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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ The Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office is investigating whether charges should be filed against a 56-year-old cancer patient who shot a suspected burglar in the back of the head during a car chase, authorities said.
The shooting victim, Quincy Jay Roberts, 35, was one of two people suspected of robbing an Oklahoma City home about 2 p.m. Thursday, said Sgt. Mike Klika, spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Roberts was flown to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center for treatment. Klika said his injuries were not believed life-threatening.
Roberts and Yvonne Redfeather, 38, were arrested on complaints of burglary and receiving and concealing stolen property.
The shooter, Pete Beller, was not arrested.
Beller routinely carries a handgun and has a concealed-carry permit, said his wife, Sharon Beller. He was unarmed Thursday but shot the suspect with a gun borrowed from his son, 33-year-old James Beller, who also is licensed to carry a concealed weapon.
Sharon Beller said her husband is a Tinker Air Force Base employee who learned on Tuesday he has prostate cancer.
Father and son pulled up to James Beller's home and saw a man and a woman loading his property into their car, she said.
``My husband and son blocked them in with my son's pickup,'' Sharon Beller said. ``They were trying to keep them there, but they (the suspects) rammed my son's truck and got through.''
During the ensuing chase, she said, Pete Beller shouted at the suspects to stop. As his son drove, Pete Beller aimed out the window and shot out the tire on the rear passenger side of the car.
``Then he shot out the back window,'' she said, ``and when he did, it hit the driver in the back of the head.''
The vehicle slammed to a halt, she said, and the driver _ although wounded _ emerged and began ``fighting and kicking,'' saying he burglarized the house because he needed money ``to pay a guy.''
Sharon Beller said her husband and son were defending their property.
``They've been through a self-defense class,'' she said, ``and they know that firing a gun is the last resort.''
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ The Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office is investigating whether charges should be filed against a 56-year-old cancer patient who shot a suspected burglar in the back of the head during a car chase, authorities said.
The shooting victim, Quincy Jay Roberts, 35, was one of two people suspected of robbing an Oklahoma City home about 2 p.m. Thursday, said Sgt. Mike Klika, spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Roberts was flown to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center for treatment. Klika said his injuries were not believed life-threatening.
Roberts and Yvonne Redfeather, 38, were arrested on complaints of burglary and receiving and concealing stolen property.
The shooter, Pete Beller, was not arrested.
Beller routinely carries a handgun and has a concealed-carry permit, said his wife, Sharon Beller. He was unarmed Thursday but shot the suspect with a gun borrowed from his son, 33-year-old James Beller, who also is licensed to carry a concealed weapon.
Sharon Beller said her husband is a Tinker Air Force Base employee who learned on Tuesday he has prostate cancer.
Father and son pulled up to James Beller's home and saw a man and a woman loading his property into their car, she said.
``My husband and son blocked them in with my son's pickup,'' Sharon Beller said. ``They were trying to keep them there, but they (the suspects) rammed my son's truck and got through.''
During the ensuing chase, she said, Pete Beller shouted at the suspects to stop. As his son drove, Pete Beller aimed out the window and shot out the tire on the rear passenger side of the car.
``Then he shot out the back window,'' she said, ``and when he did, it hit the driver in the back of the head.''
The vehicle slammed to a halt, she said, and the driver _ although wounded _ emerged and began ``fighting and kicking,'' saying he burglarized the house because he needed money ``to pay a guy.''
Sharon Beller said her husband and son were defending their property.
``They've been through a self-defense class,'' she said, ``and they know that firing a gun is the last resort.''
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) how many people would be supporting the shooter?
For all I know, these guys handled themselves better than most cops. At a minimum they shot about as well. So what if it wasn't quite legally self defense! Maybe we need to think on that a minute. Looks to me that they were trying to stop a felon, having witnessed his crime. Good enough!
