DETROIT – When a gunman opened fire on Alexis’ mother, she jumped in between them and took 6 bullets. She is in stable condition at Children’s Hospital in Detroit recovering from gunshot wounds to the eye, left temple, chin, cheek, chest and right arm.
The events started when Alexis Goggins, 7, her mother, Selietha Parker, 30, and family friend, Aisha Ford, were taken hostage by Parker’s boyfriend, Calvin Tillie, 39. A man she had been dating for only 6-months. Forcing Ford to drive them to a location, Ford stalled for time by stopping at a gas station, and calling 911 on the way in to pay for the gas. Stating that Ford was taking too long, he opened on Parker. It is at that point that Alexis scrambled over the seat and got between her mother and Tillie, begging him to stop. Without hesitation, Tillie unloaded into the little girl.
When police arrived, Tillie surrendered without incident. Alexis was found underneath the steering wheel, bleeding profusely. She was surrounded by bullet casing and broken glass and there were teeth on the seat of the vehicle. Her mother suffered a gunshot wound to the side of the head and bicep.
Tillie is being held in the Wayne County Jail facing kidnapping, assault with intent to murder, child abuse, felony firearms and habitual criminal charges.
113 responses so far ↓
Pages: [1] 2 3 » Show All
1
Mr_Vindictive
Dec 5, 2007 at 2:10 pm -Holy shit, this kid needs a medal. A seven year old takes 6 shots and is in stable condition? That’s insane.
2
sweet_misery
Dec 5, 2007 at 2:31 pm -She lived after taking 6 bullets? She really is a bad ass!
3
impqueen
Dec 5, 2007 at 2:36 pm -y’know, i sincerely hope he got that black eye from a little police “resisting arrest” restraint. Or that Alexis kicked the shit out of him when she came over that seat.
I think it’s time to revise the Imp Queen Rules of Dating to include men in the “habitual criminal” category. Ladies, if he’s got violent priors, put down the penis and walk away.
4
solange82200
Dec 5, 2007 at 2:54 pm -We see this time and time again. People, repeat after me: “mommy’s boyfriend is the most dangerous person in a child’s life!”
5
Kathy
Dec 5, 2007 at 2:58 pm -“Put down the penis and walk away.”
Love it!!
6
ashdavus
Dec 5, 2007 at 3:03 pm -HOOOAH!! You Go Alexis!!
7
Hippiepoet
Dec 5, 2007 at 3:06 pm -Wow that is an amazing story. Yeah for a happy ending, for this little girl. I’m curious, do we know what kind of gun this nut used? 6 bullets that’s just insane.
This kid obviously has some things left to do in her life, wasn’t her time.
God, I’m just in awe.
8
thepooh5
Dec 5, 2007 at 3:22 pm -Wow a happy ending, great to see one! What a brave little girl!!! The city/town should give her a medal.
Impqueen - I am with you - I would really love to know it was her little foot gave him that big ol’ shiner.
9
solange82200
Dec 5, 2007 at 3:30 pm -I cant say I consider this a happy ending. The poor child was shot 7 times. I cant imagine the psychological trauma that she will go through. Also, not trying to accuse before any facts come out, but if this mother knew that this guy was dangerous and still had him around her daughter, what does that say about poor Alexis’s mother? She will still be raising Alexis, and possibly dating another loser. who’s ass Alexis may have to kick.
10
thepooh5
Dec 5, 2007 at 3:37 pm -True it is not the happiest - but it is happy - Alexis is alive!!!
“She will still be raising Alexis, and possibly dating another loser. who’s ass Alexis may have to kick.”
solange82200 - that is the scariest part. Though, after taking 6 in the head and chest - she may just kick mom’s ass, too!!!
11
solange82200
Dec 5, 2007 at 3:42 pm -I hope so thepooh. I am doubtful, but I hope her mom learns from this and thinks twice before allowing another man like this into her and Alexis’s life
12
Morbid
Dec 5, 2007 at 3:51 pm -From past cases involving women, their children and the men they continually hook up with, odds are the only thing this mother learned was that 1st graders make decent bullet proof vests, and are a lot less expensive.
13
thepooh5
Dec 5, 2007 at 3:55 pm -Damn Morbid, that is blunt but I am so afraid you have “hit the nail on the head” so to speak. Evidently kids are less expensive - because after seeing everything you post - it seems people treat their kids as if they are disposable.
14
Athena
Dec 5, 2007 at 4:25 pm -I wonder what was going through Alexis’ mind when she decided to crawl between her mother and the gunman. A child’s natural response to danger is to default to their parent for protection. Lord only knows what kinds of experiences this kid has already had to deal with to give her that brand of courage.
15
Morbid
Dec 5, 2007 at 4:32 pm -It seems as if Alexis already has some health issues.
16
Kathy
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:01 pm -That article is so disturbing. She just can’t get a break in life.
WTF was up with the 911 operator telling the friend on the initial call that they didn’t have a car to send? Just those couple of minutes and the whole story may have been different.
17
Athena
Dec 5, 2007 at 5:51 pm -Ah ha. She was damaged goods to being with. Poor little doll…But it explains her unusual reaction to the situation, to an extent.
Two weirdnesses in the article:
“The first operator clicked off and I dialed again and told that operator a guy with a gun was holding me hostage with a mother and baby and threatening to kill us. I told her the name of the gas station and then she said they didn’t have a unit to send.”
Fuck Detroit, man. I mean, seriously???
Also, the article mentioned that a Detroit Public Schools Attendance Agent spent some time in the hospital with Alexis. What kind of ghetto-ass district needs attendance AGENTS? =P
18
Hippiepoet
Dec 5, 2007 at 9:18 pm -Sad article and very disturbing to read. This guy she had dated was a 4 time convicted felon, what the hell were his priors, can you find out, Morbid? Shit he had to have been on probation. What woman would date a guy with 4 prior felonies that had a young child? Women are stupid, stupid, stupid sometimes. Is the child’s condition still stable. The prior stroke as a baby and these multiple gunshot wounds sound pretty scary for this child. Infections, embolism, sepsis all could be possible and more. Poor baby.
Has the story of the 911 operator saying there was no car to send, been proven correct? If so somebody’s got a lot of explaining to fucking do.
19
impqueen
Dec 6, 2007 at 9:05 am -“Massive” stroke as an infant - preterm birth with resultant brain bleed, or possibly crack baby. There may be other reasons, but those are the two I saw most often in my pediatric hospice years. (by the by, “massive” stroke generally = fatal, so this kid is a survivor from day one.)
Oh, and mom had no heat. Was the furnace broken?
I’ll say it again. Ms. Parker, put DOWN the penis. -Es. Put ‘em all down, as many as there might have been or one day be, and take this as a giant blinking sign that you need to stop being a ghetto mama and start being a mother. Your child is injured, probably blind in one eye, as a result of your choice of bed partners. Time to start reading the “how not to jack up your kid” manual.
20
ashdavus
Dec 6, 2007 at 9:21 am -How about paying the gas bill instead of spending your money on shit you don’t need. Incidentally…I’d prefer to become a nun if I were single than date pieces of shit like this. She probably picked him up in a bar and he just wouldn’t go away.
21
LL44
Dec 6, 2007 at 10:04 am -you know what bugs me THE MOST about this story??????? the little girl acts as a shield for mom…. and mom RUNS FROM THE VEHICLE SCREAMING that he shot her baby?! how about f’ing picking up your child, who may be dying, and HOLDING HER, THANKING HER, TELLING HER YOU LOVE HER just in case she DIES from protecting your sorry, fat, convict-loving ass? jesus christ!
you couldn’t PEEL me off my baby if she was injured…. I wouldn’t be running away & leaving her curled up under the friggin’ steering wheel!
what a strong, brave, beautiful little soul… who deserves so much more out of life. the odds are stacked against this little girl, but I really hopes she makes it!
22
ashdavus
Dec 6, 2007 at 10:15 am -At the least, she could have wrapped her fingers around the bastards neck and cut off his air supply. If someone were hurting one of my kids you can bet I’d be all over them like flies on shit!
23
Morbid
Dec 6, 2007 at 10:21 am -You know what, LL44, I agree 100 percent. If for some reason, I found myself in a similar situation, there is no way I would have ran out of that vehicle without my kid. I mean, she had already proven to be a decent bullet-blocker…and the gunman still had his gun…it would have been a lot smarter for her to run out of the vehicle holding the up kid in front of her!
But in all seriousness, I couldn’t imagine leaving my kid in the floor like that. But she had been shot a couple of times to, so maybe she wasn’t thinking straight. Who knows.
24
warrman69
Dec 6, 2007 at 10:21 am -The poor little thing. I hope hospital puts up a way to send this little girl donations to help with her medical bills. From what it sounds like she is going to need a bunch of plastic surgery to put her beautiful face back together. Someone needs to shoot that asshole in the face 7 times. Man this guy is going to get it in prison.
25
LL44
Dec 6, 2007 at 10:25 am -Well. she may not have been in her “right mind” from being shot… BUT she was still mobile AND lucid enough to know her child had been shot…so no excuses are gonna be good enough for me on this one!!!
If my child got in between me & a bullet… I’d try to shield her, not let her takle the shots & leave her there!
26
ashdavus
Dec 6, 2007 at 10:28 am -If it were me…I would have gone for trying to get my foot up in the fucknut’s crotch. Maybe he would have shot himself trying to hold his balls!
27
solange82200
Dec 6, 2007 at 11:42 am -We have to remember guys, people like us (the type that would never, EVER leave their child in the car with that asshole with a gun), would probably never be in a situation like that to begin with. People like us dont have ex-cons around our kids. People like this bitch are a whole different ignorant breed, they couldnt be more different than us than if they were freaking aliens
28
solange82200
Dec 6, 2007 at 11:50 am -hey, it’s hilarious, if you look on that article that morbid linked, and you click on the idiot boyfriend’s picture, on the bottom it says “Family Picture”. LMAO Like as if that is some glamour shot or something that his mom had laying around.
29
solange82200
Dec 6, 2007 at 11:51 am -BTW, I think someone posted about a fund. There is a link on that article two that says that a fund has been set up for Alexis
30
Athena
Dec 6, 2007 at 1:59 pm -LMAO…I love hearing people talk about what they would do in a traumatic situation. Go ahead, people…think the very best of yourselves…Everyone wants to. But the truth of the situation is that, when survival instinct takes over, there’s no telling how you would react.
Furthermore, it would have been stupid for Parker to try and remove Alexis from the vehicle, and, if the gunman was still armed, it would have been equally stupid for her to stick around asking to get shot again. Parker’s reaction may not have been heroic, but it was practical, given the circumstances.
31
Morbid
Dec 6, 2007 at 2:20 pm -LMAO…I love hearing people talk about what they think other people will do after the people have talked about what they think they will do in a traumatic situation. However, practical or not, if I am in a traumatic situation with my kid, I will probably go the heroic route, regardless if the practical route would have been better.
32
Hippiepoet
Dec 6, 2007 at 2:40 pm -If I was able, I’d of grabbed my kid, first thing. No doubt in my mind.
A good while back, I was in a serious car accident (yes way different than your child shot) with my husband and little girl. We hit an electrical pole and the car flipped and rolled. My daughter was 3 and still rode in her car seat. Too make a long story short, I was trapped, my hubbie temporarily knocked out, car smoking, I screamed and kicked at him, first thing, I tell him get Joesie the fuck out. He reaches back and takes car seat and all. Then comes back for me. My point; as a fucking parent, first thing you think of is your child. Get your child!!!!!
33
Athena
Dec 6, 2007 at 3:00 pm -Haven’t any of you been through a basic safety course? When someone has incurred significant trauma, you don’t move them AT ALL unless the situation necessitates it. Has she tried to pull her child from the car, she could have made the situation even worse.
Furthermore, I’m not trying to mock anyone, here (*cough*Morbid*cough*). But if you think about it, the whole “this is what I would have done” statement is kind of arrogant and potentially unrealistic. To assume that you are somehow exempt from the impulse that takes over under such circumstances is a hell of an assertion. Reactions to tough circumstances are considered heroic because they are uncommon. Like it or not, but when you are injured and in a high stress situation, you don’t always have the luxury of conscious consideration.
This woman had been shot in the head and arm. To assume that she was in her right mind and pass judgment from there is absolutely absurd.
34
Morbid
Dec 6, 2007 at 3:08 pm -Actually, the only ones sounding arrogant (*cough*Athena*cough*)in this thread are the ones saying that under traumatic circumstances, they would do the smart, practical thing. Looks to me as the rest of us are saying the opposite. My impulse is to protect my kid, not go back to a basic safety course. Not saying it is smart or correct, just the way it is.
Also, trying to assume anything at all about what was going through her mind is absolutely absurd. I am not sure where anyone here has stated what they thought was going through her head, just what they would have done would have been different.
35
aspartame
Dec 6, 2007 at 3:10 pm -~WAVES~ HI Little hippy girl!!!
i agree, situation was the 1994 earthquake, i did not give a shit that the house was falling down around me all i wanted was the baby, well then my cat. lol
i worked as an EMT for a bit. and when children have an injury the first instinct is to pick them up and hold them close, the only problem is sometimes you can do more damage than harm. Like in Hippys case taking the car seat and all was PERFECT, because if the baby would have had (god forbid) a spinal cord injury that car seat would hold the child immobile. also for me if the baby is hurt and screaming bloody murder that is a good sign. if the baby is hurt and quiet…you get it.
36
Athena
Dec 6, 2007 at 3:28 pm -Well, I didn’t say WHAT I would have done, because, frankly, I have no bloody clue. I have no kids; I’ve never been shot…I’m not passing judgment on how this woman reacted because I’ve been in one of those split-second, traumatic incidents, and I know that I simply reacted automatically. I didn’t get a chance to think about my reaction until it was all over. I happened to do the right thing, but my actions were so automatic I realise it could have just as easily gone the other way.
No one knows how they will react to a traumatic situation until it happens and, quite often, people are disappointed with themselves.
37
Athena
Dec 6, 2007 at 3:28 pm -Oh, and…Hippie - glad to hear everyone was okay. That sounds scary as hell.
38
Kathy
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:04 pm -For most people, that instinct to protect your young is stronger than your survival instinct. The closest I’ve ever been was once when we were staying abroad. The building attached to ours in East Berlin was being renovated and there was some sort of accident and it exploded at 2 in the morning. I grabbed my daughter bundled her up as fast as possible, threw my jacket on and tried to wake up my husband. He slept through the whole explosion and did not want to leave. I told him, fine, he could stay and burn the fuck up, me and my baby were leaving. Once he saw the flames and embers he came with us, but in the whole thing I ran outside into the freezing snow in thin pajamas, no socks and a less than adequate jacket. My daughter, however had the full gear on. I did not realize how cold I was until much much later when they let me sit in the back of one of the police vehicles.
39
LL44
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:15 pm -call me arrogant & unrealistic if you will - but you’d have to kill me first - no way I’m leaving my baby in a car to bleed to death ALONE… no way in hell.
40
Hippiepoet
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:22 pm -QUOTE athena “Haven’t any of you been through a basic safety course? When someone has incurred significant trauma, you don’t move them AT ALL unless the situation necessitates it. Has she tried to pull her child from the car, she could have made the situation even worse.”
Yes indeed, I have athena, I am a nurse and I have my BCLS certification, it doesn’t matter. When it’s your kid, you react. Instinct I guess, I don’t know. Another incident…when I had my daughter she was having problems with swallowing, I was feeding her, she became choked and turned blue. I knew exactly what I was supposed to do. Hell I was trained for such a thing, but in that moment. I threw my baby on my shoulder slapping her back screaming for a nurse to come help. I remember it clearly, “somebody help, my baby is choking”. sonofabitch the suction catheter was right on the fucking wall, but no I had to hold that baby close and I forget what the fuck I was taught at that moment, shit just flew out my mind, it was MY child I didn’t want to let her go when the nurses did get in the room. As a mother, your instinct is to get that child, hold that child, not let go. When your child is in need, nothing could keep me back, unless I was too weak or being restrained.
41
Morbid
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:24 pm -My point, in regards to this story is this: Most parents are irrational when it comes to trauma and their children. That’s probably why they have to stress not to move people when they have been injured as it is natural to attempt and pick someone up or move them if able. Especially if it is your own kid.
The woman in this story not only didn’t move her kid, she left her in the car as she ran from it. My feelings are, had I been in this situation, is my instinct would have left me dead, and the kid alive. Maybe not as good result as what happened here, but in my case, the guy would have had full access to my head, as my kid would have never been between us to begin with.
But even so, this woman seems to have made all kinds of bad decisions in her life as gathered from one simple article. No power, no car, and dating a felon. I have a hard time imagining that after her and her kid were shot, she then started making all the right decisions and left her kid in the car so she would not be hurt further. Nope. I figure, as other parents have commented somewhat, she left that car to save her own hide as had I let my kid get in between me and a gun, I surely would not have left her alone in the car after she got shot by it.
42
Athena
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:34 pm -No, no…Assuming you KNOW how you would react under these circumstances is the arrogant and unrealistic part. Saying that you would either drag your child from the car (possibly causing further damage in the process) or that you would neglect to run for help by staying with the child is just stupid.
43
solange82200
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:35 pm -Athena, the thing is, you could never understand what we are saying until you have children of your own. And I am not trying to say that in a mean way at all, because if I didnt have my son, I may not have understood it either. But Kathy is right about your motherly instinct being stronger than your survival instinct. And again, like you said, the mother was not in her right mind, so that completely rules out the fact that she left Alexis on the floor because it might have hurt her further to pick her up. She couldnt have been that rational, like you say. And again, I am not trying to insinuate that I know for SURE that she did something wrong, but like others on here, it did seem strange to me that she would run from the car leaving her baby.
I remember an incident with my son, and before you guys make fun of me, I KNOW that it isnt the same as being in danger. But it did make me realize how strong that motherly instinct is.
I have a phobia of large insects. I mean, extreme phobia. If I see any cockroach or lizard (i live in miami, they are everywhere), i run screaming. Literally. I have tried to overcome it, and it pisses my parents off so bad when i react like that. they tell me im an adult, that i should understand that the insects wont hurt me, that i am scaring my son, etc. but i just cant overcome the fear.
One time, I was in the kitchen, and my son was a baby, and he was in those baby carriers that you pull out of the car seat. I set it down on the ground to get a glass of water, and when I turned back, there was a HUGE cockroach crawling on my son’s legs. Immediately, without thinking, I swatted it off with my hand. I have NEVER touched one or attempted to in my life. I couldnt believe I had done that. But it was obvious that the instinct to protect my son was stronger than my phobia even. And again, I’m not trying to compare my fear of insects to a fear of being killed, but if you understood how strong a phobia can be, you would understand that that motherly instinct must have been pretty strong to make me touch that little sucker (the roach, not my kid)
44
Athena
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:39 pm -Well, goddamn it, I’m never having kids, then. It sounds like parental instinct is rather counter-productive. =P
On another point - Was she running from the car to save her own hide, or was she running from the car, screaming about what had just happened, because she didn’t realise the cops had been called and was trying to get attention/help? I suppose we’ll never know, but I’m not going assume the worst, here.
45
solange82200
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:42 pm -Athena, it’s not stupid at all. Considering people on here have given you instances where they have been in danger, and have chose to protect their children, that shows you that they are not ASSUMING, they know from experience. When you have kids, you will understand that you may not know what you will do in every situation, but you DO KNOW that whatever happens it will not involve leaving your child in danger while you run away. There is no doubt in my mind about that. Knowing me, I dont see myself picking up my child and trying to run, I see myself trying to wrestle the asshole away from her and making sure the gun isnt pointed at her. Like Morbid said, it may not have ended as well as this story, but this lady was DAMN LUCKY that this asshole didnt continue to shoot her daughter while she ran away.
46
Morbid
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:45 pm -As police arrived, they saw Parker, covered in blood, running from the truck, screaming, “He just shot my baby.”
The officers said Tillie came out to the vehicle holding a blue steel 9 mm semi automatic and dropped the weapon when ordered to do so.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb...../712050396
I don’t assume the worst, I just go with the most plausible. For those of you with no kids, have one or two, then come back and answer the question of if you would leave your kid alone in a car with the man who just shot her over 5 times.
47
solange82200
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:45 pm -I also think that the other factors of the story put what she did in a bad light. Like Morbid said, no heat in the house where her daughter lives, bringing ex-con boyfriend around the daughter, AND on top of that running away from the car. It just paints a picture in your mind about what kind of person this lady is. If everything else had pointed to her being a responsible parent, it might be easier to believe that she really was not trying to save her own ass.
48
Athena
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:48 pm -Just for clarification, I never meant to insinuate that Parker was intentionally making the right decisions. Her actions couldn’t possibly have been calculated. She was on auto-pilot, for sure.
That being said, when people stated that they would have either not run for help or would have tried to remove the child from the car as though THAT was the RIGHT thing to do…I had to cry foul. And for people to go further and suggest that Parker’s reaction was inherently selfish when, at that particular point, Parker likely had no idea that police were on the way and could have been running for help…That’s awfully presumptuous.
49
solange82200
Dec 6, 2007 at 4:54 pm -Sorry, I cant agree with you.
50
Kathy
Dec 6, 2007 at 5:05 pm -I know what you are saying Athena. But let me just tell you what *I* would have done.
I would have delivered a swift Judo chop to his neck and dropped kicked him onto the ground. Then I would have wrestled the gun out of his hand, ran into the convenience store, robbed the cashier. Stole a case of beer and some condoms. Jumped in the car, drove off, dropped my daughter off at my moms and then headed out to the local male strip club.
And then if I hadn’t given all my money to the strippers, I would have gotten my heat turned on.
But then again, that’s just me.
Pages: [1] 2 3 » Show All
You must log in to post a comment.