Posted on 02/02/2008 9:40:43 PM PST by Travis McGee
One robbery suspect is on the loose and another is in the hospital after four victims fought back.
Police say the four victims were barbecuing when two men with guns entered the home. One of the victims said he made a near-fatal mistake by leaving the garage door partially open. The victims, who do not want to be identified for safety reasons, say they ended up fighting for their lives and thought they might die.
"The look in their eyes, especially when they started beating us in the back of the heads with the guns. It was kind of like someone would torture a little animal and then joking about how they were going to love killing us," said one victim.
The men were pinned to the floor with shotguns. "It got ugly when they went back downstairs and decided to tell the women to undress their clothes," the victim added, "The girls were really crying and you could just tell that they were incredibly upset."
The victim told Eyewitness News that one of the suspects who was preparing to sexually assault the women turned his attention away from the guns and let down his guard.
The two male victims saw their opportunity.
"I grabbed him, threw him down on the ground, grabbed a weight from the weight set and smashed him in the head."
The women also joined in the fight, hitting the suspects with a frying pan.
"One of the girls completely nude managed to grab a gun and shoot the guy in the chest area and in the leg."
"She did what she had to do and I have to be thankful that she was able to do what she did and if she didn't I might not be able to give you this story right now."
The suspect who was shot has serious injuries and is in the hospital. The second suspect is on the run and as for the victims, they have minor injuries.
The police are very cautious not to make this seem like a heroic act. They say fighting back can sometimes end with the victims being more seriously hurt.
>Knives at various locations are also a wise investment.<
A German Shepard is probably the best home safety investment the average person can make. #2 is a loaded firearm that you are famiiliar with.
Any description of the perps?
Black.
Big dogs are out of the question for me at this point.
I guess the Carr brother wannabees got theirs.
Oh.
They are great security systems, especially for someone who is unattentive to security.
My wife has knives all over the house. She feels the same way as you.
STFU. You're just embarrassed that the sheeple can take care of themselves.
The People's Republic of Illinois is too sophisticated and progressive to ever allow such foolishness as "fighting back" or carrying weapons.
“The police are very cautious not to make this seem like a heroic act. They say fighting back can sometimes end with the victims being more seriously hurt.”
I see that the police are totally under the thumb of an oppressive administration. They have been trained to say PC things. I don’t blame them for their wimpish weakness.
However, they are wrong. Victims should fight back. I would have loved to see the heavy piece of metal crash down on the attacker’s head. I would have dropped a 50 pound weight on the attackers parts that he wanted to use in the rape, and made them incapable of being used ever again.
“The police are very cautious not to make this seem like a heroic act. They say fighting back can sometimes end with the victims being more seriously hurt.”
Right! Call 911 and die!
I have good neighbors, elderly folks that are the best security one can get. Also my alarm system has a fixed cellular dialer telling me something is wrong on my pager and a cellular text message. I can look at and inside and away fro my home on the web from work ........if anything looks bad as I have had very very few false alarms I call my neighbors who peek for me and if they see a strange vehicle or open / broken door or window we, they and I call local PD .
Only way to keep a secret between two people is if one of em is dead........alarm companies are a rip off. Technology will allow YOU to monitor your own property . add a CHL/CCW and a few Pups, a 12 ga and such and all is better than not.
Just how I do it.....
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