{"id":167902,"date":"2022-08-25T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=167902"},"modified":"2022-08-25T11:12:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T09:22:37","slug":"man-killed-defending-girlfriend-from-armed-robbers-in-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/man-killed-defending-girlfriend-from-armed-robbers-in-national-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Killed Defending Girlfriend From Armed Robbers in National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Adam Simjee (22) and girlfriend Makayla Paulus (20), just hours before tragedy struck. (Photo: ABC News<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A young man was shot and killed earlier this month when he and his girlfriend faced armed robbers near Cheaha State Park in Alabama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young couple, identified as 22-year-old Adam Simjee and 20-year-old Makayla Paulus, had just gone to see some waterfalls in the nearby state park when things went terribly awry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both students at the University of Central Florida, who were taking one last trip before the start of classes the following week, Simjee and Paulus stopped to help a woman seemingly stranded on the side of the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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“He was the love of my life” – Makayla Paulus. (Photo: Paulus<\/em>\/ABC News<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Makayla says the woman had \u201cflagged [them] down,\u201d and asked if they could help start her broken-down car, as local news affiliate ABC33\/44<\/em><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Eventually], when nothing could be done, she pulled out a gun and told us to walk into the woods,\u201d Makayla added. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This woman, later identified as Yasmine Hider, demanded Paulus and Simjee give her their wallets and phones. Next, she demanded passwords and banking numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paulus said she was waiting for Simjee to pull out his own concealed handgun. She said their parents hadn\u2019t been keen on the trip in the first place, but Adam had assured them that they would be fine because he had a gun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe had his gun in his waistband the whole time because he said it was suspicious and this is how people get robbed,” Makayla explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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