Posted on 04/16/2005 10:13:24 AM PDT by UnklGene
Great-Great-Grandmother Shoots Robber -
By RON WORD Associated Press Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A man accused of bursting into a convenience store demanding money was in the hospital Friday _ shot, authorities said, by the great-great-grandmother working behind the counter.
Janet Grammer was filling in for the regular clerk Thursday afternoon when a man entered the store waving a gun and fired two shot at the back wall.
"I think he thought I was an old woman and would just give him the money," Grammer, 64, said Friday. "My life was at stake. I thought he was going to kill me."
So she pulled a pistol out from under the cash register and fired once, hitting the man in the chest. He fell to the ground, dropped his gun and then fled, leaving a trail of blood. Grammer fired two more shots as he was running away.
The sheriff´s report said a man fitting the suspect´s description and injury went to a hospital a short time later. He told doctors he shot himself.
The man, whose name has not been released, was being treated at Shands Jacksonville hospital Friday for a wound to the chest. Police spokesman Ken Jefferson said the man faces robbery charges.
Grammer, who has 10 children, 32 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren, said she worried she had killed the man. "All I could think about was his poor parents," Grammer said.
Grammer said she never had to shoot anyone during her 10 years of working as a security guard. "I´m sick over it. It was very upsetting. I´m not feeling real perky."
Having to shoot a human being isn't a pleasant thing. Even if they deserve it.
Go, granny, go!
He's not either.
Go Granny Go!
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If my math is right at 64 with 4 generations - 16,32,48,62 average of 16 years old for 4 generations, and she had 10 kids in that time too - Damn.
She's the same age as my mom who's still waiting on grandchild number one. My brothers and I have been biding our time!
Wow! It's not easy to shoot somebody, even if you think your own life is at stake. She probably came within a whisker of being shot dead.
That's a lot of kids but 64 doesn't seem as old as it used to, to me:') She sounds like a very caring person.
Actually, this is a different article, with new information. I'm happy to see it!
The girls all had the dreaded sexually-active-teen gene! ;o)
"...How old was she when she had her first kid?"
Who cares?
Good thing this the south. Shooting at an unarmed, wounded and fleeing man. Naughty, naughty granny.
OTOH, I hope some stupid DA tries to indict her, and the Grand Jury laughs him right out of the jury room.
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