Posted on 08/22/2018 9:59:45 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
IRON TOWN, Utah -- An elderly couple in southern Utah shot an intruder, but the fight didn’t stop there.
Investigators say the man then stripped naked and confronted deputies.
Iron Town is a very small community just west of Cedar City.
Barbed wire fences and no trespassing signs greet the few visitors that venture that way.
“Really, really quiet," resident Walter Enz said. "Nice.”
But it wasn't quiet on Tuesday.
“I saw the sheriff deputy come up on a pickup and he was coming at me like he was shot out of a cannon," Enz said.
The Iron County Sheriff's Office had received a call for a burglary in process in Iron Town.
Deputies say 24-year-old Christian Holbert kicked down the door of the house and confronted the couple inside.
“They are a little bit elderly, they do have some disabilities," Lt. Del Schlosser said.
Elderly but not defenseless.
A sign at the home reads, "Smith and Wesson spoken here."
“They did fear for their lives and they did shoot at him," Lt. Schlosser said.
After being shot several times, investigators say Holbert stripped naked, walked out of the home and confronted four deputies.
“Taser was used multiple times" Lt. Schlosser said. "He did not respond to that but the deputies were able to subdue him.”
After a medical helicopter took Holbert to Dixie Regional Medical Center in serious condition, Iron Town returned to quiet.
“Things happen and you just have to hope they don’t happen to you," Enz said.
The homeowners were not hurt, and deputies say they were within their rights to defend their lives.
Investigators think Holbert was on some kind of drugs that allowed him to keep going despite being shot and tased.
Good shooting.
‘Smith and Wesson spoken here’
Fluently, apparently. :)
Investigators think Holbert was on some kind of drugs that allowed him to keep going despite being shot and tased.
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Or a simple case of Demonic Possession!
I came in here assuming Darwin Award, but was disappointed.
> But it wasn’t quiet on Tuesday.
It was on Wednesday though.
I’m bilingual - Smith & Wesson, and Glock.
Good shooting.
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Was it? He was able to walk out and confront law enforcement.
Four shots and he was still walking..... I suggest a little more range time is appropriate.
I got legal advice that said don't ever put signs like this up. It implies that you are eager to shoot someone. The DA could decide to prosecute you based on that.
It is different than putting up a sign saying you have a dog in the back yard that will bite.
Investigators think Holbert was on some kind of drugs that
allowed him to keep going despite being shot and tased
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Glad the couple was able to respond and defend themselves.
“Taser was used multiple times" Lt. Schlosser said. "He did not respond to that but the deputies were able to subdue him.”
The debilitating after effects of being an illiterate burglar.
“It is different than putting up a sign saying you have a dog in the back yard that will bite.”
A while back, we had one of those signs even when we didn’t have a dog.
If a passer-by asked about the dog, I’d holler, “CUJO!”, and then wait a moment and say, “Oh, that’s right. Cujo is at the vet.”
With that sign he figured he could steal some guns. My philosophy is never advertise you have guns.
But they do live in one of the best 2nd amendment states in the country, so the neighbors may take up a collection to fix their front door and buy them more bullets.
Here signs like that make your house a target...for theft. I’d rather they be surprised anyway.
Most probably, along with a few extras.
“With that sign he figured he could steal some guns.”
If he could read.
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