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.
The best caliber is the one you have in your hand when you need it. a .22 pistol in the hand beats an AR15 locked away
Yup
(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.
Lousy sentence structure, but I do get what the writer intended (I think).
Elvis Byrd’s words should be broadcast by gun rights groups all across the country, esp. on billboards.
It is a great warning against drug use and abuse, and the consequences of it.
I thank the family fore being honest about this tragedy. Perhaps their words can help save others from scenes like this.
I hope the 74 year old lady is fine. Refreshing that the decease family is blaming the deceased.
That’s true!
Get high much?
The IDF has some repurposed Ruger 10-22s they use for a niche function and it serves them quite well.
I joined freerepublic during the hearings on Clinton taking Chinese cash. I posted my first article, I was raked over the coals, I was so ashamed I deleted my account and didn’t post again for months. When I did it was under a new account, this site certainly made me a better writer. This “article” is so bad it gives the reader nothing but a headache
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(The "Grammerly" app is a great help, too.)
A hit, center mass, with a .22 is still better than a miss with a .357 magnum. Shot placement is key.
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