Froggy
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On 2 January, an armed citizen brought an end to a home invasion and may have ended a string of them.
At about 10:45pm on 27 December, armed men broke into a home (via a rear entrance) and robbed the residents before fleeing. No shots fired; no one injured.
At about 8:00am on 2 January, three armed men broke into a home two doors down from the home robbed on 27 December. Again, they came in via a rear entrance and had descriptions matching those involved in the 27 December incident. This time shots were fired before the armed men fled in a vehicle that had been reported stolen on 1 January. In addition to the three invaders, there were one or more persons waiting in the vehicle parked on the street outside the house. No injuries reported.
At about 10:40pm on 2 January, 6 men (at least some of them armed) broke into a home via the rear entrance and put three residents on the floor (a 9 year old boy and two adults). The 23-year old son of the adults had just gone to bed but was awakened by the shouting in the other room. He locked the door to his bedroom then grabbed and loaded a shotgun. He saw the door knob turn as someone attempted to enter the room. When the locked door was kicked in, he fired a round of "buckshot" (not further described) wounding the man who then retreated. When a second man appeared in the doorway, the 23-year old son fired again, killing the invader with a shot to the chest. The young man does not remember being shot at during the encounter, but says he later found bullet holes in the walls inside his room.
The remaining four invaders grabbed their wounded comrade and fled the scene. They stopped at a house about a mile away and called 911 for medical assistance. When police arrived, they arrested two of the four uninjured men found at the residence. Investigators are looking into the possibility the three home invasions are connected.
- Quick thinking and decisive action on the part of the 23-year old made the difference. Having the shotgun in his room, away from the unfolding events in the main room of the house, was also a factor.
- a sidearm on the adults in the main room may or may not have been useful. With 6 armed men confronting you, your wife, and a 9-year old nephew would you start a fire fight?
- in all three instances, the invaders made their way in via a rear entrance. Only one account says they forced their way in. The info may be omitted from the other accounts, or it could be the rear doors were not secured.
- the last event was in a mobilehome with no fence dividing front yard from rear yard (there was a waist high chain link fence all the way around the property). The other two events took place in typical, closely spaced homes in a residental neighborhood with typical unfenced front yards and high fenced back yards. No description of locked or unlocked gates included in the accounts.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/37439.php
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5888378&nav=HMO6HMaW
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=5889342
At about 10:45pm on 27 December, armed men broke into a home (via a rear entrance) and robbed the residents before fleeing. No shots fired; no one injured.
At about 8:00am on 2 January, three armed men broke into a home two doors down from the home robbed on 27 December. Again, they came in via a rear entrance and had descriptions matching those involved in the 27 December incident. This time shots were fired before the armed men fled in a vehicle that had been reported stolen on 1 January. In addition to the three invaders, there were one or more persons waiting in the vehicle parked on the street outside the house. No injuries reported.
At about 10:40pm on 2 January, 6 men (at least some of them armed) broke into a home via the rear entrance and put three residents on the floor (a 9 year old boy and two adults). The 23-year old son of the adults had just gone to bed but was awakened by the shouting in the other room. He locked the door to his bedroom then grabbed and loaded a shotgun. He saw the door knob turn as someone attempted to enter the room. When the locked door was kicked in, he fired a round of "buckshot" (not further described) wounding the man who then retreated. When a second man appeared in the doorway, the 23-year old son fired again, killing the invader with a shot to the chest. The young man does not remember being shot at during the encounter, but says he later found bullet holes in the walls inside his room.
The remaining four invaders grabbed their wounded comrade and fled the scene. They stopped at a house about a mile away and called 911 for medical assistance. When police arrived, they arrested two of the four uninjured men found at the residence. Investigators are looking into the possibility the three home invasions are connected.
- Quick thinking and decisive action on the part of the 23-year old made the difference. Having the shotgun in his room, away from the unfolding events in the main room of the house, was also a factor.
- a sidearm on the adults in the main room may or may not have been useful. With 6 armed men confronting you, your wife, and a 9-year old nephew would you start a fire fight?
- in all three instances, the invaders made their way in via a rear entrance. Only one account says they forced their way in. The info may be omitted from the other accounts, or it could be the rear doors were not secured.
- the last event was in a mobilehome with no fence dividing front yard from rear yard (there was a waist high chain link fence all the way around the property). The other two events took place in typical, closely spaced homes in a residental neighborhood with typical unfenced front yards and high fenced back yards. No description of locked or unlocked gates included in the accounts.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/37439.php
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5888378&nav=HMO6HMaW
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=5889342
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but it's there if I need it...just like a Leatherman or my keys.
