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Posted on 08/29/2013 6:01:11 PM PDT by marktwain
A 73-year-old Oakland Park man stood his ground Wednesday and now a burglary suspect is in the hospital recovering from several gunshot wounds, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.
Kevin Madigan, 45, of Boca Raton, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center. He was found bleeding and slumped at the wheel of a Toyota Camry that crashed into some bushes near Northeast 11th Avenue and 43rd Street in Oakland Park, sheriff's spokesman Mike Jachles said.
"His injuries were described as not life-threatening," he said. "There was stolen property recovered, a TV among other things, in his vehicle." It started around 5 p.m. when the burglary suspect smashed a front window at a home on the 4400 block of Northeast 18th Avenue. A neighbor heard the glass shatter, came outside, saw the suspect putting stolen property in the car and she called 911 to give operators a description and tag number, Jachles said.
After loading up the car, the burglar attacked the woman to get her phone and that's when the 73-year-old man fired shots at the intruder, wounding him several times, he said.
"It appears this was a justifiable shooting," Jachles said. "Every indication is that the homeowner was defending himself, his property and his neighbor from being attacked by the intruder."
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
Too bad he wasn’t a better shot but I do hope the wounds are particularly painful.
“A 73-year-old Oakland Park man stood his ground Wednesday and now a burglary suspect is in the hospital recovering from SEVERAL gunshot wounds,”
Shot placement! Obviously needs more range time!
Another crazy Amish guy gone wild?
Not a nice part of town. I used to have a warehouse over that way.
Racist!! He stood his ground!
Can't you guys just be happy the old man had a gun to protect himself?
Amen to that!
yeah .. . ...you don't have to kill in order to deter a crime!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KvO-8IvoCI
Of course we’re happy the old gentleman was armed and able to defend himself. And placing hits on a dangerous target while in a white hot adrenalin rush is pretty good, too.
I just don’t like it that the perp survived. Trouble ahead for the old guy & society in general.
Actually it’s a pretty decent neighborhood, it’s just that 18th ave to Commercial/Federal Hwy and Floranada to Dixie/Federal make it real easy for the trash to go on plundering expeditions. Glad the old gent hit his target.
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