Hero valet attendant fired for using licensed firearm to save a life

[Sedalia Dave]

Hero valet attendant who pulled a gun on a woman stabbing her mother with a kitchen knife was fired from his job for having a weapon on the premises

 

 

• Stephanie Kerr, 52, was allegedly stabbed by her 32-year-old daughter outside her office at General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan
• Valet Didarul Sarder saw the attack and ran over with his licensed gun
• He forced the alleged attacker to stop until police arrested her
• Sarder says he was fired for his actions and escorted off the premises
• Warren Mayor said: 'Hero's should be rewarded not terminated'
• Sarder has since been offered his job back, he says

A valet attendant in Michigan says he was fired from his job this week after unholstering his licensed pistol to rescue a woman who was being stabbed.

Didarul Sarder, 32, a contracted valet for General Motors Technical Center in Warren, said he heard a woman screaming for help on Wednesday and rushed over to help.

The woman, Stephanie Kerr, 52, a GM employee, was being stabbed by her 32-year-old daughter, police say.'I just see this lady getting stabbed. I only had like half a second to think and I unholstered my firearm and pointed it at her to drop the knife.'

Warren police say the suspect, a 32-year-old woman, came to see her mother at work.

The pair argued in the lobby, then went outside.

The suspect then pulled a knife and allegedly stabbed her mother multiple times in the neck, back and abdomen.

Sarder said he told the woman to stay put until she was arrested by police.

The victim is now in hospital in a critical condition.

However, within moments of the attack, Sarder says he was fired and escorted from the premises.

He said that a GM employee told him he shouldn't have had a weapon on premises.

'I was really bummed out. I got a little emotional,' Sarder said.

'(But) I would do it all over again. If I could save this woman's life over a job. I can get another job.'

However, Sarder's actions were commended by Jim Fouts, the Mayor of Warren, who called him a hero in a Facebook post.

Fouts said that Sarder 'probably saved' Kerr 'from being murdered', noting that his gun was licensed.

'Had he not legally exercised his second amendment rights this woman would probably not be with us today,' Fouts wrote.

'He is employed by a GM contracted valet service. Right after it happened someone in authority asked him off the premises because he violated company rules with a gun.

'That was absolutely the wrong response to this hero.

'Hero's should be rewarded not terminated.

'Didarul is a resident of Warren and a resident that we can all be proud of!'

As a result of the backlash, GM Motors have offered Didarul his job back.

Sarder said he has accepted the offer and will return to work at GM.

He is know hoping that Kerr pulls through.

'I hope she makes it,' he said.

'Maybe those few seconds before the police arrived could be the difference between life and death.'

Wonder if they have agreed to rescind their no licensed firearms policy?

[Jimmy Reb, SASS #54804]

Article I read said he was escorted off property - Then someone higher up at GM said he absolutly was not fired.