Dr. James P. Wickstrom
Source: The Blaze
Crime
‘My Wife Is a Hero’: Georgia Mother Shoots Home Intruder Five Times After Being Cornered in Attic
- Posted on January 5, 2013
- by Erica Ritz
According
to WSB-TV, the woman was at home with her nine-year-old twins when the
doorbell rang. When they didn’t answer, the man reportedly went back to
his car and returned with a crowbar.
The mother said she could see the suspect– now identified as Paul
Slater– trying to enter the house with the crowbar from her office
window. Without hesitation, she grabbed her children, her phone, her
gun, and ran upstairs.
One can only imagine the breathless moments after the man broke down the door and began searching the house.
WSB-TV continues:
But the man eventually found the family.
“The perpetrator opens that door. Of course, at that time he’s staring at her, her two children and a .38 revolver,” [Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman] told Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh.
The woman then shot him five times, but he survived, Chapman said. He said the woman ran out of bullets but threatened to shoot the intruder if he moved.
“She’s standing over him, and she realizes she’s fired all six rounds. And the guy’s telling her to quit shooting,” Chapman said.
The woman ran to a neighbor’s home with her children. The intruder attempted to flee in his car but crashed into a wooded area and collapsed in a nearby driveway, Chapman said. [Emphasis added]