Recent incidents of home owners defending lives with guns

[LiveLife]

November 9, 2012 - http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/11/09/mercer-co-homeowner-shoots-would-be-burglar/

Pete Delli Bovi ... was resting when he heard a noise he said he’ll never forget. “I was watching TV. I closed my eyes a little bit and I heard this big boom. Like, it was so loud. That’s when this guy kicked my door in the back” ... Someone tried to break in through the back door.

Just last year, someone else broke into his garage.

Delli bovi said he got his gun permit and ... used a revolver that ... saved his life. According to police, he shot the intruder –18-year-old Markees Hughes – in the groin.

Delli Bovi is just happy no one else was home. “My grandson, he watches TV in the kitchen ... you know? Nobody expects that in the daylight. Nobody,” Delli Bovi said.

Police said since Delli Bovi acted out of self-defense, he will not be charged.

 

[JellyJar]

Well there are certainly a lot of stories over just a few days!

No doubt there are lots of incidences that occur every day where no shots are fired and no one is injured so there are no police reports or news stories to document the incidence.

Long ago when I lived in Houston TX I remember reading in the old Houston Post newspaper a story where a home owner was awaken at 0 dark 30 one morning by what he thought was someone trying to break into his house through a window. He fired at the sound but when he looked afterwards he did not see anyone. He thought he had made a mistake to he did not call the police.

That morning when he went out to go to work he found the dead body of a woman, wearing a stocking mask and armed with a handgun, lying in shallow ditch between his house and his neighbor's. He had been right after all!.

I have no doubt that the number of times people frighten off criminals without firing a shot is many many more times than when the actually pull the trigger.

 

[OptimusPrime]

Please check post #38, am I confused or is that a poor example?

 

[NickEllis]

January 6, 2012 - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/06/georgia-mom-home-alone-with-kids-shoots-ex-con-intruder/

Georgia mom home alone with kids shoots ex-con intruder

By that time, according to the paper, the intruder had used a crowbar to forcibly enter the home, and made his way to the home office.

“He opens the closet door and finds himself staring down the barrel of a .38 revolver,” Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The woman fired six bullets, five of which hit Paul Ali Slater in the face and neck area, Chapman said. But Slater, who has arrests dating to 2008 and was released from jail in August, was still conscious.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/0...th-kids-shoots-ex-con-intruder/#ixzz2HE5PGpXo

 

[LiveLife]

November 7, 2012 - http://fox40.com/2012/11/07/man-shoots-and-kills-robber-in-his-home/

Man Shoots and Kills Robber in His Home

A man sprung into action when burglars broke into his Fair Oaks home early Wednesday morning, killing one of them.

The man in his 60′s first shot one suspect, who made his way to a hospital and was later arrested. The man also shot a second suspect in his 30′s, who he found in the doorway of a bedroom. That person died in the home.

 

[LiveLife]

September 24, 2012 - http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/homeowner-says-he-shot-robber-his-own-gun/nSKMf/

he and his roommate were returning home from work when they were approached by two men on their front porch, one of whom had a gun.

"The guy sprang from the ground, over my rail, and was like open your door, open your house door,” he said. “I said, ‘This is it. This is it for me. God just make sure you watch after my mom and my sisters for me.’”

The resident said his roommate ran, leaving him alone with the men. “I was like, ‘Man, there's no need to go in my house. I've got enough money in my pocket,’” he said. In an attempt to get the money from the homeowner's pants, the robber placed his gun on the ground.

The homeowner said, “I swear, from that moment God said, ‘It's not your time. Here's the gun.’ We kind of tussled for it, and he leaned forward and I pulled the trigger." The man said he shot the man at least twice, including once in the head ... Just as quickly as the whole thing happened, the resident says, it was over

 

[LiveLife]

December 16, 2012 - http://www.wral.com/intruder-killed-in-henderson-home-invasion/11885004/

a home invasion ... Deyon Durham, 24 ... was found shot to death ... The initial investigation suggests that Durham was breaking and entering at the home when the homeowner ... shot him.

Durham had convictions, starting in 2005, for indecent liberties with a minor, sexual battery, breaking and entering vehicles, larceny and failure to register as a sex offender, according to state Division of Adult Correction records.

 

[LiveLife]

Update - January 2, 2013 - http://www.exit133.com/7308/charges-filed-against-burglar-shot-by-homeowner

Prosecutor ... charged Christopher Rhodes, 20, with Residential Burglary for the June 19, 2012, home invasion burglary of a Tacoma area residence.

The homeowner shot the defendant as he entered the home through a broken window.

“The defendant was caught in the act and lawfully shot,” said Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. “Now, he’s going to be held accountable for the burglary. This case is another reminder that breaking into people’s homes can land you in the hospital or prison, if you aren’t killed.”

On June 19, the victim was home alone when he heard knocking at his back door ... the victim heard noises from the defendant prying open a window. The victim armed himself with a shotgun and called 911. The defendant smashed a bay window with an unknown object and was entering the home when the victim fired one shot. The defendant ran to a neighboring home and ... collapsed.

At the time of the alleged burglary, the defendant was in possession of a cell phone with an application that allowed him to monitor police radio broadcasts. One of the witnesses heard dispatch communications coming from the phone.

An inspection of the victim’s home revealed a spent shell casing on the floor near the broken bay window and holes in the curtain covering the window, consistent with a shotgun blast fired from inside the home. The victim told police that the defendant’s torso was inside his house when he fired the shot.

 

[LiveLife]

January 2, 2013 - http://www.kfdi.com/news/local/185431262.html

a homeowner wounded a person breaking into a house and held another suspect at gunpoint until police arrived.

The incident happened Wednesday morning at a home ... the homeowner fired one shot at the suspect ... the second suspect was held at gunpoint until deputies arrived.

The residents of the home were not hurt.

 

[LiveLife]

January 25, 2012 - http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012...wner-was-in-court-that-day-in-unrelated-case/

a burglar who was shot and killed ... had been in court earlier in the day on theft and burglary charges in an unrelated case.

Ross Thomas Wells Mortensen, 26 ... the burglar who sneaked through a window into a ... home ... The homeowner shot the burglar while he was inside the house, and he was found dead in the backyard.

Mortensen was in court earlier that day on charges of petty theft and possession of burglary tools from an Oct. 18 case. Before he was shot and killed, he pleaded not guilty to the charges in that case ... Mortensen was also facing felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and was scheduled to appear in court.

Neighbors ... say this resident has been the target of thieves in the past and may have purchased a gun after a previous robbery attempt.

the homeowner, who lives with his wife and small dog, was awakened by noises Monday night. He went downstairs to investigate and confronted Mortensen inside the home. The homeowner shot Mortensen more than once.

The resident has not been taken into custody, and will likely not face any charges.

 

[LiveLife]

The recent Georgia incident where a mother defended her life and her children's lives against an intruder in her home was the catalyst for this thread that gun ownership has a fundamental purpose in self defense and protection of lives - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=8624766#post8624766

Mom who shot intruder inspires gun control foes - http://news.yahoo.com/mom-shot-intruder-inspires-gun-control-foes-003753089.html

A Georgia mother who shot an intruder at her home has become a small part of the roaring gun control debate, with some firearms enthusiasts touting her as a textbook example of responsible gun ownership.

Melinda Herman grabbed a handgun and hid in a crawl space with her two children when a man broke in last week and approached the family at their home northeast of Atlanta, police said. Herman called her husband on the phone, and with him reminding her of the lessons she recently learned at a shooting range, Herman opened fire, seriously wounding the burglary suspect.

The National Rifle Association tweeted a link to a news story about the shooting, and support poured in from others online, hailing Herman as a hero. The local sheriff said he was proud of the way she handled the situation.

"This lady decided that she wasn't going to be a victim, and I think everyone else looks at this and hopes they have the courage to do what she done," Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman said Wednesday.

Herman ... saw a man walk up to the front door ... rang the doorbell twice and then over and over again ... Herman took her 9-year-old son and daughter into an upstairs bedroom and locked the door. They went into bathroom and she locked that door, too. She got her handgun from a safe, the report said, and hid with her children. At some point, she called her husband, who kept her on the line and called 911 on another line.

In a 10-minute 911 recording released by the Walton County Sheriff's Office, Donnie Herman calmly explained what was happening to a dispatcher ...

"Is he in the house, Melinda? Are you sure? How do you know? You can hear him in the house?" Donnie Herman said.

His wife told him the intruder was coming closer.

"He's in the bedroom? Shh, shh, relax. Just remember everything that I showed you, everything that I taught you, all right?" Donnie Herman told his wife, explaining later to the dispatcher that he had recently taken her to a gun range.

Melinda Herman told police she started shooting the man when he opened the door to the crawl space.

 

[LiveLife]

January 10, 2013 - http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/20557475/dekalb-county-homeowner-shoots-burglar

A Decatur man fired his shotgun and hit a burglar who had broken into his home Thursday afternoon. It is the latest incident of homeowners protecting themselves from criminals.

"I come into the gate ... he was coming out the window with a shotgun in his hand," said George McRae ... The suspect found the shotgun that belonged to McRae inside the home after he had broken in. "I had my pistol in my pocket and I said, 'Put that gun down,'" McRae said. The suspect ducked back into the house so McRae went in, confronted him and told him to put down the shotgun. The burglar complied. McRae picked up the shotgun and called 911.

"I said, 'The police are going to get you. You're going to tell your story to the police,'" said McRae. "That's when he charged me ... McRae fired off one round and struck the burglar in the chest.

 

[LiveLife]

January 10, 2013 - http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Resident-Shoots-Kills-Intruder-186295092.html

Police say the intruder tried to break into the third floor apartment ... armed with a handgun.

the 36-year-old man ... was shot and killed by the homeowner on the spot during the home invasion. The intruder had several gunshot wounds to his upper body.

Police say the intruder had an accomplice who got away when gunshots rang out.

Under Texas law, the Castle Doctrine typically sides with the homeowner. The law states that a person’s home is their castle and has the right to defend themselves from criminal intruders.

Lawmakers say it presumes that use of force is reasonable and necessary when someone is illegally entering or trying to get into an occupied home, car, or workplace to commit a crime.

 

[gym]

Obviouslly that's one major reason we have guns. There are 3-5shootings in Palm Beach every day on my local news.
This is the new normal, and won't improve in this economy and the social climate. Everything from money to illegals, to early release, and mental illness has to be addressed befor you see the crime rate start to fall.
Guns have very little to do with anything, these people would use anything or nothing to get your stuff.

 

[LiveLife]

January 11, 2013 - http://www.contracostatimes.com/bre...d-organizing-deadly-burglary-attempt-released

Police said Taijeron plotted ... to stage the home-invasion robbery in an effort to intimidate her estranged husband ... Instead, her husband confronted the burglars with a gun he owned, wrestled with one man, and fatally stabbed him. Robert Earl Lindsey, 54, who had a lengthy criminal history and was an uncle to two of the suspects, died at the scene.

The bungled burglary took place Tuesday morning ... As they attempted to enter the apartment, Taijeron's husband retrieved a gun he owned from a back room. He confronted the burglars and physically fought with Lindsey, dropping his gun before he grabbed a knife and stabbed Lindsey in the back, killing him.

Taijeron's husband, who had recently learned of his wife's infidelity, did not know of the plot, killed Lindsey in self-defense and was not arrested. Pittsburg police Lt. Ron Raman said ... the state's provocative acts doctrine, which holds that anyone involved in the commission of a felony can be charged with murder if that felony results in a death.

 

[LiveLife]

January 11, 2013 - http://www.whatsnewlaporte.com/2013/01/12/mc-homeowner-shoots-two-intruders/?cat=23

homeowner shoots two intruders - resident ... shot two men who broke into his home.

At about 8 p.m., LaPorte County 911 received a call from the homeowner, who ... said the home was being burglarized ... When police arrived, they found the homeowner holding one suspect at gunpoint in the home. He said the other man had fled on foot.

A short time later ... the suspect who had fled was in a home ... Police surrounded the home and ... the wounded suspect was found hiding in a closet in the home.

 

[LiveLife]

January 15, 2013 - http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dncrime/Cops-Homeowner-shoots-kills-burglar-in-Powelton.html

A homeowner ... shot a man who broke into his house to death ... police said the man was upstairs in his home ... around 9 p.m. when he heard the burglar break into the house through his kitchen door.

The burglar made it to the living room, with a spade shovel in hand, and started up the stairs to the second floor when police say the 37-year-old homeowner shot him three times in the chest. The burglar was pronounced dead at the scene

 

[LiveLife]

January 15, 2013 - http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/l...ner-shoots-intruder-1-at-large/#ixzz2I9ATmqwl

Police said two men broke into a home and the homeowner shot and killed one of them. Investigators said a home invasion led to the shooting ... 19-year-old male homeowner shot and killed the 22-year-old intruder.

Some who live in the neighborhood call it a nice area. However, bad things can happen anywhere. "I'm one that's been around for awhile, and I know things are gonna happen, and it will get worse. It only gets worse.

 

[LiveLife]

January 18, 2013 - http://www.news9.com/story/20628431/police-homeowner-companion-shoot-intruders-in-se-okc

a woman homeowner and a companion opened fire on several suspects during a home invasion around 8 p.m. ... it started at a house ... when five intruders broke into the woman's home. The woman shot one of the suspects, and police say her male companion grabbed her gun and shot a second suspect.

Police say all five suspects then got into an SUV and drove three miles south to a home ... 911 call brought police to that second crime scene ... two suspects shot is in critical condition ... three other suspects are in police custody

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[LiveLife]

January 18, 2013 - http://kgnb.am/news/breaking-ccso-investigating-shooting-death-man-near-canyon-lake

... around 4am ... two 911 calls ... first call was from a resident who reported what they thought was a burglary in progress and while on the phone with 911 the caller said they could hear gunshots in the area ... second 911 call came in, this time from a man who told dispatchers that he had just shot another man who had come onto his property.

Deputies arrived ... and they found a 35-year old white male lying unresponsive on the ground in between two homes ...was pronounced dead ...

... the homeowner who shot the man told detectives that he was inside his residence when he heard what sounded like someone breaking into a nearby home. So he went outside armed ... and was confronted by a man with a baseball bat. The homeowner told detectives that when the man raised the bat in his direction he fired his weapon, striking and killing the man.

 

[LiveLife]

Update to post #66 - http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2013-01-14/news/36339152_1_szilagyi-intruders-homeowner

LaPorte County Prosecutor Bob Szilagyi said he anticipated charges to be filed against the alleged intruders, but not the homeowner who claimed to be acting in self-defense after he surprised the intruders ... the homeowner is a retired Chicago police officer.

the homeowner returned to find a back window broken and told a woman he was with to call 911. He then went inside and ... encountered the intruders who he ordered to the floor. However, the two male suspects came at the property owner, who took action with a gun ... shots were fired ... One of the wounded men fled but soon was located hiding in a closet in a home

 

[LiveLife]

January 22, 2013 - http://www.14news.com/story/20648461/henderson-homeowner-shoots-at-intruder

a man found an intruder in his house, reached for a gun and managed to get off one shot before the burglar took off ... he was glad his family was out of the house Tuesday morning and glad he has the right to defend himself and his home.

"I came in from work. You know, a usual, typical morning after third-shift work" ... he heard noises and noticed an open door that's usually closed. That's when his morning became anything, but typical ... he saw an intruder in his home.

"I went to the bedroom and grabbed my shotgun. As I turned around, he was coming out of my daughter's bedroom and I shot at him" ... he's just glad his daughter and the rest of his family weren't home.

"that person had every right to protect themselves the way they did" said Deputy Rick Lawrence with Henderson County Sheriff's Office.

 

[LiveLife]

January 25, 2013 - http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=20706248

Police say the man caught the suspect burglarizing his home just after 4 a.m. The resident shot the suspect in the stomach with a .25 caliber handgun. Despite his injury, the suspect managed to run from the house. The homeowner then called 911 for help.

The suspect later arrived at Midwest City Regional Hospital ... police investigated, they discovered the man was actually a suspect in the burglary ... no charges are expected to be filed against the homeowner.

 

[LiveLife]

January 14, 2013 - http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/masked-intruder-shot-killed-during-invasion-garfie/nT5r4/

Police said people inside of a home may have acted in self-defense when they shot an intruder ... they were called to the home ... around 6 p.m.

Police said a masked man tried to force his way into the home by firing shots through the front door ... one man inside of the home was shot in the face ... another man inside of the house grabbed a gun and fired shots at the intruder ... later died at an area hospital.

January 26, 2013 - http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...unds-1-of-3-intruders-in-Magnolia-4225591.php

A burglar may have been wounded when a Magnolia woman fired a shot at one of three men who forced their way inside her home ... The home invasion happened about 9:30 p.m.

The 33-year-old homeowner and her 6-year-old child were home alone at the time, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

 

[LiveLife]

February 1, 2013 - http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130201/NEWS/130209971/1005/OPINION

homeowner fired multiple shots at an armed burglar, police ... responded to a report of a burglary in progress ... When police arrived ... a male resident had discovered a man breaking into the home ... was armed with a handgun and shot at him several times

... the homeowner would not likely be charged with a crime for shooting at the burglar, as Indiana law allows homeowners to use force to protect themselves and their property.