Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
Dude, a 56yr woman awakened by a man banging on her door and then busting through. She is not thinking anything about reasoning, she is trying to survive.
It's a major tragedy, but I don't know that I would have done different. You never know how you will react in those situations
Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
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Originally Posted by mrnbcox
Dude, a 56yr woman awakened by a man banging on her door and then busting through. She is not thinking anything about reasoning, she is trying to survive.
It's a major tragedy, but I don't know that I would have done different. You never know how you will react in those situations
Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
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Originally Posted by mrnbcox
Dude, a 56yr woman awakened by a man banging on her door and then busting through. She is not thinking anything about reasoning, she is trying to survive.
It's a major tragedy, but I don't know that I would have done different. You never know how you will react in those situations
I'm not trying to fault her, I was just wondering what the pros and cons would have been for announcing to him that she was armed and on the phone with the police. Honestly she did not strike me as a frightened, rattled woman. She was remarkably level headed throughout. It was also not like she woke up and had a man standing over her and did not have time to react, think, or gain the upper hand. It may simply be different for me as a younger man and she as an older woman though.
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Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
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Originally Posted by tstew
I'm not trying to fault her, I was just wondering what the pros and cons would have been for announcing to him that she was armed and on the phone with the police. Honestly she did not strike me as a frightened, rattled woman. She was remarkably level headed throughout. It was also not like she woke up and had a man standing over her and did not have time to react, think, or gain the upper hand. It may simply be different for me as a younger man and she as an older woman though.
let me add the 911 operator advised her that she has a right to protect her property. When the lady said she's going to have to kill/shoot the guy operator responded with i understand. Heaing this may give a person the feeling it's what she has to do.
There's some other options I could think of being an arm chair QB at this point, but lady was within her right to shoot the guy.
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Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
let me add the 911 operator advised her that she has a right to protect her property. When the lady said she's going to have to kill/shoot the guy operator responded with i understand. Heaing this may give a person the feeling it's what she has to do.
There's some other options I could think of being an arm chair QB at this point, but lady was within her right to shoot the guy.
Absolutely. Until it happens to you, you really don't know what you will do--you can only hope that you'll react in the best way possible.
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Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Absolutely. Until it happens to you, you really don't know what you will do--you can only hope that you'll react in the best way possible.
Agreed!
However, there IS something about hearing the pump of a shotgun that would deter most sane and/or sober people when breaking and entering ...... It appears that this man was not sober and who know if he was sane....
This is a heartbreaking incident - I pray that the lady is able to deal with the certain aftermath and mental anguish that will haunt her. She seemed so "together" in the beginning, but was really distraught at what happened. May the Prince of Peace touch her mind and heart!
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Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
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Originally Posted by Sweet Pea
Agreed!
However, there IS something about hearing the pump of a shotgun that would deter most sane and/or sober people when breaking and entering ...... It appears that this man was not sober and who know if he was sane....
This is a heartbreaking incident - I pray that the lady is able to deal with the certain aftermath and mental anguish that will haunt her. She seemed so "together" in the beginning, but was really distraught at what happened. May the Prince of Peace touch her mind and heart!
Yes, her emotions afterward were heartbreaking. "Father, forgive me... forgive me, Father..."
Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
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Originally Posted by mrnbcox
Dude, a 56yr woman awakened by a man banging on her door and then busting through. She is not thinking anything about reasoning, she is trying to survive.
It's a major tragedy, but I don't know that I would have done different. You never know how you will react in those situations
She was quite calm before he actually broke in -- and considering, it took him about 5-10 minutes of pounding on the door and yelling a name she didn't recognize.
I understand she was probably petrified. But she knew what was about to go down. The woman on the phone could have helped a bit more.
"I'm going to have to kill him if he comes in."
"I understand..."
Depending on her experience with guns, she could have shot his legs, fired a warning shot, caulked the gun... a number of things. She could evidently see the guy since he walked all around her wrap-around porch. She suspected him of being drunk even.
All hindsight. But all these facts make the story more tragic.
Re: 56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audi
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Originally Posted by Jeffrey
She was quite calm before he actually broke in -- and considering, it took him about 5-10 minutes of pounding on the door and yelling a name she didn't recognize.
I understand she was probably petrified. But she knew what was about to go down. The woman on the phone could have helped a bit more.
"I'm going to have to kill him if he comes in."
"I understand..."
Depending on her experience with guns, she could have shot his legs, fired a warning shot, caulked the gun... a number of things. She could evidently see the guy since he walked all around her wrap-around porch. She suspected him of being drunk even.
All hindsight. But all these facts make the story more tragic.
She obviously was familiar enough with the shotgun to know that if she was forced to shoot - there wasn't going to be much chance of his survival (if at very close range)
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