Video shows a middle school teacher from Texas saving a 15-year-old girl from an attacker, on July 28 at approximately 12.30 am in a gated apartment complex on the east side of Houston after he heard the girl’s cries for help coming from outside, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
The video footage reveals how the teacher David Garza, naked, grabbed his gun and rushed outdoors to face the attacker.The assailant had followed the teenage girl after she disembarked from a Metro bus.
According to a Houston media outlet, KHOU, the teacher said: “I looked out the window and I saw a man beating up a woman on the ground … trying to take her clothes off,” adding that the suspect had the girl by her hair.
“I ran outside, asked what’s going on. The girl screamed, ‘I’m 15, help me!’ I pointed the gun at him and told him to get off her,” Garza added.
Garza was holding the handgun on his front porch still shirtless and screaming, “Get away from her! Hey! Come here!” The New York Post reported.
A neighbor said: “At first, I was scared, I thought she was going to get raped. I think if he didn’t come out, she would have gotten raped.”
The teacher said that this wasn’t the first time he had to intervene and pursue an individual who was assaulting a minor. Despite his own fear, he stated that he would not hesitate to take action again even though he “was scared, too.”
“I think it’s something anyone else would have done — come help a child,” he said.
“She needed help more than I was afraid, so I had to do it,” he added.
Andy Kahan, a victim advocate for the Houston Crime Stoppers, told KHOU that he was grateful that Garza “did the right thing.”
Law enforcement officials are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect who was observed wearing a black hoodie featuring a white Reebok logo, paired with blue jeans and white tennis shoes.
“I take my hat off to you,” Kahan added.
The video footage reveals how the teacher David Garza, naked, grabbed his gun and rushed outdoors to face the attacker.The assailant had followed the teenage girl after she disembarked from a Metro bus.
According to a Houston media outlet, KHOU, the teacher said: “I looked out the window and I saw a man beating up a woman on the ground … trying to take her clothes off,” adding that the suspect had the girl by her hair.
“I ran outside, asked what’s going on. The girl screamed, ‘I’m 15, help me!’ I pointed the gun at him and told him to get off her,” Garza added.
Garza was holding the handgun on his front porch still shirtless and screaming, “Get away from her! Hey! Come here!” The New York Post reported.
A neighbor said: “At first, I was scared, I thought she was going to get raped. I think if he didn’t come out, she would have gotten raped.”
The teacher said that this wasn’t the first time he had to intervene and pursue an individual who was assaulting a minor. Despite his own fear, he stated that he would not hesitate to take action again even though he “was scared, too.”
“I think it’s something anyone else would have done — come help a child,” he said.
“She needed help more than I was afraid, so I had to do it,” he added.
Andy Kahan, a victim advocate for the Houston Crime Stoppers, told KHOU that he was grateful that Garza “did the right thing.”
Law enforcement officials are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect who was observed wearing a black hoodie featuring a white Reebok logo, paired with blue jeans and white tennis shoes.
“I take my hat off to you,” Kahan added.
Source : Times of India
