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72-Year-Old Homeowner Shoots, Kills Intruder
AmmoLand ^ | December 15, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 12/20/2022 3:39:44 AM PST by marktwain

On December 10, 2022, at about 3 a.m., the Bedford 911 service received an urgent call. According to the Pennsylvania State Police at the Bedford station, Bedford 911 received a call reporting a home invasion and an assault in progress. The call was disconnected. After the call was reconnected, there was a report of shots fired.

When the State Police arrived, they determined one shot had been fired, and the intruder, Dakota Lance Hall, was struck and died at the scene. WTAJ reported this. From wtaj.com:

State Police out of Bedford said they received a call of a home invasion and assault along Shoups Branch Road in Liberty Township shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday. While on the phone with the 72-year-old male homeowner, they said the 911 call disconnected. When the call reconnected, there were reports of shots fired.

When police arrived, they found the alleged intruder, Dakota Hall, 22, of Huntingdon, with a gunshot wound. Police said Hall died of his injuries at the scene.

The 72-year-old was taken to UPMC Bedford for injuries suffered in the assault.

Bedford is a rural community in Pennsylvania.  The population of Liberty Township is modest at 1,382 as of the 2020 census.  Shoup’s Branch Road is a short street in a development of what appears to be about 15 mobile homes in the satellite image. An athletic field is across the street.  On the other side of the athletic fields for baseball and football is a middle school and a high school.

The identity of the 72-year-old white male is unknown. Dakota Hall’s address is reported as in Huntingdon, PA. The homeowner is reported as being from  Saxon, PA, which is in Liberty Township. Huntingdon is about a half-hour drive northeast of Liberty Township.  In Hall’s obituary,

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It is unknown if Dakota Hall knew or was related to the 72-Year-Old. Hall's parents lived a few blocks away.
1 posted on 12/20/2022 3:39:44 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

https://www.bedfordgazette.com/obituaries/dakota-lance-hall/article_e38e1630-30b2-5506-8290-d8f510f9f1aa.html

A local obit. Is that the perp?


2 posted on 12/20/2022 3:43:05 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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I believe so. I suspect this is a domestic defense, but have no proof.

Hall had a previous arrest for a domestic, and the location of his death is just a few blocks from his parent's place.

3 posted on 12/20/2022 3:45:07 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

I hope they’ve got good investigators just in case this isn’t what it seems.


4 posted on 12/20/2022 3:46:28 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla

Nothing in the obituary regarding the reason for his ealy demise.


5 posted on 12/20/2022 3:48:26 AM PST by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: marktwain

Nice shot, grandpa!


6 posted on 12/20/2022 3:49:44 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Remember the 2020 backstabbers. No more RINOs ever!)
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To: marktwain

Awesome, another POS removed from society.


7 posted on 12/20/2022 3:51:26 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: marktwain

Awesome, another POS removed from society.


8 posted on 12/20/2022 3:51:27 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: marktwain

We need some sort of award for people who administer a taxpayer relief shot. Medal, ribbon, case of ammo.....


9 posted on 12/20/2022 3:51:42 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (CNN)
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To: mewzilla
From the obit:

He was born on Oct. 10, 1996, in Roaring Spring, Pa., a son of Jai L. Hall married to Christi Gordon of Saxton and April M. (Carroll) Eltman, married to Bruce of Saxton.

10 posted on 12/20/2022 3:52:40 AM PST by Ken522
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To: mewzilla

“I hope they’ve got good investigators just in case this isn’t what it seems.”

3am drug buy went sideways? 72 y.o. slumlord/dealer/pimp not taking S?


11 posted on 12/20/2022 3:55:07 AM PST by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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Don’t know. Just hope there’s a thorough investigation.

The loss of life should require that.

No matter who the victim is.


12 posted on 12/20/2022 3:57:12 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: marktwain

He was employed by his grandfather at Joe C. Hall Concrete as an equipment operator. (from obit article)


gainfully employed, but apparently that was not enough


13 posted on 12/20/2022 4:06:00 AM PST by ChronicMA
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To: lightman

Ping.


14 posted on 12/20/2022 4:17:27 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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The identity of the 72-year-old white male is unknown.

What racists progressives are. His skin color isNOT important nor relevant to this story.

15 posted on 12/20/2022 4:23:44 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: marktwain

I grew up in western PA. Bedford County is a nice area, but unfortunately, like much of northern Appalachia, meth and other drugs have spread into even the more bucolic and rural parts. Not that that’s what happened here, just trying to paint a picture of the area for those not familiar with it.


16 posted on 12/20/2022 4:24:23 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: marktwain
A fella’s gotta realize that if he enters another’s home...uninvited...at 3AM there's a good chance that it's gonna end badly for *somebody*.
17 posted on 12/20/2022 4:26:44 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Actually, that’s a really good idea. Award the shooter an amount equal to what it typically would cost taxpayers for taking a case to trial, and then feeding / housing the perp for his years in prison.


18 posted on 12/20/2022 4:28:13 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: All

China manufactures the drugs.

Cartels bring them into the U.S. freely by paying off our politicians.

Addicted people = slow destruction of America. Crime, homelessness, destroyed families, destroyed lives.

Find drugs (opioids) that target those with white European ancestry and it’s a super win for globohomo to depopulate America of potential conservative voters. Bring in the third worlders to replace them.

Yes, the guy broke the law and likely searching for drug money. But was all part of the plan.


19 posted on 12/20/2022 4:40:59 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: ChronicMA

My guess is that he was only “gainfully employed” because he worked for a family member who felt obligated to him. He was probably unemployable to anyone else.


20 posted on 12/20/2022 4:59:19 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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