Restraining Orders Don’t Work: Ex-Boyfriend Hides Under Bed, Woman Shoots Him In Self-Defense

By James England

GOODLETTSVILLE, TENNESSEE — A woman returned home to discover an ex-boyfriend hiding under her bed. Undeterred by a restraining order against him and prior charges, the woman had little choice other than to use her self-defense handgun to protect herself.

Goodlettsville police confirm that the man gained access to the woman’s home just minutes after she left to visit a neighbor. When she returned, he waited in hiding. According to FOX 17, the woman used a handgun to shoot the man multiple times.

Police arrived and took him to a nearby medical facility to be treated for non-life threatening gunshot wounds.

“Good for her!” one neighbor said to News 2. “In this case, if he was trying to abuse her and she had a gun and she had a restraining order against him, then she has to protect herself.”

Aggravated Burglary, Stalking, Violating an Order of Protection and Theft are all charges being brought against the man after he gets out of the hospital.

Her relationship with 52-year-old Tony Joe Gunter ended last month when she discovered he had an extensive criminal history that he failed to disclose to her. When she told him to leave, he threatened to return …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation