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Botetourt Co., VA - Panicked and shaken, a Botetourt County woman waits for help to arrive, just minutes before her husband shoots and kills an intruder. At 10:40 Friday night, dispatchers answered a call from Houston Mines Road.
Jody Hoover - "There is a strange man outside our home, and he's hollering."
Homeowner Jody Hoover didn't stay on the phone long.
Hoover - "I'm going to give you to my wife. I'm going to go get my gun."
Hoover loaded his 12-guage shot gun, as the intruder, Jerry Lee Jones Junior, got restless.
Jody Hoover's Wife - "Bang.. oh my God."
Dispatcher - "Ma'am what's wrong?"
Hoover's wife - "He's trying to break down the door!"
Jones also wasn't making much sense.
Dispatcher - "What's he doing now ma'am?"
Wheeler's Wife - "He's asking what day it is. He's talking something about Vietnam and 1969."
Then Jones' ramblings turned to anger.
Hoover's wife - "Oh my gosh, he's trying to get through the door! You have got to get someone here!"
Then to violence, as he picked up a chair from the back porch.
Hoover's wife - "He's got the chair in his hand! He's counting, oh my God, oh my God! He's getting ready to come in.”
Dispatcher - "Ma'am?"
Wife - "Yes!"
Dispatcher - "What happened?
Wife - "He tried to come in and my husband shot him. And he's still moving!"
Deputies were just around the corner.
Dispatcher - "I want you to tell your husband to put the gun down."
Hoover's wife - But what if he tries to come in and attack us!
Dispatcher - "M'am, if he shot him, he's not going to get up. Tell your husband to put the gun down please."
Authorities say Jones lived about two miles away from the Hoover's home. Their investigation revealed that a man named Joe Harper dropped him off there, after Jones became violent and tried to grab the steering wheel. As we've reported, the Sheriff's Office determined this was a justifiable homicide.