Posted on 08/28/2014 9:47:43 AM PDT by marktwain
Melchisedec Williams is 50 years old and legally blind. He has no sight in his right eye, and only minor vision in his left, because of Glaucoma. He took in his 15 year old nephew to try to help straighten the boy out after he got into trouble at his mother's house. The nephew disappeared a week ago. He was arrested last Sunday on a separate charge, the family reports. From theglobaldispatch.com:
Melchisedec Williams was woken up on Sunday night when he heard a crash and stomping. The 50-year-old man grabbed his gun, Tampa police said. The intruder, armed with only a knife, had cut the power to the man’s house and broken in through a bedroom window, police added..After the lights went out and he heard the window crash, Melchisedec accessed his .38 revolver. He tried to determine if the intruder was his nephew, but could only see a shadowy figure with a flashlight approaching him. When he did not receive a response, he fired, hitting the intruder in the leg. The intruder then responded, and the homeowner stopped shooting. The intruder was his nephew, who, though hospitalized in critical condition, has survived.
“I have no remorse for what I did,” he said. “It’s sad what happened, but I’m glad it happened. That way it took him off the streets and people can sleep calmer at night.”No charges have been filed against anyone in the case thus far.
That story was heartwarming in so many ways.
Cuter than a Chinese baby.
The only way you knew he was blind is that his writing on the board was a bit crooked and misshapen. Even then, he was still a lot easier to follow than some of the foreign profs with awful accents.
Yup-Uncle has every right to defend himself. And maybe the nephew will have a good lesson in this and straighten up!
Think anyone will be demonstrating in THAT neighborhood?
The nephew is quite the loser.
Rob your blind uncle who had opened his home to you.
Not even smart enough to know it doesn’t make sense to cut the power to a blind man before you rob him.
The nephew is quite the loser.
Rob your blind uncle who had opened his home to you.
Not even smart enough to know it doesn’t make sense to cut the power to a blind man before you rob him.
Good for him.
The boy is fortunate to be alive and hopefully learns a lesson from his stupidity.
Some people need hard lessons. Let’s hope this will teach him that crime is too risky.
Don't be being stupid again Boy!
Cutting the lights ain't gonna help.
I’ll bet his hearing problem is fixed forever.
WHAT?!
I can’t hear you, my ears are ringing from my Uncle shooting me in the leg.
Put down that knife or I’ll shoot you in the other leg!
the little puke learned that "My King is Righteousness"
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