2. I am having chest pains! I think I am having a heart attack!
Just cannot agree with that, when you get to the hospital they will know if you had a heart attack or not. You have tied up the EMT's and an ambulance that could possibly have been needed somewhere else. I have my own five steps that I got from Mass Ayoub a well known expert in this field.
1. That person attacked me.
2. I will sign a complaint.
3. Those people were witnesses.
4. There is the weapon.
5. I am too shook up at this time to answer any other questions but will give a statement after I have spoken to an attorney.
#1 Explains why you shot the person.
#2 Helps give you credibility.
#3 Lots of people will not come foreward on their own because they just don't want to be involved.
#4 Weapons can dissapear if not secured, in some nieghborhoods a handgun won't bounce twice before someone has it in their pocket.
Now to be fair there are also some lawyers that will advise to say nothing and only ask for a lawyer. You will have had a traumatic experience and all kinds of thoughts will be going through your mind. You need time to get yourself calmed down and your thoughts together. Jim.