Raped in Jamaica: Detroit woman turns gun on attacker at 5-star hotel

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Two Detroit women were soaking in the comforts of their room one last time. One was Facetiming a friend on the balcony; the other was plopped down on her bed listening to music.

For five days, this had been their comfort zone, their safety zone. And then their world changed.

At 11:15 p.m. Thursday, a gunman crawled up their balcony and barged into their second-floor room at the Hotel Riu Reggae. He raped them both, authorities say.

The nightmare lasted for about 15 minutes until one of the women got hold of the gun and shot the attacker twice before he jumped off the balcony and fled.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/10/02/detroit-women-raped-jamaica-shoot-attacker/1471684002/

[whathehell]

1. Interesting story..

Thanks for posting. :

[HipChick]

3. Gunman worked at the hotel...not random..

Some of those resort hotels are built like fortress..

[whathehell]

5. Okay,.

[magicarpet]

2. Brett/Brad/Brat out on the town for a few rapey beers ?

[whathehell]

7. Nah..

He was a local -- worhed at the he hotel

[DFW]

4. In Missouri Republican circles

That would be classified as an "illegitimate rape."

[whathehell]

6. Please lets not politicize this..

[LanternWaste]

8. Politicization neither adds not subtracts from this particular act in and of itself.

It's the denial, the trivialization, the minimization of the act which does that. And that happens both without regards to, and independently of politics.

[irisblue]

9. I wish the best for both women.

Can you carry a firearm in the checked luggage? Does Jamacia allow firearms from another country w/ proper documentation? I've never flown to another country and gone past customs, just TSA in continental US.

[TeamPooka]

12. the victim got a hold of the rapists gun.

[irisblue]

16. Thank you I missed the "got a hold of"

[mythology]

13. He had the gun and at some point one of the women got the gun

The article isn't as clearly written as it could be.

[irisblue]

17. Thank you "I missed the got a hold of "

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. They used the rapist's gun. They didn't bring a gun into the country. nt

[irisblue]

18. Thank you I missed "the got ahold of"

[magicarpet]

10. Illuminating and magnifying...

Toxic macho male sexual entitlements gone bonkers and run rampant.The testosterone made me do it, I'm usually a thoughtful and considerate type of guy.

[cwydro]

14. Um. The suspect is black. nt

[TeamPooka]

11. Republicans must be torn between Stand your ground and believing a woman on this one.