On Tuesday night, Friedman & Feiger partner Melissa Kingston had just finished working late when she decided to make a stop in North Dallas. She was waiting at a stoplight in her convertible with the top down when a man approached her, pointed a handgun at her head and told her to move to the passenger’s seat, according to a Dallas Police Department offense report. He kept telling Kingston: “Sarah, you’re coming with me, move over,” the report notes.
He attempted to grab Kingston’s left arm and pull her out of the vehicle, so she took off her seat belt and acted like she was going to move over, the report continues. When he “dropped his guard” and lowered the handgun, Kingston swung open the passenger door and knocked him the man to the ground, according the report. Kingston then began kicking the man in the face and stomach; he crawled away as she got back into her car and drove home, the report states.
In an interview, Kingston says of the incident: “My wrist was hurt, but otherwise I’m fine. I got lucky.”
She declines to discuss the specifics of the incident because Dallas police have not yet made any arrests in the case. But she does have a suggestion for how to stay safe in such situations.
“I guess I would suggest people take self-defense courses,” Kingston says, adding she’s taken one herself. “It prepares you for situations like that,” she says.
--- John Council
That was a close call. Good thing she has wit and was strong enough to take down the carjacker. In any case, I guess its good to take lessons on how to defend yourself.
Posted by: Tom Smith | March 02, 2013 at 05:27 AM
@Tim: Well, her name's not "Sarah." It doesn't sound like this guy was playing with a full deck.
Posted by: John | February 28, 2013 at 12:42 PM
How many carjackers call their victims by their first names? Perhaps she has personalized plates on her car. If he has hold of her left arm and is trying to get behind the wheel, how does she knock him down with the passemger door? Story is "interesting." Glad she is OK.
Posted by: Tim Byrd | February 28, 2013 at 10:23 AM
On Tuesday night, when the temperature was 48, Melissa Kingston in her convertible with the top down got carjacked as she was coming/going to a liquor store. She beat the tar out of the armed man (in self defense of course--evidenced by kicking him in the face and stomach). She then left the scene, drove home, calling the police 30 minutes later to report the crime. OK.
Posted by: Pedro Jose Ayala | February 27, 2013 at 04:59 PM