Posted on 12/01/2013 10:04:10 PM PST by servo1969
A 76-year-old woman was killed in a shootout with attempted robbers outside her South Carolina home early on Saturday morning.
“She fought. She was a fighter. She shot him,” the victim’s brother, Ronnie Lollis, told local news.
Dorothy Hendrix returned home at about 1am when two armed men and one woman approached her attempting to rob her, coroner Greg Shore said.
Hendrix pulled out a gun and fired at the suspects, and one of them returned fire, hitting her twice. One neighbour reported the gunshots to police.
Hendrix, known as “Dot” to friends and family, managed to shoot one of the intruders in the stomach before she died at the scene. The other two suspects ran off.
The wounded suspect was taken to the hospital for surgery, Shore said. The Anderson County Sheriff's Office said they will release more details after they interview him.
Deputies said they are investigating whether a vehicle found near Airline Road and Rayben Lane with a broken windshield may have been involved.
"She helped anybody, you didn't have to ask for it she helped anybody that needed help," Lollis told NBC 14 News.
Lollis said this wasn't the first time Hendrix was attacked. In October 2011, deputies said Hendrix was at the same home when she became the victim of an armed robbery, a case which has not yet been solved.
According to Lollis, Hendrix bought a gun and learned to fire it for protection after the first attack.
"She had been robbed right here at her house, coming out of her house. That's what made her get her gun. I don't understand why she wanted to keep coming back. I know home's home," Lollis told reporters.
Steven Hagood, 33, who was shot during the incident, was facing an arrest warrant in connection with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the sheriff's office said.
Tereba Geer, 26, and Bradacious Galloway, 23, were also arrested.
“Took him to surgery”, without anesthetic I hope.
I can't believe our gun laws didn't turn him into a nice man and stop this crime.
Well, since the criminals will not obey the laws the only reasonable thing to do is to disarm those who do obey the law. that way the criminals won’t need to shoot their unarmed victims and death by firearms will go down. Unless the criminals decide that the victim just might possibly recognize them and they decide to eliminate any witnesses. . . . . . uh . . . . . never mind.
She did good and actually hit one of the bad guys. Unfortunately, a small handgun does not give as much protection as she probably thought that it would. I was thinking about getting my wife a .380 for concealed carry, but if you are in a gunfight with armed adversaries... it really isn’t enough.
Here's the third alleged assailant, 23 year old Bradacious Galloway.
> I can’t believe our gun laws didn’t turn him into a nice man and stop this crime.
I’m sure Thug America will turn in all their guns when the feds come looking for them. The probable truth is that The One gets great satisfaction seeing law abiding citizens get robbed, beatn and shot in cities where the citizenry is disarmed.
“attempted robbers” - huh?
I feel bad for the dead woman and her family, the others involved DEFINITELY NOT!
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