Stranger Asks Texas Deputy If He Can Stand Behind Her While She Pumps Gas. Deputy Asks ‘Why?’ Here’s the Answer She Gets.

It was a very early — and very rainy — Thursday morning when Tommi Jones Kelley pulled into a Texas gas station to fill her tank.

A Harris County deputy constable, Kelley was in uniform — and the vehicle she was operating was her patrol car.

Exactly the scenario her fellow officer Darren Goforth was in when he was shot to death late last month.

Soon enough Kelley couldn’t help noticing that a teenager she didn’t know was standing right behind her. Then he asked a question.

“Ma’am, do you mind if I stand here behind you while you get your gas?” Kelly recalled on her Facebook page.

She wasn’t exactly sure why the young man wanted to do that, so she inquired further: “And why?”

“To make sure you stay safe,” he replied.
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