Posted on 01/06/2013 12:06:38 PM PST by grundle
LOGANVILLE, Ga. — A Georgia mother hid her two 9-year-old twins and shot an intruder, Paul Ali Slater, several times during a home invasion on Friday, according to multiple media reports.
The Loganville mother said she didn’t initially answer when someone knocked on her door around 1 p.m. Friday. When the visitor began repeatedly ringing the doorbell, she called her husband at work, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
He then dialed 911 and his 37-year-old wife gathered their 9-year-old twins and hid them in a crawlspace inside the home.
According to the report, the intruder then forced his way into the home and started “rummaging” through the family’s belongings.
When the suspect went into the closet where the family was hiding ,the woman fired six bullets at the suspect, five of which hit alleged suspect Paul Ali Slater in the face and neck area.
“He opens the closet door and finds himself staring down the barrel of a .38 revolver,” Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The woman fled to a neighbor’s home with her children. The woman and her two children were not injured.
The injured intruder stumbled out of the home and attempted to flee in his car. However, he crashed into a wooded area and collapsed in a neighbor’s driveway, according to WSB-TV.
The suspect was arrested at the scene. He was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to survive.
The victim’s husband said he’s proud of his wife.
“My wife is a hero. She protected her kids. She did what she was supposed to do as responsible, prepared gun owner,” Donnie Herman told WSB-TV.
Memo to self, a .38 lacks a certain stopping power...
Well, I hope that they are all wrong and she got him five times in the privates. We don’t need anymore little perps running around.
“The “average” home invasion now is a crew of three. Are you ready to deal with three thugs, right now? They will intentionally come into your home while you are home. That is because usually people with alarm systems don’t arm the alarm while they are home. So no automated response.”
And it’s probably a safe bet that they have some reason to hit your house - perhaps they know people that know you, or the plumber’s helper last week couldn’t help but notice a lot of goodies, and let his ‘friends’ know, or who knows what else. But to hit a house randomly, with no assurance of anything, I think is still rare in this country. If I had to guess, I would say the contractor (or deliverty man) connection is the most likely.
It certainly would be good to interview some of these people and see if they had any strangers in their homes prior.
CC
“The good news is that the woman and her kids “came out of the closet.” “
True, if we can work the headline in that direction, it might get some of the media to pick it up. Something like: “Two of her Kids come out of the closet and Mom is Happy about it!!!”
“You’ve got a lot if nerve showing your face around here”
“Look who’s talking”
Will a parent of the invader testify in the LIBOR scandal?
You're certainly not implying that we don't need anymore little obama's sons running around are you?
That would be racist ya know...
His new gangsta nick can be “Flute”
Actually this time he looks more like Bill Clinton's ashtray face.
No, clearly not Obama’s sons, as he is only 10% black.
Still enough to be a.....racist!!
That was a different 38...
“Ali” isn’t that a name like “Hussein”?
Seems to me we should roll back gun control when these events occur, just as the left tries to do the opposite following a tragedy. Where is all the proposed pro-gun legislation following this self-defense use of a gun?
You're right, they're wrong. Most hits in center of mass area. She got off 5 shots and ran out of rounds. My .38 only holds 5. So she certainly didn't fire all 5 at his face and they magically bounced downwards to his lungs and stomach. Stupid reporters.
CONTROL THE GUN SO IT SHOOTS IN THE CENTER OF MASS AND PERP IS SUBDUED!
Good point. The .38 Special is an improvement over the .38 Long Colt.
Still, I’ll stick with a .45 ACP as much as possible.
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