Posted on 07/01/2009 5:00:29 AM PDT by marktwain
HOLLY HILL – A security alarm went off at a Holly Hill accountant’s residence in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, rousing the sleeping homeowner who grabbed his gunshot, confronted an intruder standing in his doorway and shot the burglar in the shoulder.
L. Glenn Littlejohn, 71, of 1244 Peake St. interrupted the suspect, Roosevelt Elmore Jr., at around 4:55 a.m. as Elmore stood in the doorway of Littlejohn’s home, according to police.
Holly Hill Police Chief Robert Wunderlich said an unarmed Elmore allegedly forced his way though a doorway into the kitchen of the victim’s home.
Littlejohn, after being awakened by the alarm, “grabbed his shotgun, went out the back door and went around to the side of the house where the suspect made entrance and confronted the suspect in the doorway,” Wunderlich said.
He said Littlejohn shot Elmore in his right shoulder with a 12-gauge shotgun. The wounded Elmore fled the scene, and Littlejohn called 911, the chief said.
Moments later, Wunderlich said, a 30-year-old male resident of Gilmore Avenue called law enforcement after observing a man with a gunshot wound standing on his front porch.
Wunderlich said the suspect ran nearly 300 yards from Littlejohn’s house before arriving at the Gilmore Avenue residence. Holly Hill officers were able to follow a trail of blood in tracing Elmore’s escape route from Peake Street to Gilmore Avenue, he said.
“He (Elmore) had several pellet punctures in the upper shoulder area,” Wunderlich said.
Officers recovered one spent three-inch shotgun cartridge from the scene. Sgt. Andy Myers said an unspent cartridge could contain 15 pellets. Wunderlich said Elmore had 14 puncture wounds. However, he said some of the wounds may be the result of shotgun pellets exiting the suspect’s body.
Emergency crews responded and transported Elmore by helicopter to the Medical University of South Carolina, where he underwent surgery on his shoulder, Wunderlich said. He said Elmore’s injuries didn’t appear to be life-threatening.
Elmore was charged with felony first degree burglary, Wunderlich said. If convicted, he could face from 15 years to life in prison, the police chief said.
Wunderlich said Elmore is also a “person of interest” in three previous reported burglaries at Littlejohn’s home in recent months – on Dec. 24, 2008, March 5 and April 10.
Wunderlich said Elmore’s criminal rap sheet is lengthy, including convictions for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, burglary and forgery.
The Times and Democrat attempted to contact Littlejohn; however, he was meeting with a client in Charleston at press time.
T&D Correspondent Martha Rose Brown can be reached by e-mail at marfawose@aol.com.
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Nice trick, that.
Oh.
THAT's different.
Worse than that, he was firing magnum (3”) loads in that thing, if the article is to be believed.
Not pleasant to shoot, but he apparently made his point.
transported Elmore by helicopter....injuries didn’t appear to be life-threatening.
WHAT??? The taxpayers paid thousands of dollars for a helicopter ride for this thug when his injuries arent life threatening?
Roosevelt Elmore Jr.,
Hmmmmmmmmm.....I wonder if he ever met Roosevelt Elmore Sr?
Now which one grabbed the gunshot?
I believe that is SC, not NC.
Either way, good shootin.
......That had to do a lot of damage to that shoulder.....
There were apparently few pellets that actually hit him. This means the shooter might have been a little off target. It reinforces my view that a shotgun is the superior defense weapon. It provides a little margin for error.
Thanks marktwain.
It’s always nice to see a uplifting, heart-warming story posted here at FR to start our day.
PS - I’ve been meaning to ask you: Did you REALLY write U.S. Grant’s memoirs, as some people believe? The writing style in his autobiography is quite different from anything you did before, but then again, you were always capable of writing using different tones/voices. So what’s the REAL deal?
;^)
Sorry but Orangeburg is in SOUTH CAROLINA between Charleston and Columbia. Key is that this unprepossessing individual (mug shot in article) was transported to the Medical University of SOUTH Carolina which is located in Charleston.
Now, them's some fast reflexes, lol.
Well, half the time the MSM geniuses put Charlotte in SC, so try not to get too worked up about it, lol.
So then, there is absolutely, positively, NO excuse whatsoever for him being out and about amongst decent, law-abiding citizens, is there?
One or more judges and one or more parole board members need to soon be sharing a prison cell with the a$$hole.
Someday, only criminals will have gunshots.
I don’t know.
71 years old, just roused from sleep, probably nervous. I think he did pretty well.
Do I sort of WISH his shot had been a little more to the right? Sure. Did Mr. Littlejohn do a credible job of protecting his home? Absolutely.
That sounds nearly illegal.
Haven't noticed that. However as a comeback and as a former Beaufort SC resident, I can't count the number of times the two Beaufort have been interstate mis-identified. One is where pirates went to die (NC), the other is where Marine Recruits swear that they are going to die (SC)!
who grabbed his gunshot
Eh??
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