Hummer70
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I had totally forgot this till a few moments ago but this is a true story of a shotgun home defense situation well handled by a friend's son.
Location: Vicinity of Rock Hill, SC, circa 1975???
My friend and his wife were out on a Thursday evening playing bingo which they did 52 weeks a year. They saw two individuals walk in bingo hall (who were known by my friends) and they stood there at front entry way looking over the crowd like they were looking for someone and left.
The went right to my friend's home and commenced to prying open the back door with wrecking bar. The back door entered the kitchen/dining area and directly across the room from the back door was a walk through opening going into a den where their TV was. The lights were on in kitchen/dining area and the den was dark where son was laying on couch watching TV. The light from the TV screen could not be seen from back door as TV was in a compartment in a wall bookcase.
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Their son had heard a car come up and thought it was his folks coming home but then the noise from the back door got his attention and he looked from the dark room and saw what was happening.
Over the den door was a 12 Ga pump with bird shot in it so he got it down, eased one in the chamber and waited. When the door was forced open the two proceeded to walk in behind each other and he pointed the 12 gage at first one and as the Brit's would say, "Gave him the good news!"
The guy behind him left. Police arrived and noted a bloody shreaded pack of cigarettes on floor behind the body. Examination of the body indicated entry wound was through shirt pocket over heart area where more of the cigarette package was found. In short it blew his cigarettes completely through him.
Parents arrived home to find blue/red lights going and told police who they had just seen with shootee and they went and arrested him. When he got to court his story was they had been invited to supper and were shot when they got there. Jury was out about five minutes and found second intruder guilty of B&E and murder. Under SC law if you are with somebody doing something wrong and anyone gets hurt/killed you are charged as accessory.
Knowing the house I estimate from the length of the shotgun from the muzzle to the point the shootee took the blast was about five feet.
Location: Vicinity of Rock Hill, SC, circa 1975???
My friend and his wife were out on a Thursday evening playing bingo which they did 52 weeks a year. They saw two individuals walk in bingo hall (who were known by my friends) and they stood there at front entry way looking over the crowd like they were looking for someone and left.
The went right to my friend's home and commenced to prying open the back door with wrecking bar. The back door entered the kitchen/dining area and directly across the room from the back door was a walk through opening going into a den where their TV was. The lights were on in kitchen/dining area and the den was dark where son was laying on couch watching TV. The light from the TV screen could not be seen from back door as TV was in a compartment in a wall bookcase.
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Their son had heard a car come up and thought it was his folks coming home but then the noise from the back door got his attention and he looked from the dark room and saw what was happening.
Over the den door was a 12 Ga pump with bird shot in it so he got it down, eased one in the chamber and waited. When the door was forced open the two proceeded to walk in behind each other and he pointed the 12 gage at first one and as the Brit's would say, "Gave him the good news!"
The guy behind him left. Police arrived and noted a bloody shreaded pack of cigarettes on floor behind the body. Examination of the body indicated entry wound was through shirt pocket over heart area where more of the cigarette package was found. In short it blew his cigarettes completely through him.
Parents arrived home to find blue/red lights going and told police who they had just seen with shootee and they went and arrested him. When he got to court his story was they had been invited to supper and were shot when they got there. Jury was out about five minutes and found second intruder guilty of B&E and murder. Under SC law if you are with somebody doing something wrong and anyone gets hurt/killed you are charged as accessory.
Knowing the house I estimate from the length of the shotgun from the muzzle to the point the shootee took the blast was about five feet.
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