Woman Stops Attacker: Concealed carry permit owner shot man in self-defense

Police have charged a man who was shot Wednesday outside Milwaukee Police Headquarters.

Investigators determined the woman who shot the man was acting in self-defense.

She was only in police custody for several minutes after the shooting.

Witnesses backed up her account of what happened.

Police said Joseph Drier, 59, attacked the woman after arguing that she should not have a handicapped parking placard in her car.

The 28-year-old woman said Drier attacked her as she returned to her car.

"I said, 'Don't walk up on me,' and he turned around and went and got something -- a weapon," she said.

It turned out to be a steering wheel lock.

She said Drier swung it at her as she held him off with one hand.

That's when she reached into her purse and pulled out her handgun.

She was not parked in a handicapped spot and had paid to park.

"I didn't want to shoot to kill... I felt like I didn't need to do anything more. All I wanted was help, and that was my help," she said.

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