A mother in Iowa, legally carrying a firearm, saved her young son from an attempted kidnapping at an apartment in Des Moines, according to reports.
Shay Lindberg, the manager at the Hubbell Tower Apartments, noticed two people repeatedly walking back and forth in front of the building on Jan. 5, Fox News affiliate KDSM-TV reported.
Lindberg decided to confront the two individuals, who have since been identified as Michael Ernest Ross, 43, and Laurie Lynn Potter, 57.
When she opened the door to ask the duo why they were lurking outside the building, her son was by her side.
According to the local news agency, one of the two individuals allegedly grabbed Lindberg’s son, but the mother responded swiftly by pulling out a handgun while telling the suspect to return the child….