GREENWOOD, Ind. — On Saturday, Jerry Bobb, 33, lost it. Allegedly, he stabbed his girlfriend, struck her and her 7-year-old daughter with a car, set fire to an apartment, held an 11-month-old hostage with a knife before being shot to death by police after being tased to no effect.
Supposedly, a couple hours after they had returned home after Bobb had coached the 7-year-old’s softball game, shit hit the fan. Witnesses stated seeing the woman, Teresa Johnson, 29, fleeing her apartment with her daughter. Bobb jumped into a car, chased them down and hit them both.
“When he swerved, he hit the mother and her little girl — just plowed them over like they were nothing,” said witness Jason Kyle.
Kyle then picked up the girl, who Bobb was walking towards with a knife, and took off running. Bobb then went back into the apartment, where the woman’s 11-month-old boy was still inside of, and set fires in three seperate places. Police arrived and stated that Bobb held the baby at knifepoint while the fire burned around them.
Bobb finally gave the baby to police, but after being hit with a stun gun he still refused to follow officer’s demands. When Bobb threatened them with the knife, he was then shot twice by Sgt. James Ison and Officer Aaron Wehnert. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Johnson and her daughter suffered minor injuries, and the 11-month-old had minor burns.
So give a shout out to Jason Kyle, the rest of the people that intervened, for doing the right thing and getting involved…as well as to Sgt. James Ison and Officer Aaron Wehnert, for doing their jobs.
12 responses so far ↓
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Angel
Apr 21, 2008 at 10:34 am -How are the mother and the little girl doing? And I hope the baby wasn’t hurt either - the story was not quite clear on that.
Congrats to the officer who took out the garbage. Has he been given a commendation yet? That’s one asshole we won’t have to worry about wasting court time and money on, for a trial in which he would be unlikely to get anything more than a suspended sentence and probation. Another case of instant karma - he deserved to be put away for life, for his heinous actions - instead he got a death sentence. Karma, in spades!
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Morbid
Apr 21, 2008 at 10:43 am -Updated article. Johnson and her daughter suffered minor injuries, and the 11-month-old had minor burns.
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Angel
Apr 21, 2008 at 10:51 am -Thanks for the update, Morbid.
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blahblahblah
Apr 21, 2008 at 11:00 am -holy shit, what a fucking nutcase!
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mom of 4
Apr 21, 2008 at 11:40 am -Thank God there were neighbors around to help them. Fucking psycho probably would have finished them all off otherwise. Glad he’s dead and burning in hell and saving the taxpayers money!
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Miss. Hill
Apr 21, 2008 at 11:57 am -Thankfully he didn’t kill them, and thankfully that crazy fucker is dead!
I’m glad they shot him woohoo, and good job Jason Kyle
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dammitall
Apr 21, 2008 at 2:16 pm -Am I to assume their team lost?
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Angel
Apr 21, 2008 at 3:51 pm -hahahahahahaha
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bornagainpagan
Apr 22, 2008 at 9:56 am -Jerry man, hit n’ run, stabb’n, burn’n, taking taser shots, attempted murder, hostage tak’n, eating a bullet and shuffling off the mortal coil - that’s for weekdays fool. Saturday’s are for chill’n, not kill’n.
have we got a photo yet? - I wanna do some cynical phrenological profiling.
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solange822001
Apr 22, 2008 at 10:54 am -Jason Kyle, there need to be more people like you. God bless you! Think about how many of these stories we read where we think “if only someone had done something”. Finally, we get one with a happy ending because someone did something. Thank you!!!!!!!!!
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solange822001
Apr 22, 2008 at 10:56 am -And thank you as well to Sgt. Ison and Sgt. Wehnert, for making this an even HAPPIER happy ending! Job well done
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funnymommy
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:07 am -Glad to hear the neighbour stepped in. Too many people turn a blind eye and ‘mind their business’. Perhaps if more people helped, we would have more stories with happy endings (or at least endings that don’t involve the loss of innocent life).
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