Benoni man shoots armed thieves

[Antlion]

I saw this on facebook,as well as another forum,I believe it was in email form as well. Mods please remove if its against any rules.

Hi Guys just to let you all know, I was in a violent
armored robbery, on Friday afternoon. I was trying
to help a friend sell his Jet Ski’s from his house, to a
guy from Potch. They arrived Friday at 15.27 from
the FNB in Carnival, they just drew R15.000, they
arrive at the gate and I open it, as they pulled in, a
grey sedan pulls in behind them….Then four black
men with firearms start to run at me with no
question asked, no shouting…I went to my bakkie
to get my Glock in the moon bag, and shouted to
Michelle to run. I got it in time, as I turn around the
were 4m away already firing 9mm bullets at
me !!!...I started firing while moving backwards…I
am firing .40sw new Winchester Ranger 165gr T-
Series hollow points (Thanks Mo), they are working
nicely as I see the blood fly off him in long sprays,
fortunately I fell over on my back as he was still
firing at me and missed every time…while I fell I
thought I am hit and don’t feel it yet, when he fell
he was still pointing the firing at me so I kept
firing !!!!
He died very quickly. I got up and started to run
after the car with 3 suspects in…They were gone…I
asked people to call Police. While I ran back to the
house , I did a self-body check to see if there is any
blood on me, none…I even did a mag and chamber
check to see my ammo balance. When running
back to the house I had bad thoughts of leaving
Michelle alone with these two strangers, for a
second I thought that they had brought these guys
in to take over the whole house, tie us up and do
whatever they wish. I pointed they firearm at them
while running towards the scene and they shouted
don’t shoot don’t shoot.
I did a recheck of the big black man lying down, he
is still down and we all of our ok..They took nothing
from us and we are happy to be alive. The Police
arrived and were very professional and thorough.
All the very top Police were there to shake my hand
and say well done as they have been looking for
this gang for a long time, it seems like the guy was
the ring leader and he had a Z88 fully loaded pistol
under his chest, so I was happy that the Police
were happy that there is one less horrible man in
the Benoni area killing ruthlessly with no questions
asked. We all know and believe that we all would
have been killed for R15k, so it was him or me and
us. The whole incident took 2 min.
There are some lessons to learn, don’t make
transactions with cash !! EFT is the only way.
ALWAYS carry your firearm. Always be aware of
your surroundings and when you draw cash from a
bank, look who is tailing you !!! These guys from
Potch drove from Carnival city FNB all the way to
Benoni and did not realize a tail. !!!!! The bank
teller will be investigated as it was a tip off to the
guys waiting outside.
I would like to thank a few people and things.
I THANK
• My Glock 22 .40 SW
• Winchester 165gr HP
• Michelle for staying calm and Brave
• Isuzu for use of cover
• My Crocs for making me trip over
• My training…..years and years
• Mark Eekhof, CQB Training
• Adriann Rosslee (Instructor training)
• Andre Pretorius (Instructor and Counselor
training).
• Andre Von Tonder (Training)
• Mauritz Ellis ( Wealth of information, all my gear,
firearms ammo etc.)….A good friend and fellow
shooter in Mopani Range days.
• Clint Oosthuizen (Close Protection training)
• My Protectors, My Guides and My Angels, thank
you.
• Police, all security involved.
Thank you all, we are alive and well.
James Bristow

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[Hein R]

Freakin well done! A moment to be proud of!

[carlp]

I wonder who the guys from potch were...

But well done to Mr Bristow

What we should learn is: Training Training Training Training....

[Skaaphaas]

The guys from potch were the buyers of the JetSkis.

Wonder how many other robberies that one committed.

[Proudprado]

Stopping the robbery and not getting hurt ... fantastically well done.

[Raw1]

Well done

[Maroelas]

Well done!

[Matt01]

Exceptionally well handled!

You most likely saved the lives of everyone there, including your own!

Three things others should take away from this;


1.Training
2.EDC
3.Training

[Hein R]

Another post for GFSA's facebook wall and webpage!!

[Antlion]

Definitely well done. I like how he emphasizes training. If anyone else finds or knows further details on this please post.