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Last updated on April 30, 2004
Intruder's killer: 'I had no choice' |
"Holland, a 38-year-old Detroit business owner and mother, remembers firing three shots. Detroit police told her she fired six. Either way, she killed the 42-year-old man, Clabe Hunt -- who had shoved in to her home on Troester, near Hayes, on Detroit's east side at 8:10 p.m. April 13. " (2004 - MI) |
| Woman opens fire on intruder | "Lisle, shaken but spirited, recounted her night that started as
a quiet evening of TV with three friends and two dogs in her living room.
At about 9 p.m., a noise at the sliding door prompted a male visitor to
get up to investigate, but Lisle dashed to a back room to get one of her
guns. "I knew it couldn't be good," Lisle said. When the intruder shattered
the glass, Lisle's three guests fled from the house. Lisle stood her ground
and opened fire."... "Lisle is pretty sure where she stands: "You need
protection in this day and age"."
(February 5, 2004; CA) |
| Woman shoots alleged abductor | "She figured she
was going to die. "I've called police on him before. He's tried to threaten
me and my entire family. ... He was going to kill me," she said. "He's
a friend who wanted to be more than a friend, and it's not possible."
But, the outcome of the incident took a turn when the woman pulled out
her own 9 mm pistol and shot her abductor in the mouth, police said."
(October 7, 2003; IN) |
| Portsmouth Police Charge Man, Clear Woman, After Saturday Night Gun Battle | "According to police, a 25-year old Portsmouth
woman was driving home Saturday night around 11:30pm with her two children
when she noticed a vehicle following her. When she arrived at her
residence on Georgia Court in the Peachtree section of the city, the woman
says she saw Warren exit the vehicle, display a handgun, and start running
towards her in a threatening manner. The woman, who was also armed,
pulled her own gun and fired shots at Warren, striking him in the leg."
... "Police say the gun used by Warren was stolen. He is facing three
charges, including attempt to kill, use of a firearm in the commission
of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon."
(August 16, 2003; VA) |
| Woman shoots ex-boyfriend | "Two days before the shooting, Charlotte Johnson,
1520 E. Kirk St., filed a report with city police complaining that Page
had been stalking her. About 9:15 p.m., Johnson heard the door
bell ring, and opened the door to find Page. Johnson told police
she tried to slam the door on her ex-boyfriend, but he was able to force
his way in, according to arrest records. Page started yelling at
Johnson, and when he started to become "aggressive," the woman picked up
her handgun and shot him, Deputy Police Chief Terry Winters said.
Johnson, whose 14-year-old daughter was inside the home with her, had warned
Page that she was going to shoot him if he didn't stop being aggressive,
police said."
(June 11, 2003; IN) |
| Crime Fighter Mom Fights Crime | "The woman who organizes Michigan's Amber
Alert program had to protect her own family this week. She's a nationally
recognized crime fighting mom and proved why when she says she was attacked
in her own home. The Tuesday morning wake-up call for Robin Trumbull was
her for sale SUV on fire." ... ""He shut the door, grabbed my husband's
ax handle which he uses for a walking stick and (the intruder) hits me
again across the arm and he hits me again across the arm and I'm stepping
back....I'm thinking all along how can I get out. Where's my hand gun?"
Robin says when she kicked the intruder, she then scrambled to the kitchen,
shut the door and grabbed her gun. "I took it out of my holster,
took a step back, took aim...and fired. I aimed where I thought he would
be." Robin shot and missed the attacker who then disappeared."
(May 13, 2003; MI) |
| Woman shoots burglar in leg | "Margaret Summey credits God -- and her .357 Magnum -- with protecting her from a burglar Thursday. Police say Summey, a 64-year-old widow, shot 43-year-old Timothy Doyle Huitt after he broke into her McGill Drive home. After being shot, Huitt fled through Summey's yard, leaving a trail of blood that led from her home to nearby Berry Shoals Road, where he collapsed. "I did what I had to do. That's what the police told me. I protected myself," Summey said." ... "The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office has not charged Huitt in connection with the break-in, but charges are pending once he recovers, said Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Ron Gahagan. No charges will be filed against Summey, Gahagan said, since she was defending herself on her property. "What she did is within the allowable limits of the constitution of the state of South Carolina," he said. "If you feel threatened and you are inside your house, you may defend yourself up to and including the use of deadly force." Summey, who learned marksmanship from her first husband, a hunter, said her religious faith helped her remain calm during the break-in." (March 20, 2003; SC) |
| Woman pulls gun against would-be bandit | "Acting as if he had a handgun, the man tried to rob a 40-year-old woman. But he wound up on the wrong end of a pistol wielded by his intended victim. The Warren woman told police she braked for a stop sign on Lorraine Boulevard at Dodge Avenue, when the man opened the driver's door of her 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass. With his hand in his right pocket, he pressed an object to her jaw that she believed was a gun. The culprit ordered her to give him money -- but she had other thoughts. Clutching $6 in one hand, she began struggling with him as he again demanded her money. Determined not to become a robbery statistic, the woman reached with her other hand to the passenger seat for her 9 mm handgun, grabbed the pistol and pointed it at his face. "If you're going to shoot me then do it, 'cause I'm definitely going to kill you," the brave resident replied, according to police reports." (March 19, 2003; MI) |
| No charges in shooting death of husband | "No charges will be filed against a Peoria woman who fatally shot her estranged husband when he broke into her house last week, a day after being released from prison, prosecutors said. Charolette Gates, 29, shot Christopher L. Winder, 27, with an unregistered handgun Friday after he allegedly kicked in her door and beat her, Peoria police said. Peoria County State's Atty. Kevin Lyons said Tuesday that no charges will be filed in the shooting or for the gun-permit violation. "Your home is your sanctuary, and if an intruder breaks in and gets killed, then too bad for the intruder. I am not going to victimize her yet again because a recently released felon decided to invade the quiet world of her home," Lyons said." (March 7, 2003; IL) |
| Woman Shoots Estranged Husband Twice | "A Kansas City woman said she was kidnapped and bound with duct
tape, and she told police she fought back by shooting her estranged husband
twice. Police said the man abducted her, restrained her with duct
tape and then hit her with a hammer. The woman managed to grab a
gun and fire, striking her husband in the neck and leg. There was
no word on their conditions or on any charges."
(February 13 (?), 2003; MO) |
| Woman who shot boyfriend will not be charged, police say | "Tina Lindsey Jackson, of Lyman, shot Morris
after he broke down her front door and aimed a gun at her, said Spartanburg
County Sheriff Maj. Willie Brown." ... Jackson told investigators she has
been in the SAFE Homes' domestic violence shelter to seek protection from
Morris. Brown said neither the Sheriff's Office nor prosecutors plan
to seek charges. "It appears to be justifiable homicide," he said."
(January 31, 2003; FL) |
| Elderly woman chases burglars | "An 82-year-old woman pulled a shotgun on two burglars Tuesday and chased them from her home Tuesday after they barged inside, claiming to be roofing inspectors." ... "Thus far, more than half a dozen residents have reported unknown white male suspects have entered their homes, claiming they needed to inspect the roof for leaks as part of a warranty agreement." ... "Authorities acknowledge it could be only a matter of time before someone gets hurt. Some people are taking steps to increase their sense of personal safety. Smith County is ranked among the top five counties in the number of concealed weapons permit holders, records show." (January 28, 2003; TX) |
| Arundel police probe fatal shooting | "Just after midnight, police were called to
7794 Fox Court in Pasadena, where the woman told officers that two men
had gotten into her home through an unlocked front door and had accosted
her while she was lying in bed, demanding cash and jewelry, according to
authorities. The woman told police that both men were armed with
handguns, but during the confrontation, she was able to get a handgun from
a dresser drawer and shot one of the men "multiple times" in the upper
body, authorities said. The second suspect then ran away, the woman told
police."
(January 27, 2003; MD) |
| Woman, 30, freed in shooting case | "Mysti Weidmann, 30,
called police around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday to report the shooting.
She lived in the Thunderbird Drive house with her boyfriend. When officers
arrived, they found the boyfriend, Aurelian "Larry" Iancu, 30, dead from
a gunshot wound." ... "It appears the shooting stemmed from a domestic
dispute between the couple, he said." ... "When the investigation is finished,
the Sheriff's Office will submit the case to the District Attorney's Office,
which will review it to decide whether to file charges against Weidmann."
(January 22, 2003; CA) |
| Coquille
police say slaying looks like
self-defense |
"A 65-year-old Coquille woman shot and killed
her 78-year-old husband Tuesday, police say, apparently in self-defense."
... "Janice McNair was taken to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay and treated
for injuries. Coos County District
Attorney Paul Burgett said it appeared Theodore McNair was assaulting his wife when she shot him. The couple had been married for decades, Burgett said. But, he added, "There is some indication of on-going problems." (January 14, 2003; OR) |
| Quick thinking foils intruder; Woman grabs daughter, gets gun, then calls police | "Hall stared at him and thought, "I'm not going to make this easy for you." She decided that if the man thought she already had the gun, she needed to use that to her advantage. "The way the house was made, if I'd let him get any closer, I'd be trapped," Hall said. "So I grabbed my daughter under my arm, like a football or a sack of potatoes, and then came around the corner and charged. I ran over him, through him, I don't know what." Once upstairs, Hall reached high into a closet for the gun her father had given her several years ago, after an elderly woman who lived across the street was murdered. She grabbed a cordless telephone, too, and called 911 as she went back downstairs with the gun. When Tompkins saw her, he fled back out the broken window." (January 11, 2003; PA) |
| Missouri woman accused of killing abusive son | "When members of the Shunk family heard the shotgun blast, they thought for sure that Joe Shunk Jr. had finally killed his mother. But it was Joe Jr. who lay dead -- and his 66-year-old mother, Dixie, who allegedly pulled the trigger." (January 9, 2003; MO) |
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