Posted on 11/05/2009 3:52:13 AM PST by marktwain
PORT CHARLOTTE - Two men, armed with a knife and a tire iron, reportedly forced their way inside a Port Charlotte home Saturday night, only to find the occupants had guns.
The botched home invasion robbery ended quickly when one of the suspects sustained a nonfatal gunshot wound to the stomach, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities have arrested one man and intend to charge the other upon his release from a Fort Myers-area hospital in connection to the attempted robbery at the 21000 block of Beaverton Avenue.
The incident occurred around 10 p.m. at the home of Peter L. Gilmore, 69, and his 25-year-old son, James S. McGlone.
Two men, later identified as Keith Sowers, 32, of Punta Gorda, and Port Charlotte resident Joshua Eugene Becerril, 29, wearing stockings over their faces, kicked open the front door, deputies said.
Becerril reportedly held Gilmore at knifepoint. McGlone ran into his father's bedroom, where Gilmore kept several guns, and was chased by Sowers, toting a tire iron.
Sowers allegedly hit McGlone over the head with the tire iron before being shot in the stomach.
Emergency dispatchers received a call from a nearby home on Presque Isles reporting a man had come to the front door saying he had been shot, according to the report.
Sowers is recovering at Lee Memorial Hospital, sheriff's spokesman Bob Carpenter said.
Detectives found Becerril at his home, and during a search, discovered the tire iron was missing from his vehicle.
He was charged with home invasion and attempted murder and is being held at the Charlotte County Jail on $200,000 bond.
Incident suggests why individuals should be taught the double tap.
Two men, armed with a knife and a tire iron, reportedly forced their way inside a Port Charlotte home Saturday night, only to find the occupants had guns.
dam. I hate it when that happens.
The botched home invasion robbery ended quickly when one of the suspects sustained a nonfatal gunshot wound to the stomach...
Can he file a 'workman's comp' claim? 
Damn...another one got away. We have to start killing these guys. INVEST IN SHOTGUNS AN #4 BUCK PEOPLE!
The only problem with a shotgun is all the Spackling required afterward :-)
LOL!
No chance of repeat offending!
There seems to be a rash of home invasions lateley. I wonder if most are drug related or are these people really just picking a house at random?
Yup, got to make at least one to the CNS to stop them for good. To me it is death by lethal injection of lead.
Yeah, accute lead poisoning
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