At 3 a.m. on March 13 cab driver Patrick Foster was summoned by a passenger in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan home of Great Lake Naval Training Center. As they drove to Zion, Darreyl Garner tried to rob Foster.

Garner ended up shooting Foster five times -- three times in the neck, once in the jaw, and once in the back. Another shot went through the windshield.

That left Garner out of bullets. Despite his wounds, Foster jumped into the back seat and beat Garner unconscious with his thermos. Then he called 911 and his wife.

When police arrived, they found Foster pinning the creep down so he could be arrested. He'd only been on the job two months after being laid off as a truck driver. Ironically the shooter said he was depressed about losing his job so he turned to crime.

After spending two months in the hospital, Foster succumbed to his injuries and passed away May 25, 2010. Garner is now charged with murder and held without bail.