Still a champion.John Kenny For the Irish comedian, see . John Kenny (1957-) is a British trombonist, actor, composer and multi-faceted performer of contemporary solo repertoire, modern jazz and early music. has been a successful Towson, Maryland “Towson” redirects here. For other uses, see Towson (disambiguation). Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 51,793 at the 2000 census. , attorney for 35 years. On the morning of June 17, he was walking from his law office to a nearby church to attend the 8:30 service, but he never got to his destination. A flurry of activity alongside a nearby SUV attracted Kenny's attention. As he got closer, he noticed a man leaning into the vehicle, apparently beating someone inside. "I didn't know if he was beating a man or a woman. I originally thought it was a guy. That's why I got involved because [the assailant] was hitting them hard enough to kill them," Kenny told a reporter for the Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star. The victim proved to be a 24-year-old woman, Lesley Dunlap, and her attacker was later identified as 25-year-old Jeffrey Ricardo Jones, Jr., her ex-boyfriend. Jones had followed her to her workplace on the morning of the attack and had used a hammer to smash her car's windows. He then dragged her from her car and into his SUV. When he was forced to stop in traffic, Miss Dunlap tried to escape, whereupon where·up·on conj. 1. On which. 2. In close consequence of which: The instructor entered the room, whereupon we got to our feet. Jones caught her, jammed her back in the passenger's seat, and began the attack as Kenny came along. After yelling yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. to other bystanders to get help, Kenny grabbed Jones from behind. Suddenly Jones pulled a knife from his pocket and began stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. the woman. Kenny continued to hold onto the knife-wielding attacker and called out to a nearby truck driver for assistance. The trucker responded by hitting Jones in the head with a fire extinguisher fire extinguisher: see fire fighting. , interrupting the attack. Miss Dunlap fell out of the vehicle and onto the ground, and Jones took off in his SUV. Ambulance personnel arrived at the scene and took the injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. woman to a nearby hospital, where she underwent surgery and was released later that same evening. Police arrested Jones after staking out his residence. Like most brave heroes, Kenny doesn't consider himself one: "It is a word that I have grown to dislike. It rings untrue," Kenny told the press. He prefers to think of himself as just a man who did what needed to be done. |
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