Posted December 21, 2016 10:47 am by Comments

By Bob Owens

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A daycare owner who carried her gun for 25 years—apparently without learning how to use it in a self-defense context—shot twice at a purse snatcher in Philadelphia Monday evening, missing him entirely and striking a store security guard instead.

An armed woman opened fire at a robber who was attacking her but accidentally struck a security guard nearby, according to investigators.

The incident occurred at the Save-a-Lot store on the 5800 block of Pulaski Avenue around 6 a.m. Monday. A 51-year-old woman told police she was trying to walk inside the store but a man, later identified as Brian Prater, 45, was blocking the entrance. The woman said she then called store security and dialed 911 for help. After what the woman described as “several verbal encounters,” Prater charged at her with a large stick and tried to strike her, police said. He also allegedly threw hot coffee on her.

The woman, who happened to be armed, pulled out her revolver and fired two shots at Prater, according to officials. Police say the first shot ricocheted off the ground and struck a 24-year-old security guard who was nearby in his right shin. Prater then fled the scene with the …Read the Rest

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