My favorite part is about 1 minute into this...
Posted on 11/09/2005 5:14:39 PM PST by tuffydoodle
Pistol-Packing Grandmother Shoots Intruder
ARLINGTON, Texas -- A woman found evidence on her porch that someone might have broken into her house when she let her dogs out for a walk early Wednesday morning. The woman's granddaughter also said she heard noises from inside the house.
Susan Gaylord Buxton, 66, retrieved her .38 caliber handgun and searched her house. She found a man hiding in a closet, covered by a coat.
The man, 22-year-old Christopher Lessner, lunged for the gun, and, police said, Buxton shot him once in the leg. She fired a second shot, which missed, according to police.
"She had let her dogs out to go to the bathroom and noticed there were muddy footprints leading into her house," said Doug Depoma, with the Arlington Police Department. The woman "searched her house and located him inside a closet near the front door."
Buxton, who was a license for the weapon, said she feared for her safety and that of her 28-year-old granddaughter.
"He was 6 feet tall," she said. "He could have done something horrible my granddaughter and me. That's exactly the reason you need to learn how to handle (a firearm) and keep it with you."
Arlington police attempted to pull over Lessner near Interstate 30 and Fielder Road in briefly after 11 p.m. Tuesday. Lessner drove the car to a dead-end road and fled into a nearby neighborhood.
Police began canvassing the neighborhood near the 1700 block of Northhaven Court on foot as well as by air.
At about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a 911 call of a shooting at a residence. The homeowner told police she found someone hiding in her house and shot him in the leg.
Lessner ran from the woman's house and was found at about 3 a.m. a few houses away hiding underneath a patio deck, police said.
He was arrested and transported to an area hospital, where he is being treated for a gunshot wound.
Buxton was not injured in the incident.
Arlington police said Lessner is expected to be charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, evading arrest, criminal mischief and criminal trespass. Buxton was not expected to face charges.
Very sweet of you to say so.
Hugs
God Bless your daughter. As we get older, we're going to hope that our children will carry the water in terms of home and national security.
She was on Hannity's radio show early this evening when I was driving home from the office. She was great!
We are on the same page and team.
We will win this one too.
Or die trying as better men than us have done so.
I am not really a nice guy.
I want to shoot yer gun!
;<)
I would happily let you! But then I get to shoot one of yours, right? :)
I'll try to round something up that you have never shot.
;<)
On the audio tape, it sounded like she said, 'if you move again I'll shot you in the balls'. Way to go grandma.
That wouldn't be hard to do...I've only shot a .22, .44 special, .45 auto, and a .357
Now they've been warned....we are making the plans and they include the invasion of Austin AND Houston.....and parts of Dallas!
I saw her on Hannity & Colmes earlier...she said she kept the gun because they had coyotes in her area. Good to know she was able to put down a rabid dog, too!
Doc,
If you don't mind, could you explain the html code used to post like that?
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