Homeowner Returned Fire After Two Thugs Broke In And Shot Him — And It Likely Saved His Life

By James England

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — Two home invasion suspects are in custody after violently breaking into a man’s home and shooting him. He was able to return fire and injure both of them. One is still in the hospital and the other has been released from the hospital and is currently in jail awaiting trial.

According to ABC News 11, Kenneth Atwater and Saquawn Williams, both 24 years of age, have been charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, felony breaking and entering and felony conspiracy. Atwater is already in jail and Williams will join him after he gets out of the hospital.

If that homeowner had not been able to access a gun and return fire, he likely would have been dead. That is no exaggeration. He was shot in the opening volley but is ability to fight back and neutralize the threat is likely the only reason this story didn’t turn much more tragic.

This is a nightmare scenario when it comes to a home invasion. In most of the home invasion stories we cover, the burglars don’t always go straight to trying to murder the homeowner in cold blood. …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation