A hard lesson from John Farnam

[Goodtime Charlie]

I’ve noticed (in the past) that a lot of citizens get tunnel vision during critical incidents.

Tunnel vision happens to everyone, it is a normal reaction in critical incidents. Another phenomena that occurs is loss of hearing, and time distortion.

 

[Petrov]

shot at by multiple cops and only one wound? Yeah sounds like LAPD or NYPD.
I am in my 40's now but I took one of John Farnam classes, as a fatherless and really dumb 20 year old John made an impression on me and changed my life for the better.
His triple S rule saved my life many, many, many times.
Don't be in Stupid places
With Stupid people
Doing Stupid things

 

[444 Magnum]

As per usual, there appears to be more to the story...
According to this article (if it's accurate), she was in her BACKyard and shot at what she thought were intruders. Now she's charged with attempted murder.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-25/lapd-video-jillian-lauren-shooting

I don't know the facts so I won't rush to any conclusions.

I will tell y'all what happened to my brother. He was in his recliner dozing in front of the television-it was evening and already dark outside-when he gets a rapping on the back door right next to him. He was startled awake and went to the back door with his pistol by his side. There were two sheriff's deputies at the door. They saw his pistol and told him to put it away which he did. They then proceeded to question him about the vacant wooded lot next door and accused him of growing pot. When he wouldn't "confess", they left and didn't come back.

What you can't tell from my story, is the layout of the property and how hard my brother's back door was to approach (especially in the dark). The front door faced the street and was more accessible.

When I heard this from my brother, I realized that he was lucky to be alive. We have a pretty competent sheriff's department where I live (I've called on them a couple of times), but knocking on someone's backdoor after dark (without a warrant or probable cause) doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in those particular officer's.

I lot of unknown's to the OP's story. Was the woman aware of the manhunt? What was her mental state? Were the policemen 'stalking' around in the backyard which could be perceived as suspicious? How were the officers dressed-were they recognizable?

The fact that this occurred in her backyard throws a different light on things.

Time will reveal all the details as the investigation proceeds. I'll be curious to see if the attempted murder chargers stick.

 

[TaxPhd]

At the time 50 years ago in retrospect it would have been prudent to do exactly that. My mind was not even close to thinking about getting killed. Light was on (otherwise very dark), I came out an overhead door and I wanted to catch the people who had basically terrorized my job site. They were running to the woods and were seconds from escaping, the reason I came out in the first place. I held my hands over my head with the gun dangling from one finger. I identified myself as the caller to them. The cop knew I was not a threat and they caught the active duty sailor and his two nephews who were the criminals. I stood there in that exact same posture until I saw them actually catch the 3 perps. No way I was going to stick it in my pocket, that could have got me killed.
In another incident I was stopped for speeding by a state trooper (grandfather was one in the same state during prohibition). I identified myself as a concealed carry holder, explained to the trooper that I was going to give him my carry weapon, with a single finger while I looked directly at him and did exactly that (wife was in the passengers seat). I then got my wallet, handed it to him and explained that my grandpa was a trooper when there were only 7 in the whole state.
You could see him relax physically with the gun and wallet in his possession and he gave me a warning for what could have been a reckless charge after I explained the circumstances (I was passed on the right then the driver merged in front of me illegally, so I just went around him to get away from an idiot and the trooper saw exactly what he and me had done).
After the warning he followed me for 40 MILES! then passed me and waved goodbye LOL.
This was the same year(first incident) they started selling Subaru's in the USA, my brother called my memory photographic.

I can’t imagine a single scenario in which I’d voluntarily hand over my firearm and wallet to a LEO.