Man Gets Shot, Takes Bloody Selfie

by Austin Petersen

MESA, AZ – A man who got shot and took a selfie of himself has gone viral. Thankfully he’s still alive to enjoy his fame.

Isaac Martinez posted the photo to update his friends with what just happened. They didn’t believe him at first, but then they realized what was going on. Martinez was one of six victims in a shooting spree which occurred in Mesa, Arizona. A gunman had demanded his car keys, but Martinez refused. “I told him no. I saw him pull out some steel and I immediately told everyone to get down and the next thing I know I was hitting the floor too, and I got up and immediately felt warm, and I knew what happened and told everyone to stay back,” he said.

When asked why he stopped to take a selfie, he said:

“My thought process was the danger had left, I got shot, I’m ok, I’m over it. So then I thought why be frustrated about something that happened, when I can be happy about something that is happening,” said Martinez.

He was shot in the shoulder, but managed to be released from the hospital in only hours.
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Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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