Following the footsteps of Jesus Christ who died on the cross for our salvation, the 37-year-old Arab Christian man killed by a supposed Muslim hater reportedly saved the lives of at least two people, including his mother, before he was shot dead.
Haifa Jabara, the mother of slain Christian Khalid Jabara, shared how her son even managed to call her up after being shot to warn her to stay away from their house. The suspect, a 61-year-old white man named Stanley Vernon Majors, attacked Jabara right in front of their house in Oklahoma.
"He called me and said, 'Mom, stay where you are — this guy we learned has a gun. Please stay away!'" Haifa Jabara said, as quoted by Fox News.
"He saved my life. Because if I came, definitely he would shoot me because he tried to kill me," she added, recalling an incident in September last year when Majors allegedly attempted to run her over with a car.
The victim's mother also narrated how she heard over the phone a portion of the altercation when the gunman was already threatening her son.
"I heard, 'I told you it's coming!' Like, I'm going to shoot you," she recalled.
Majors had harassed the Jabara family in the past before fatally shooting Khalid. Members of the Orthodox Christian family have been earlier called offensive names by the gunman such as "dirty Arabs," "filthy Lebanese," "Aye-rabs" and "Mooslems" despite the fact that they are not Muslims.
Khalid's first cousin, Tania Jabara, was also among those saved by the Arab Christian before he succumbed to the gunshot wounds inflicted on him by Majors. She recalled how Khalid asked her to flee and protect her life instead of risking being the next target of the gunman.
"He told her, 'Go away, go away! He has a gun! He has a gun!'" Tania said. "And he was already shot and then Majors was hiding behind Khalid and he came like this (motioning to show a gun being pointed at the woman)."
