56yr Old Woman shoots and kills intruder. Audio

[Jeffrey]

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.

[Sweet Pea]

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)

[Esther]

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.

The sad thing about wounding someone they come back and sue you and you lose! It is rediculous but the way it is.

I have not listened to the tape, but if he was drunk, then he could have been out of control. Folks on drugs and some are mean drunks you can't mess around with.

Taking a life I would think would be a tragic thing to deal with.

[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by Esther

The sad thing about wounding someone they come back and sue you and you lose! It is rediculous but the way it is.

I have not listened to the tape, but if he was drunk, then he could have been out of control. Folks on drugs and some are mean drunks you can't mess around with.

Taking a life I would think would be a tragic thing to deal with.

I'd much rather someone sue me than me deal with the pain of taking their life when I didn't have to.

Yes, he was drunk. From her perspective, he appeared belligerent, but as it turns out he was likely only frantic, and trying to get help. I've read a few other news stories on this.

I feel for the homeowner... she has to live with replaying all the things she could have done differently.