Rideshare driver shoots man who was brutally attacking a woman in Orange County

The driver said he witnessed the assault as he was dropping off a passenger in a condo community in Stanton.A rideshare driver in Orange County said he acted on a"fight-or-flight" response after shooting a naked man whom he witnessed attacking a woman.

Turan Sanders was dropping off a passenger nearby when he noticed the man running toward the woman by the dumpster area of a condo community in Stanton just before 8 p.m. Sunday.The driver took immediate action and fired off a warning shot, which didn't stop the man from attacking the 60-year-old woman.

"This female was defenseless. He began to like brutally beat her — he was kneeing her — slamming her head against the ground," said Sanders."I recognized he wasn’t going to stop. I took aim and I dropped him," said Sanders.The man he shot was a 20-year-old who lives in the area, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. He was rushed to a hospital where he's in critical, but stable condition.

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