Okla. Woman Shoots, Kills Intruder: 911 Operators Say It's Okay to Shoot

GMA Yahoo ^ | 01/04/2012 | KEVIN DOLAK and RYAN OWENS

[Silentgypsy]

A young Oklahoma mother shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby on New Year's Eve, less than a week after the baby's father died of cancer.

Sarah McKinley says that a week earlier a man named Justin Martin dropped by on the day of her husband's funeral, claiming that he was a neighbor who wanted to say hello. The 18-year-old Oklahoma City area woman did not let him into her home that day.

On New Year's Eve Martin returned with another man, Dustin Stewart, and this time was armed with a 12-inch hunting knife. The two soon began trying to break into McKinley's home.

As one of the men was going from door to door outside her home trying to gain entry, McKinley called 911 and grabbed her 12-gauge shotgun.

[Vigilanteman]

12 guage shot gun versus 12 inch hunting knife, eh? I think I would bet on the Mama Grizzly with the 12 gauge.

[NoPrisoners]

Good for her! Her husband would be proud.

[Vigilanteman]

12 gauge shot gun versus 12 inch hunting knife, eh? I think I would bet on the Mama Grizzly with the 12 gauge.

[Envisioning]

I love a happy ending [sniffle].

[Envisioning]

Banglist (((ping))).

[Silentgypsy]

Me, too. (sniffle)

[formosa]

What a great tribute to the maternal instinct.

[Silentgypsy]

What’s a banglist?

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm amazed that the 911 operators said it was ok to shoot.

Oklahoma is OK. (Except during Texas/OU weekend)

/johnny

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’m rather surprised that this made GMA or Yahoo.

[momtothree]

I read the article and I had to laugh because the woman grabbed her shotgun, ran to her room, grabbed a pistol, put A BOTTLE IN THE BABY’S MOUTH, and called 911. Multi-tasking Moms are great!

[Silentgypsy]

Ping

[WOBBLY BOB]

“knife to a gun fight”...gauge wins.

[Psycho_Bunny]

I read so many stories where the 911 operator tries to talk down the person defending themselves...kudos to this operator for saying “I can’t tell you that you can do that but you do what you have to do to protect your baby,”

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[driftdiver]

She was on the phone with the dispatcher for ...wait for it.....wait..... 21 minutes.

When seconds count the police are only minutes away.

[smokingfrog]

POW!

She did what she had to do.

To follow up...

Community helps teen mom forced to kill intruder

[Silentgypsy]

They didn’t actually condone shooting.
“ ‘I can’t tell you that you can do that but you do what you have to do to protect your baby,’ the dispatcher told her.” (URL above.)

[PowderMonkey]

Salivating predator thought he had chosen his prey wisely. A weak and vulnerable teenaged widow and her baby, all alone in the world. Easy pickings. He chose poorly.