Landlord Won’t Face Charges After Shooting Woman’s Boyfriend, One Lesson Learned About Keeping Your Gun Close

By Brandon Curtis

FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — Domestic disputes can turn ugly in a hurry, but it seems to be a good thing that in this particular case, the one being abused went to someone else’s house to talk about it.

She was followed, however, by the abuser, and that added another person into the mix.

“A lady and her boyfriend that rent a trailer that I own in Hope Mills, she said they had a fight and she stopped by here to talk about it,” landlord Darrell Ellison said.

The boyfriend was in hot pursuit and determined to finish what was started. It wasn’t looking good, and it turned into a nightmarish ordeal for everyone involved.

“I had (the door) locked, and he kicked the lock out,” Ellison said. “He came in the house, grabbed a hold of her and started dragging her through the kitchen, knocking all of my stuff over.”

Ellison told reporters that he usually has his firearm close at hand but in this moment, his firearm was inside his truck. Knowing that this woman’s life was in danger, the 74-year-old quickly went to his truck to retrieve his firearm.

He went back into the house to find the boyfriend continuing his …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation