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Milwaukee shooting victim fights off armed robber

'He had a Glock. He pointed it directly at me.'

Milwaukee shooting victim fights off armed robber

'He had a Glock. He pointed it directly at me.'

HOSPITALIZED? >> HE IS, WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS ABDOMEN. WENT THROUGH HIS BACK. HE SAYS HE AND A FRIEND WERE RIGHT HERE SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN THE ROBBERY AND SHOOTING OCCURRED. >> I’M SORRY I JUST NEED TO GRAB. >> FROM HIS FROEDTERT HOSPITAL BED, DONALD JONES RECOUNTS THE MOMENT HE WAS HELPING A FRIEND SELL SOME SUNGLASSES TO A STRANGER NEAR 91ST AND CUSTER SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE THREE OF THEM WERE IN A CAR WHEN. >> I SEEN HE HAD HE WAS LIKE THIS. HE HAD A GLOCK. >> HE POINTED IT DIRECTLY AT ME. HE SAID, ’RUN EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE’ OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I JUST JUMPED IN THE BACK SEAT. I GRABBED HIS WRIST, AND WE’RE TUSSLING FOR THE GUN, AND AS WE’RE TUSSLING, HE TRIED TO SHOOT ME IN THE HEAD, BUT IT MISSED AND WENT OUT THE WINDOW I BELIEVE. >> HE SAYS HIS FRIEND GRABBED JONES’ GUN AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR. >> I THINK HE SHOT INTO THE CAR, AND IT HIT HIM. I DON’T KNOW BECAUSE OF THE BALLISTICS, IT MAY HAVE HIT ME OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ROBBER. >> POLICE ARRESTED JONES’S FRIEND. AND THE 19-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT. >> WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO FIGHT BACK OR ENGAGE? >> I WOULDN’T ENCOURAGE THIS TO THE PUBLIC. ONLY BECAUSE OF MY TRAINING, I CHOOSE TO RISK MY LIFE TO HELP OTHERS. >> DID HE GET THE SUNGLASSES? NO, HE DID NOT. HE LEFT EMPTY HANDED AND HE’S IN POLICE CUSTODY AT THE COUNTY JAIL. AND HE’S WHERE HE BELONGS. DERRICK: WILL JONES’S FRIEND FACE CHARGES? >> WE CHECKED IN WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TODAY. THEY TELL ME THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AND WILL DETERMINE SOON WHETHER THERE WILL BE A
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Milwaukee shooting victim fights off armed robber

'He had a Glock. He pointed it directly at me.'

A Milwaukee man told WISN 12 News he was shot trying to fight off an armed robber. It happened Saturday afternoon near North 91st Street and Custer Avenue.From his hospital bed, Donald Jones said he was helping a friend sell sunglasses to a stranger. The former security guard said the three of them were in a car when that transaction turned violent. "He had a Glock. He pointed it directly at me. He said, 'Run everything that you guys have,' or something like that," Jones recalled. "I just jumped in the back seat. I grabbed his wrist, and we're tussling for the gun, and as we're tussling, he tried to shoot me in the head, but it missed and went out the window, I believe."The 30-year-old said that's when his friend grabbed Jones' gun and got out of the car. "I think he shot into the car, and it hit (the suspect)," Jones said. He said his friend also may have accidentally shot Jones, too. Jones said he then tried to drive himself to the hospital before stopping just a couple of blocks away and calling for help.Police arrested the 19-year-old suspect.They also arrested Jones' 24-year-old friend. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office told 12 News it is still investigating and has not yet made a charging decision. "I wouldn't encourage this to the public. Only because of my training, I choose to risk my life to help others," Jones said when asked why he chose to fight back. "He left empty-handed, and he's in police custody at the county jail, and he's where he belongs."Jones is currently at Froedtert Hospital, recovering from the gunshot that went through his back into his abdomen. A GoFundMe has been set up for Jones.

A Milwaukee man told WISN 12 News he was shot trying to fight off an armed robber. It happened Saturday afternoon near North 91st Street and Custer Avenue.

From his hospital bed, Donald Jones said he was helping a friend sell sunglasses to a stranger. The former security guard said the three of them were in a car when that transaction turned violent.

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"He had a Glock. He pointed it directly at me. He said, 'Run everything that you guys have,' or something like that," Jones recalled. "I just jumped in the back seat. I grabbed his wrist, and we're tussling for the gun, and as we're tussling, he tried to shoot me in the head, but it missed and went out the window, I believe."

The 30-year-old said that's when his friend grabbed Jones' gun and got out of the car.

"I think he shot into the car, and it hit (the suspect)," Jones said.

He said his friend also may have accidentally shot Jones, too.

Jones said he then tried to drive himself to the hospital before stopping just a couple of blocks away and calling for help.

Police arrested the 19-year-old suspect.

They also arrested Jones' 24-year-old friend.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office told 12 News it is still investigating and has not yet made a charging decision.

"I wouldn't encourage this to the public. Only because of my training, I choose to risk my life to help others," Jones said when asked why he chose to fight back. "He left empty-handed, and he's in police custody at the county jail, and he's where he belongs."

Jones is currently at Froedtert Hospital, recovering from the gunshot that went through his back into his abdomen.

A GoFundMe has been set up for Jones.