Concealed Carrier Loses His Life Trying to Stop Mass Shooting

Sometimes the actions of a hero

teach us about active self-protection.

Tell us about what to do- what not to do

and how to be ready in the moment.

Hi everyone, this is John with today's
active self-protection lesson.

Comes to us out of Las Vegas

and this is video from the murder
of two officers

in Las Vegas in 2014.

But we're going to focus on the heroic
actions of the CCW holder who tried to

intervene that day.

His name is Joseph Wilcox. I think he's
brave as all get out and I honor him for

what he did. But let's learn some lessons
here about doing so in smart ways about

fighting the fights that we can win and
about the dangers that we might face if

if we choose to step in as a Good Samaritan.

The two perpetrators here are walking in

to this Walmart and they are about to
cause havoc and kill a lot of people.

And I want to listen to the homicide
detective who did the investigation and

then we will come back and learn some
lessons from what happened

We'll see Jared still walking ahead of Amanda

and then they'll come around that northeast

corner of the store where they proceeded
to walk southbound along the store all

the way to the entrance.

The two will enter the store in the same
order.

Jared Miller goes in first.

Jared comes in.

He initially starts yelling loudly

about a revolution which has started.

It's at about this point here that
Jared Miller

fires a warning shot into the ceiling

This draws Mr. Wilcox's attention and he
remains focused on Jared as Jared

continues to go further into the store.

I believe the separation between Amanda
and Jared has caused Joseph Wilcox to

not believe that Amanda Miller is with
Jared and she goes unnoticed by him.

She quickly turns and fires one shot
from her Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun.

And the gunshot is immediately
incapacitating and Mr. Wilcox goes down

in the aisle.

So let's go back and think about some
lessons from this incident.

We see Wilcox here-

Our CCW Good Samaritan sees what's
going on but he doesn't see the

trailing bad guy here, he doesn't see the
trailing multiple attackers.

So now this guy's began
yelling and actually started firing

warning shots, our CCW guy pulls his
firearm and I'm just going to tell you

guys I don't recommend you get involved
in third-party encounters. And this is why.

Not that he did a bad thing here; he
did a very very good thing in trying to

protect everyone and stop this conflict,
but he didn't know what was going on

behind him.

So now he's following he's
trying to figure out where the source of

the shots are coming from and you see he
doesn't notice the trailing multiple

attacker and because of that he goes to
engage the bad guy.

He sees and she ambushes him

from behind and murders him.

And of course this is just a rare

occurrence but this is one of the
reasons I say that involving yourself in

a third-party incident is generally
speaking not what you want to do.

Mr. Wilcox lost his life in this
encounter.

Was killed by one shot from

the trailing gunman who I won't name.

You know that reminds us ASP'ers: If
you're going to step

into someone else's encounter

you got to think about the cost on your
family.

I'm not saying that he did the

wrong thing here. In fact I applaud him
for his bravery and his willingness to

step in to try to stop the loss
of life of innocent people,

but you imagine what the cost on your
spouse, on your children, on your family

could be if something like this were to
happen to you.

I can't tell you enough about spiritual
fitness ASP'ers.

You got to be at peace

with the people around you those who
love you in your life, as well as with

God because you never know when your
last day on earth is going to be.

It also teaches us about the chaos

of an active shooter situation,
as well as being aware

of multiple attackers and that trailing
gunman.

And always being aware of what's

going on around you.

This footage right here is the reason
that I tell you, that generally speaking

I would not step in to an active shooter
situation.

I would not step into a
third-party encounter

unless my life depended on it or the
life of my loved ones,

because the cost could be so high,
that it might cost you your life.