Son of Woman Who Shot Home Intruder Says he Got What he Deserved

By Jenn Jacques

After his 80-year-old mother shot and killed a violent home intruder after he stabbed her husband Thursday night, this son wants everyone to know they’d better think twice about preying on the elderly. He also said he’s proud of his mom and doubts there will be any more intruders.

“They’ll come in, look at her and run the other way,” said the 45-year-old, who asked not to be named out of concern for his family’s privacy after they were victims of the home intrusion.

The son, who had gone to sleep early, said law-enforcement officers told him and his mother that the 25-year-old man who broke into their home was from Gold Bar and was known to them.

He said the man had been rifling around in his stepfather’s truck and had filled it with lawn tools he apparently intended to steal.

It appears the man was unable to hot-wire the truck, so he smashed the back kitchen window with a crow bar and forced his way through the back door, the son said.

“Then he stabbed my stepdad with a big knife, six inches long and two inches wide, ’cause he wanted the car keys,” he said. “My mom hears what’s …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms