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
Who's to say God's plan wasn't to let them be shot? Perhaps it had to happen for another reason that affects other people. It's pretty conceited to assume that everything that happens to us is actually for our own benefit.
I've experienced many "bad" things in my life that made me miserable, but ended up for someone else's good.
Uh....lets see, A tiny, innocent, helpless 7 year old girl, trying to save her mother, and getting shot SIX TIMES was part of God's plan? Now are we talking about the same God that is supposed to be all knowing and all powerful and in fact even perfect?
Planning for a 7 yearold girl to get shot protecting her mother doesn't sound like a very "perfect" plan to me. I mean, couldn't God have only let her get shot once and still have his perfect plan? But heck, what do I know? I'm just a mere mortal.
You're assuming that what's perfect for you is the same as perfect for God. I have no doubts that He is correct with His defenition.
Callktulu-read the rest of Romans 8 again (as I'm sure you've read it already), especially vs 28.
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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans 8:28;&version=51;
quote:Romans 8:28 (New Living Translation)
New Living Translation (NLT)
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
Amen to that!0 -
quote:Originally posted by greeker375
He's a POS that doesn't deserve to walk free on our streets any longer. When he goes to jail and the others learn what he did to that child, he'll be dead meat!
This is absolutely true, and is the only good part of this story. People who harm children are on the bottom rung in prison, and he will either get lucky and live in solitary for his own safety, or be killed.
The little girl's heroism is good too, but my happiness about that squelched by the line about how he pumped 6 shots into her. I was expecting "the shooter stopped shooting at that point and ran away." Unbelievable.0 -
Tragic story, GOD bless that little girl. Michigan really needs the death penalty. 0 -
I always said,"the 9mm" is not enough gun....Truly a ashame, about the young girl.
Damn-good thing the guy wasn't packin a .40...0 -
quote:Originally posted by guns-n-painthorses
It's a black thing.
You're right, a white girl would have stood by and watched her mother get gunned down rather than leap in front of the gun.0 -
For those of you who blame God for the bad that happens...have you considered that just maybe....satan might be to blame???? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by tr fox
quote:Originally posted by callktulu
Who's to say God's plan wasn't to let them be shot? Perhaps it had to happen for another reason that affects other people. It's pretty conceited to assume that everything that happens to us is actually for our own benefit.
I've experienced many "bad" things in my life that made me miserable, but ended up for someone else's good.
Uh....lets see, A tiny, innocent, helpless 7 year old girl, trying to save her mother, and getting shot SIX TIMES was part of God's plan? Now are we talking about the same God that is supposed to be all knowing and all powerful and in fact even perfect?
Planning for a 7 yearold girl to get shot protecting her mother doesn't sound like a very "perfect" plan to me. I mean, couldn't God have only let her get shot once and still have his perfect plan? But heck, what do I know? I'm just a mere mortal.
You ever watched the movie "Signs"? Explains that pretty well. Things happen for a reason. EVERYTHING does.
I hope they both pull through. Such a sad story. I have some spare rope for the man.0 -
quote:Originally posted by jpwolf
For those of you who blame God for the bad that happens...have you considered that just maybe....satan might be to blame????
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quote:Originally posted by steeltoe1978
Alexis Goggins - girl
Selietha Parker - mom
Calvin Tillie - mom's ex-boyfriend...
K, now I've got it sorted out. I hope that girl pulls through.
Actually, the scum's name is *Kelvin* Tillie - here's a link to his offender page with the Michigan's Corrections Dept:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071205/UPDATE/712050466/13610 -
quote:Originally posted by steeltoe1978
Alexis Goggins - girl
Selietha Parker - mom
Calvin Tillie - mom's ex-boyfriend...
K, now I've got it sorted out. I hope that girl pulls through.
Sorry - wrong link - this the correct one:
http://www.state.mi.us/mdoc/asp/otis2profile.asp?mdocNumber=2762760 -
God doesn't save you until you're already dead.
Staying alive in this world is your job.0
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