Woman Breaks Every Common-Sense Self-Defense Rule, Goes to Jail

By Bob Owens

Amy Brewer of Kill Devil Hills (NC) “heard suspicious noises” under her Outer Banks beach house yesterday and then proceeded to do just about everything you could do wrong.

A person was shot in Kill Devil Hills on Monday, according to police.

The incident that happened on Mitchell Court around 4 p.m.

Mitchell Court is one of several small residential courts off 5th Street in Kill Devil Hills.

Police say a resident of Mitchell Court, Amy Brewer, heard suspicious noises coming from under her house. She armed herself with a .38 revolver and went outside to investigate.

Brewer saw two males fleeing into a neighbor’s yard so she shot at the males twice, striking one in the left leg.

Brewer called 911 and was cooperative with the investigation.

Instead of calling Kill Devil Hills Police (mistake #1) who are used to dealing with prowlers and burglars during the beach community’s off-season, the 55-year-old Brewer grabbed her .38 Special revolver and left the relative safety of her elevated home (mistake #2) and wandered out of her home without a clue of who was outside, how many were outside, or what their intentions were.

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Source:: Bearing Arms