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.
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A good stategy to use if ever forced to shoot somebody is to ‘have’ a heart attack and talk to nobody until your layer is present.
grAnnie Oakley....lol.
Sounds like the brother is really saying, thanks for doing what we’ve wanted to do for ages.
Sometimes the drug habit gets so bad that family members give up and just wish the user would go away or die. I suspect that may be the case here and the family is feeling some release from the anguish they have been experiencing.
The families of drug users go through hell first trying to save the loved one, then realizing there is absolutely nothing that they can do to help the user, and finally letting go.
Most of the articles are pretty cut and paste, and among those that mention the .22, none of them say how many times she shot him, or where.
This being said, based on the first glance at his mugshot, I thought for a second that he was a Stargate fan.
“You open up one of them highways in the human body and there’s not much you can do.”
Yup. Now to be fair, a larger caliber can cause more trauma in a larger area, so there’s a plus. I say “may” though because .22s can twist, spin, and zigzag through a body esp. if they hit a bone inside a scumbag.
I’ve often been asked about calibers and makes of firearms by friends (they all know I’m a 2nd Amendment gun advocate). My answer is always the same: first, know the three rules (consider it loaded until you check yourself, even if you “know” it’s unloaded don’t point it at anything you don’t want to destroy, and only put your finger on the trigger when ready to fire); second, try out various types and calibers - find one suitable to your hand size and strength, that’s the right firearm for you (caveat: no junk guns - get a reliable quality firearm); and three, PRACTICE.
You don't have to imagine it. Just move to California and enjoy it.
Two years after Prop 47, addicts walk free with nowhere to go
In 2014, California voters freed about 13,500 low-level offenders from crowded prisons and jails. But many ex-inmates have traded incarceration for a cycle of homelessness, drug abuse and petty crime.
December 14, 2016, The Desert Sun.
“Statistically, the humble .22 is the most lethal caliber for defense.”
I think that’s because it’s the most common caliber used in home defense.
Jaffa! KREE!
Remember that you said “most lethal,” and that the context is .22 LR.
The gun you have...
A Look at Boberg’s XR45-S Pocket Pistol
https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2014/12/boberg-xr45-s/
[Drool]
The guy was a junkie. Junkies alienate everyone the know including relatives. Junkies no longer have human feelings or interactions. Their only thought is their next fix. I can’t stand junkies.
I like your answers!
If she had taken Freeper advice and pulled a .454 Casull, she wouldn’t have survived the heart attack.
“[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.”
Pity he couldn’t just wash some windows and head over to the drug store and buy some for the few dollars he just earned. Because they’re illegal. The drug prohibition is at least as culpable as the drugs are. Note that the Valentine’s Day massacre happened when alcohol was prohibited - do you blame that particular crime on booze, or can you at least see that it was brought by Prohibition?
KTLA is in California, right? Who is the “victim’s family”?
Not many people have soldiers or policemen in their homes, but .22s are pretty ubiquitous. ;^)
Availability trumps everything else in a crisis.
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