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Well, well, well........here we have someone who did their time, stayed clean and then had their Right to bear arms restored....and then used that Right to save the life of an Arizona State Trooper.....I hope this man keeps on the straight and narrow......he saved a life....
Former Felon With Restored Gun Rights Saved Trooper in Arizona Ambush
Consider former felon Thomas Yoxall’s debt to society paid in full, with interest.
The man who shot and killed an assault suspect on a dark highway in Arizona, rescuing a state trooper, said on Wednesday that he doesn’t think of himself as a hero.
The Good Samaritan had requested media anonymity since the early-morning January 12 incident on Interstate 10.
Today, he made his first appearance since the incident at a news conference at the headquarters of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
He identified himself as Thomas Yoxall, 43, a maintenance supervisor with a passion for photography and reading.
And he mentioned that he has a “past.”
As court records show, that past includes a 2000 conviction for felony theft.
Fortunately for DPS Trooper Edward Andersson, whose life hung on the edge before Yoxall showed up on January 12, Yoxall had his gun rights restored in 2003 after he successfully completed probation.
Yoxall has paid back his debt to society — big-time.
“That morning, I never would have dreamt that I was going to save somebody’s life, let alone take the life of another individual,” Yoxall said. “I don’t recall any thought or feeling of fear. It happened very quickly. There wasn’t necessarily time for me to react, or think logically. I don’t consider myself a hero that day.”
Yet DPS officials describe Yoxall’s actions in terms that could, in fact, best be described as heroic.
Former Felon With Restored Gun Rights Saved Trooper in Arizona Ambush
Consider former felon Thomas Yoxall’s debt to society paid in full, with interest.
The man who shot and killed an assault suspect on a dark highway in Arizona, rescuing a state trooper, said on Wednesday that he doesn’t think of himself as a hero.
The Good Samaritan had requested media anonymity since the early-morning January 12 incident on Interstate 10.
Today, he made his first appearance since the incident at a news conference at the headquarters of the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
He identified himself as Thomas Yoxall, 43, a maintenance supervisor with a passion for photography and reading.
And he mentioned that he has a “past.”
As court records show, that past includes a 2000 conviction for felony theft.
Fortunately for DPS Trooper Edward Andersson, whose life hung on the edge before Yoxall showed up on January 12, Yoxall had his gun rights restored in 2003 after he successfully completed probation.
Yoxall has paid back his debt to society — big-time.
“That morning, I never would have dreamt that I was going to save somebody’s life, let alone take the life of another individual,” Yoxall said. “I don’t recall any thought or feeling of fear. It happened very quickly. There wasn’t necessarily time for me to react, or think logically. I don’t consider myself a hero that day.”
Yet DPS officials describe Yoxall’s actions in terms that could, in fact, best be described as heroic.
