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We were all discussing a week ago the guy that shot the Texas Musician through the door as he was trying to break in during the wee hours of the morning.
There was obviously a lot of Monday Morning Quarterbacking about what he should or should not have done. Whether or not he should have waited till the door actually broke, etc...
I thought this was an interesting story talking about another guy that shot through his door at a pair of criminals. It says he wasn't charged with anything and might give us all another perspective on what we would do in a similiar situation. Enjoy.
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_091907_salem_drunk_man_shot_through_door_.ece33464.html
There was obviously a lot of Monday Morning Quarterbacking about what he should or should not have done. Whether or not he should have waited till the door actually broke, etc...
I thought this was an interesting story talking about another guy that shot through his door at a pair of criminals. It says he wasn't charged with anything and might give us all another perspective on what we would do in a similiar situation. Enjoy.
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_091907_salem_drunk_man_shot_through_door_.ece33464.html
Man speaks about defending family from violent attempted intruder
05:07 PM PDT on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
By ANTONIA GIEDWOYN, kgw.com Staff
SALEM – Fearing for his family’s safety, a Salem man shot a drunken stranger who was trying to kick in an apartment door while mumbling to be let in, police and witnesses said Wednesday.
Yev Gerasimenko, his wife and their four-day-old baby were sleeping Monday night when two men pounded on their door, asking for someone they don't know.
Gerasimenko told them they had the wrong home. Later, one man came back and started kicking the door and trying to break the doorknob, so the family called police, officers said.
Gerasimenko said he repeatedly warned the man he had a gun. When he heard a second person breaking in, he fired two warning shots low in the front door.
"That's when I decided I would use my gun, fire a warning shot. So I stepped back from the door and fired two shots, and I was pointing down so it would not hit any neighbors or anything," he said.
Raw: Father describes frightening attempted home invasion Then Gerasimenko held the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived. The second man apparently got away.
Christopher Cruz, 35, was hit by one of two shots through the door and suffered a wound to his thigh, said Salem Police Lt. John Hoffmeister.
Witnesses told KGW Cruz was “dropkicking” the door to break into the apartment. Officers arrived just before midnight.
Cruz was arrested and charged with attempted burglary and a probation violation related to a drunk driving conviction, police said. He was hospitalized with a blood alcohol level about three times the legal limit.
Gerasimenko does not face any charges.
The incident occurred about 11:45 p.m. Monday in West Salem at the Deer Creek Crossing Apartments in the 1500 block of Wallace Road NW.
The family has moved.