{"id":69151,"date":"2017-01-31T07:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T12:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=69151"},"modified":"2017-01-31T07:25:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:17:43","slug":"video-shows-the-emotional-toll-that-comes-with-using-justifiable-deadly-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/video-shows-the-emotional-toll-that-comes-with-using-justifiable-deadly-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Shows the Emotional Toll that Comes with Using Justifiable Deadly Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With his voice trembling and his eyes watering, Thomas Yoxall of Arizona recounted the incident that changed his life forever at a press conference last week.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Yoxall shot and killed a man to save another man\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/mystery-good-samaritan-saves-arizona-troopers-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"video-shows-the-emotional-toll-that-comes-with-using-justifiable-deadly-force\" title=\"Video Shows the Emotional Toll that Comes with Using Justifiable Deadly Force\">previously reported by GunsAmerica<\/a>, it all started around 4:30 a.m. several Thursdays ago when Arizona State Trooper Edward Andersson was responding to reports of gunfire along the median of Interstate 10 west of Tonopah, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Andersson pulled up to find a vehicle flipped over in the ditch. He did not immediately see anyone around the vehicle, so he began setting up flares.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, identified as Leonard Pennelas-Escobar, shot Andersson twice as he was lighting flares, once in the shoulder and once in the chest. Escobar proceeded to beat the trooper with his pistol and slam his head into the pavement, according to CBS affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs5az.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"video-shows-the-emotional-toll-that-comes-with-using-justifiable-deadly-force\" title=\"Video Shows the Emotional Toll that Comes with Using Justifiable Deadly Force\">KPHO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when Yoxall pulled up in his truck. Seeing Trooper Andersson being beaten \u201cin a savage way\u201d spurred Yoxall into action. He grabbed his gun, ordered Escobar to stop assaulting Trooper Andersson, and when the suspect failed to obey the commands, opened fire, killing him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be honest with you, it was very visceral and instinctive. I had to help. I knew I had to help. So there wasn&#8217;t an option for me,&#8221; Yoxall <a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/r\/news\/state-and-regional\/man-who-saved-ambushed-arizona-trooper-i-knew-i-had\/article_c6dae7cf-0033-5389-814e-db41ee5bcc4c.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"video-shows-the-emotional-toll-that-comes-with-using-justifiable-deadly-force\" title=\"Video Shows the Emotional Toll that Comes with Using Justifiable Deadly Force\">said at the press conference <\/a>at Department of Public Safety offices in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>Yoxall told reporters that he has no military or police training. However, he does shoot regularly and he is a responsible gun\u00a0owner. He also believes that his presence that day was not by accident but by divine will.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I firmly believe that that morning I was put there&#8230; by God,&#8221; Yoxall said. &#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to think about that day still.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yoxall is seeking guidance from his pastor and is hoping he can put the trauma of the incident behind him. Meanwhile, trooper Andersson is recovering from his gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">***<\/p>\n<p>Just a quick thought. \u00a0I believe this press conference is instructive to the many millions of gun owners who carry but have never had to use deadly force. Too often we hear from the armchair commandos who talk cavalierly about \u201ckilling bad guys.\u201d You know, the guy who reads an article about a deadly force encounter and responds by saying something like:<\/p>\n<p><em>I woulda pulled out old slab side, put two in the perp&#8217;s chest and one in his big head because it\u2019s better to be judged by 12 rather than carried by six and I wouldn\u2019t lose one wink of sleep over killing that evil thug. Easy-peasy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s possible that one could use lethal force during a highly traumatic encounter and not be flooded by a wave of emotions in the ensuing weeks and months, it\u2019s probably unlikely. Most of us are normal, non-violent people who haven\u2019t had to take a life. To assume that one can just kill someone and not feel anything afterward is naive, which is why Mr. Yoxall response is so telling. It underscores the reality of killing, how it\u2019s never as cut and dry as it appears, how it comes with an emotional toll, and how it changes the lives of many people, in this particular case, from the suspect to the victim to the shooter to all their respective families.<\/p>\n<p>Carrying a firearm for self-defense is a serious business that may have serious consequences. It should be treated accordingly. We do no favors to ourselves or the gun community by pretending otherwise. I\u2019m grateful that Mr. Yoxall \u2014 through his lucid remarks and very raw emotions \u2014 stepped forward to remind us of this fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I firmly believe that that morning I was put there&#8230; by God,&#8221; Yoxall said. &#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to think about that day still.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":69283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,216],"tags":[132,291,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-s-h-blannelberry","9":"tag-buzz","10":"tag-dgu","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Video Shows the Emotional Toll that Comes with Using Justifiable Deadly Force<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;I firmly believe that that morning I was put there... by God,&quot; Yoxall said. &quot;It&#039;s difficult to think about that day still.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/video-shows-the-emotional-toll-that-comes-with-using-justifiable-deadly-force\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Video Shows the Emotional Toll that Comes with Using Justifiable Deadly Force\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;I firmly believe that that morning I was put there... by God,&quot; Yoxall said. &quot;It&#039;s difficult to think about that day still.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/video-shows-the-emotional-toll-that-comes-with-using-justifiable-deadly-force\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-31T12:25:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-20T17:17:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yoxall.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"415\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"302\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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