Ben Carson, would-be president of the United States, became subject of criticism when he talked about the mass shooting in Oregon on Tuesday. On Thursday, he shared his own tale of being held at gunpoint, according to The New York Daily News.
"I have had a gun held on me when I was in a Popeyes," he said in a radio interview. "The guy comes in, put the gun in my ribs...And I just said, 'I believe that you want the guy behind the counter.'"
During an interview with Fox News, Carson said, "I would not just stand there and let him shoot me," referring to the mass shooting in Oregon. He was criticized by some for what was perceived as victim-shaming.
So far, journalists have been unable to verify Carson's gunpoint story, according to The Daily Beast. There are too few details about the incident to find the police report. In a more detailed version of the story, Carson explained that he was a resident at Johns Hopkins when he went to the Baltimore Popeyes. The incident is not described in three separate biographies of his life.
In a later interview with Fox News, Carson said he was "not judging" the victims of the shooting in any way, according to CNN.
