Posted on 11/30/2018 6:14:28 PM PST by Simon Green
(The deceased burglar)
Authorities say a 74-year-old Kansas woman shot and killed an intruder while on the phone with a 911 dispatcher and then had a heart attack.
The Kansas City Star reports that Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said Thursday that the woman is recovering and is expected to be OK. He says she "obviously" won't face charges over the death of 41-year-old Ralph Byrd Jr., who broke into her Leavenworth home early Saturday.
Thompson said she had reported an attempted burglary of her home about a week before. After that, she obtained a .22-caliber handgun that she took with her to bed at night.
Leavenworth Police Major Dan Nicodemus says the case was "pretty cut and dried." Court records show Byrd had been convicted in 2017 of an attempted home burglary.
The suspect's younger brother told KTLA sister station WDAF in Kansas City that the family is not upset at the woman.
"She protected herself, and our family is not mad at her," Elvis Byrd said. "Our hearts go out to her because she did what any one of us would have done."
He said his brother became "consumed" by drugs after his wife left him and a father figure died, and he would rob and burglarize others to support the habit, the station reported.
"[Drugs] controlled him. They took him over, and that is all he cared about. He would do anything he had to do to get high," Elvis Byrd said.
“I can’t remember the last time the family of such a criminal didn’t blame the victim. Very refreshing.”
Yea, well, I’ll say it. This family is white.
Go ahead.....
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Well, see, this proves guns are bad. /s
Refreshing, feel-good story.
Love a happy ending and all agreeing a real POS has assumed room temperature.
Notice he conveniently tattooed a ‘target’ for the Snipers which probably would have finished the job had not ‘grAnny Oakley’ taken action.
That's because this family was from a different culture than the criminals we usually read about.
At least we know from reading posts here that drugs are a victimless crime.
The suspect's younger brother told KTLA sister station WDAF in Kansas City that the family is not upset at the woman.
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Gezzuz..That's mighty generous of these people.
Sounds like this guy has been a curse to his own family; I don’t doubt he’s terrorized them due to his drug abuse, too.
She did them a favor. She did her Community a favor.
One .22 shot, one dead bad guy.
Kinda old to still be alive enough to be in the business.
“She should have used a bigger caliber, or spent time at the gun range. Then she wouldn’t have had a heart attack!” — FReeper gun snobs
“consumed” by drugs after his wife left him and a father figure died...
I grew attached to some Puerto Rican brothers in Brooklyn through a friend.
14 and 16.
First time they mouthed off to me i told them i would put them in ICU for a long time.
they said “you can’t talk that way to us, we’ll tell the cops!”
I told them go ahead, I don’t give a #### about an overnight in prison. And then when I get I’ll put you in ICU.
I guess they weren’t quite sure if i really would or wouldn’t do that, but they grew to respect me quite a bit and go to school regularly and don’t steal anymore and respect their single mom now.
I guess I should mention i told them i would run them over with my dodge challenger too if they didn’t shape up.
And that some Italian gangsters I know who made the Bloods like like bitches were gonna beat the hell out of them also if they didn’t change.
It’s been the longest time since i’ve had to make threats and we get along well and i am happy to be part of their life.
Father figure is huge.
My pop died when i was 14 but I did ok cause he taught me what to do.
some kids aren’t so lucky.
At least she got a bang out of it. Sorry, could not resist. Hope she gets better.
But drug crimes are victimless crimes, right? Can you imagine society when the drug crime convicts are released early?
+1
#13 That would be California. Jerry Brown released 40,000+ and I suspect the new gov will continue.
“Thompson said she had reported an attempted burglary of her home about a week before. After that, she obtained a .22-caliber handgun that she took with her to bed at night.”
This story is clear evidence that waiting periods are stupid and would just get innocent people killed. After all, anyone believe this lady could have defended herself without a handgun? Of course, leftscum don’t care.
PS Note to all the people who argue calibers: a .22 did the job...
+2
Statistically, the humble .22 is the most lethal caliber for defense.
Saw a video last night of a young robber girl who got shot in the belly by a victim her and her boyfriend were attacking. Didn’t read what caliber it was, but tell you what, she was dead in a handful of seconds. Bled out mighty fast. You open up one of them highways in the human body and there’s not much you can do.
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