Robbers ram store, find woman prepared

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Store Owner Shoots Would-Be Robber Dead
Last Edited: Friday, 23 May 2008, 10:36 AM EDT
Created: Friday, 23 May 2008, 10:20 AM EDT
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MT. GILEAD, N.C. (WGHP) -- A woman shot a robber to death after he and another man rammed their car into her convenience store, police said.

According to police, Joseph McRae and Jeffrey Lyles attempted to rob the shop owned by Bouaphan Chanthunom on McLeod Rd. The pair rammed their car through the front of the store and Chanthunom, knocking her to the ground.

After getting up, Chanthunom grabbed her rifle and started firing at the two men. She shot and killed the driver, McCrae, and injured Lyles. She was taken to a hospital for injuries sustained after the building partially collapsed on her.

According to police, no charges will be filed against the store owner because the shooting was in self-defense.
 
Amen.

And that's pretty damned hardcore IMO. You just got ran over by a freakin' car, and you jump up, find your rifle, and return fire.

Hoorah.
 
Bwahahaha...

<Take a breath> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I love these kind of stories. Happy endings all around.

Makes me cry... just a bit.
 
Well I agree that, if they were trying to rob the store (and they probably were), all's well that ends well. :)

However... I'd like to hear a little more about the specifics of this. People sometimes have medical issues that cause them to drive into buildings. It would be a bad deal all around if she shot in that situation. :uhoh:

Perhaps they were brandishing guns??? Hard to say from the article, very little detail.
 
^OT but I like that sig line. My buddy and I use that whenever someone does something stupid.

Yeah, I don't know if the BGs had guns. But I wasn't there, and even if they didn't, trying to hit someone with a car would be a good shoot for self-defense. If they had just fallen asleep, that'd be something different, but it would seem possible to tell. At least it is in the situations I'm imagining.

As in: Bleary-eyed confused man at the wheel as opposed to angry gang boys jumping out acting aggressive.
 
Stuff The "duty To Flee"!

I'm glad she isn't being charged with anything.

I wish more states would get the concept of self-defense!
 
hardcore SE Asian woman?

Thats pretty redundant. Since Asians have fought against fascism and foreign imperialism for a very long time, from the first Indochina wars of the 1880s to the Vietnam war of the 1970s. During the Vietnam War, there were many stories of female NVA soldiers in combat, and they are just as fierce as the men.

Kudos to Mrs. Chanthunom!
 
Our friends from Cali. should chime in here because this might have been a questionable shoot there.


I can't see it being questionable under CA law. the use of a car for forced entry = fear for life/limb= deadly force.


Now as far as the ford vs chevy deal... If you want truck to drive, buy a chevy. If you want a truck to work, buy a ford.
 
Now as far as the ford vs chevy deal... If you want truck to drive, buy a chevy. If you want a truck to work, buy a ford.

I understand the whole 9mm versus .45 ACP thing:evil:, but I just have to admire, in awe, how quickly a thread praising the actions of a woman defending her store against would be violent criminals turn into a full blown Ford versus Chevy debate.:neener::evil:
 
I understand the whole 9mm versus .45 ACP thing, but I just have to admire, in awe, how quickly a thread praising the actions of a woman defending her store against would be violent criminals turn into a full blown Ford versus Chevy debate.
I noticed that too. :D

When a woman uses a RIFLE for self defense, she doesn't just mean business, she means victory.
 
Man, don't mess with anyone named Bouaphan Chanthunom.

Descendant of Bop Shoobop.

Cousin to Ramalama Dingdong.

Friend of Doowa Diddie.
 
A medical problem that caused an innocent person to ram his car into a store? Sounds like something a defense counsel would come up with.

I strongly suspect the only "medical condition" those guys had was a severe deficiency of money, and they were looking for a cure.

Jim
 
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