Saucier Couple Says Of Gunman: "It Was Him Or Us"

wlox.com ^ | Danielle Thomas

[Boston Blackie]

A gun battle in Saucier ended with an armed robbery suspect dead and an elderly couple lucky to be alive.

"Out of nowhere to my right there was this voice that said 'Hey." So I turned around and looked and it was this masked man. He had a mask on and a jacket that all seemed like it blended together and he had a gun in his hand pointed at me," Beth Greer said.

"He had the gun pointed at me," said Tommy Greer. "I figured he was going to shoot me anyway so why not try to whip him, take him down. So me and him went 20 feet over there. He shot and hit me up through the head and it [the bullet] went up the wall into the ceiling. "

[Spktyr]

Sounds like she remembered some of the rules of gunfighting:

Practice good gun control, check.
When in doubt, empty the magazine/cylinder, check.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Holy cow! Go read the whole article!!!

AWESOME couple!!!

[eastsider]

It was he or we ...

[Boston Blackie]

Fortunately the good guys won this one.

[AlaskaErik]

Conservative..."Another dirtbag that won't be preying on society."

Liberal..."Another voter for us on election day!"

[Ladysmith]

Woohoo!! MUST READ!!!

[No Truce With Kings]

If I read this right, the 60-year-old man took on the gunman bare-handed, figuring he had nothing to lose.

Wow.

[nuconvert]

Saucier than whom?

[csvset]

I just opened fire on him. I just shot, shot, shot, shot,"

Good going. One less thug.

The video at the link is worth watching.

[stevio]

Great story, happy ending.

[Centurion2000]

AWESOME QUOTE from that article

.... But they wanted to do that to tell their story so the rest of the public knows that this is America and we're not going to be intimidated by these thugs that think they can come to our homes and rob us or shoot us [EM], and we're not just going be intimidated and roll over for them. ....

[MadeInAmerica]

Sniffle, sniffle....gosh I just love a happy ending.

[knarf]

Me too .. it took 10 replies, but .. I had to read the title two or three times ....

[knarf]

Better quote IMO ...

"One step in the garage, still with his gun pointed at me, and I just opened fire on him. I just shot, shot, shot, shot," Beth Greer remembered."

[gulfcoast6]

D works for the sheriffs office, being I am retired police officer she keeps me up on the choice happenings, when the guy was on the floor 'the shooter' told him 'don't move', he did and she put that 5th round in him......;

[elcid1970]

(sniff) I love happy endings too, especially when they end with "the [murderous dirtbag] later died in the hospital of his wounds."

God bless this brave couple! Oh... I think He already has.

:^)

[arthurus]

That article definitely makes me glad I made my wife take the NRA gun safety course. That 3 hours is a tremendous confidence builder. Previously she had been horrified of guns and hated it it that I had one. Well now we have several and we practice. When we set out to travel she always makes sure we have a defense capability in the car.

[TYVets]

Holy cow! Go read the whole article!!!

I seconded that!

Never mess with us old folks!