Boy, 14, kills intruder after gang of FOUR men try to break into house

UK Daily Mail ^ | 7:28 PM GMT on 5th January 2012 | Paul Thompson

[DCBryan1]

Yet another teen has used deadly force to protect his home from intruders.

Police in North Carolina revealed a 14-year-old boy shot dead an intruder attempting to break into his home while he and his sister were alone.

The teen opened fire with a shotgun while his 17-year-old sister hid in a closet as a gang of men attempted to smash their way into their home.

The incident took place two days before 18-year-old Sarah McKinley shot and killed an intruder breaking into her home in Oklahoma

While on the phone with 911, the young mother shot and killed one of the intruders with a 12-gauge shotgun after he forced his way inside her home.

[who knows what evil?]

The lesson: To read the REAL US news, American readers must read a BRITISH newspaper.

I've been watching that pattern for some time...the UK Mail is doing a much better job reporting US News than any of 'our' news outlets.

[Above My Pay Grade]

Great job by the boy!

Not such a great job by the 911 dispatcher, who IMO should be fired.

He (the 14 year old hero) continues: ‘I don’t know how many it was (who broke in). Just one came around the corner. I got one more in the chamber. I’m going to shoot again,’ the boy said.

‘Do not, while I’m on the phone, do not fire that firearm, OK?’ the dispatcher says

‘What if another one comes in the house, ma’am?’ he asked.

‘Let me know, OK, if you see anybody. I will let you know (when a deputy gets to the house),’ the dispatcher responded.

[rawhide]

Investigators released a 911 call with the teen calmly describing how he shot the intruder.

In the call, the teen, says: 'I just shot the man. He came around the corner. I shot him. He broke the whole glass out (of the back door).'

He continues: 'I don't know how many it was (who broke in). Just one came around the corner. I got one more in the chamber. I'm going to shoot again,' the boy said. '

Do not, while I’m on the phone, do not fire that firearm, OK?' the dispatcher says '

What if another one comes in the house, ma'am?' he asked. '

Let me know, OK, if you see anybody. I will let you know (when a deputy gets to the house),' the dispatcher responded.

What is this with the dispatcher telling the kid not fire the gun again if another person comes at him? The dispatcher needs to be written up!

[flatfish]

Damn good shooting kid. You have my respect...

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[Grunthor]

Zachary is doing just fine. 9 days old and cute as all get out.

The house in the pic looks somewhat like our property, and we are quite capable of defending ourselves here as well. We bought in the middle of BFE exactly to stay away from that kind of element in society. Of course if they come looking for trouble?

We can handle it. One of my neighbors has a sign at the end of his driveway that reads “If you can read this sign, you are in range.”

I have a sign (hand painted) that reads “Think there’s an afterlife? Take another step uninvited and find out for sure.”

We had two new neighbors move in within the past six months, and one of those guys came over for a visit asking me if we have guns.....he hasn’t come back, lol.

[who knows what evil?]

Note to teen-agers...learn to use firearms responsibly now. You can play with your blackberries later...

[DainBramage]

Actually the dispatcher is right to warn the boy to be careful of whom hes shooting.

Supposing the deputy comes running around the corner and the kid is primed to shoot the first thing he sees?

The dispatcher wants the kid to warn him first because the dispatcher knows when the deputy has arrived via radio contact.

[wac3rd]

The US (USA Today, WaPo, LAT, NYT, SF Chron, McClatchey) newspapers routinely do not publish things like this. I asked a SF Chron newswriter (friend of a friend) who literally was more concerned with the rights of Gitmo terrorists than the safety of Americans.

The disease of Liberalism is alive and well in US newsrooms and broadcast stations.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[DCBryan1]

Here is some background on just ONE of the perps:

Terry was also wanted for a previous breaking-and-entering that occurred at a Parham Road residence on Nov. 14. That victim lost her purse, credit cards and $110 in cash. A separate arrest warrant regarding that incident charges Terry with fraudulent use of the victim’s State Employee’s Credit Union card.

Court records indicate Terry had been charged with more than a dozen previous break-in and theft felonies in recent years.

North Carolina Department of Corrections records note Terry under an alias as Andrew Montralus “Bird” Terry. He was recently released from serving concurrent 9-11 month sentences for break-in and theft convictions. His actual time of incarceration was less than eight months when released on Feb. 9, 2010.

Terry also served a 9-11 month sentence for a previous felony break-in case. His actual time in the prison facility added up to three months when he was released on Feb. 4, 2009. He had been given two previous suspended sentences on previous felony theft cases. Read more: The Daily Dispatch - Suspect arrested in home invasion that led to fatal shooting

[Hulka]

LOL. . .the ultimate trump card in any argument with her. . . forever.

[GraceG]

I wonder how the Uk news sites will spin this as the “crazy americans and their guns” rather than realizing that two lives were potentially saved by the young boy’s timely and accurate actions.

[Hulka]

“That victim lost HER purse, credit cards and $110 in cash. A separate arrest warrant regarding that incident charges Terry with fraudulent USE OF THE VICTIM’S state Employee’s Credit Union card.”

He’s a cross-dresser, too?

[Rannug]

Perhaps so, but this is the first Seneca name is the last couple thousand years.
And I will still LMFAO at him.

[TheDon]

LOL! Totally!

[Red in Blue PA]

The dispatcher needs to read some SCOTUS rulings.....for instance:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28scotus.htm

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Just as I thought.

[OldGoatCPO]

Only place comparing Obama to a dictator are the English papers. I am a big EPL fan, I am amazed at how candid the UK press can be. At times brutally accurate and at other times stupid beyond words.

[Red in Blue PA]

Working URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28scotus.html

[jjm2111]

I think the brits are starting to understand the fruits of their disarmed culture. The Daily Mail article on the lady who shot the intruder in OK had a fair amount of “wish we had guns over here” comments.