Posted on 09/22/2009 8:36:00 PM PDT by marktwain
INDIANOLA, Ill. - Police say an eastern Illinois man shot two people to death after they forced their way into his home and tried to rob him.
Vermilion County Sheriff Pat Hartshorn says the two masked men held the homeowner on the floor at gunpoint Monday night and choked him while demanding money. The sheriff says the alleged robbers were 22 and 17 but didn't identify them or the homeowner.
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wow, go figure...
Saw this posted earlier... The homeowner was a retired cop. Homeboys made a BIG mistake.
Sucks to be THEM, don’t it?
Those 2 young punks didn’t realize they were graduating that day. Enjoy your new careers in the hereafter!
Send that man a case of Scotch.
Went to high school with Pat Hartshorn. Good guy. Glad the BAD GUYS lost this one.
Not in Chicago. Mayor Daley must be deeply chagrined about this event, a citizen permitted to keep a loaded gun in his home, and defend himself with it.
Guess they missed “situational awareness” class.
I guess the line about there being no honor among Democrats is true. Otherwise the third one would have rushed inside when he heard the shots and got himself killed too! >Bo)
So what are the Laws in Chicago on this? Is the getaway driver to face two counts of muder in the deaths of his criminal co-conspirators? Not to mention B&E, Home Invasion, assault & battery, attempted robbery...
Doesn't matter, this was a good long way from Chicago, about in the middle of the state, north-south, and very near the Indiana border east-west. About 1/2 way between Springfield and Indianapolis. This is down in the part of the state that would love to break away from the Chicago Mob. But for now that Mob controls the state government, and so this guy better hope that the Attorney General doesn't decide to make an example of his for defending property.
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