Taos man [perp] shot [6 times] in home robbery; no arrest made

The Taos News ^ | July 17, 2012 | Chandra Johnson

[kevcol]

Through media collaboration, The Taos News has learned that a 19-year-old man is clinging to life in a Santa Fe hospital after he was shot six times during a robbery Monday morning (July 16).

The Taos County Sheriff's Office failed to return a dozen phone calls from The Taos News about the incident. In addition, no report has been filed and no arrest made in the incident that occurred on Blueberry Hill Road — the same neighborhood where The Taos News reported last week that residents were turned away when asked for an investigation into a series of early morning break-ins over the past year.

According to KRQE News 13, 19-year-old Robert Carpenter was shot six times in the chest and torso area after he returned to the scene of a robbery between 5 and 6 a.m. Carpenter knocked on the door of an undisclosed house and robbed the homeowner at gunpoint, taking $150 worth of marijuana. [The homeowner had a license for medical marijuana.]

But Carpenter then, for unknown reasons, returned to the house and, finding the doors locked and the homeowner unwilling to answer the door, stuck his gun through the home's dog door. The homeowner — whose identity is not being released — then shot Carpenter six times.

Carpenter is currently being treated for his wounds in the ICU ward of St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe.

The Taos News published a report in its July 5 edition that residents of Blueberry Hill and the Las Colonias area were angry with the sheriff's office for what they viewed to be a lack of response to a number of break-ins last fall.

Homeowner Carolyn Johnson, whose home was burglarized through forced entry in October, told The Taos News that when residents asked about the lack of response at a homeowner's association meeting, officers from the department told her "This isn't 'CSI,' ma'am."

The Taos County Sheriff's Office has yet to respond to The Taos News' records request about how many homes had been burglarized.

[oldfart]

He *IS* looking for a new job — as judge. As *JUDGE*? I don’t think I’d vote for him.

[Uri’el-2012]

“...the same neighborhood where The Taos News reported last week that residents were turned away when asked for an investigation into a series of early morning break-ins over the past year.”

If there is any truth to this the sheriff will be looking for a new job.

The story is inaccurate on it's face;
none of this happened on or near Blueberry Hill Road.
It occurred in Lower Colinas or Upper Colinas.

Lower Colinas is mostly double wides and single wides.

I have lived in the county for two years
and monitor with a police scanner.

Carolyn Johnson was most likely told to buy a gun.

There are a lot of very PROGRESSIVE Anglos here in Taos county.

The demographics are 60% Hispanic 30% Anglo 10% Native.
Most of the Hispanic families go back hundreds of years.

90% of the Anglos are PROGRESSIVES.

What kind of Anglo would be named Chandra ?

[jboot]

From the article references in post 12:

"At that point, the owner discharged a high-powered rifle through the steel door, striking the intruder six times in the lower extremities."

"High-powered rifle" is an elderly term for a non-rimfire, non-pistol cartridge firing rifle. It could be anything from a .223 to a .45-70. Based on the fact that he ate six rounds and lives I suspect it was a .223.

Somebody needs to get a Garand. Mutants go down and stay down when John Garand talks to them.

[jboot]

M2 blacktip is fun stuff, but it has limits. It was designed to penetrate 20mm of face-hardened steel armor. It does this by shedding most of its mass: generally only a small fragment of the projectile enters the armored target. Damage was expected to result primarily from armor fragments spraying from the hit. It also isn't that much better at breaking engine blocks than straight M2 ball.

That said, it will munch steel entry doors, automobile doors and class III boday armor like popcorn. And mutants rarely have any sort of armor. Supposedly class IV soft body armor with a ceramic trauma plate can defeat it, so the goobermint ninjas could still be an issue. If ninjas are a likely threat it might be time to upgrade to .338 Lapua.

[Uri’el-2012]

.the same neighborhood where The Taos News reported last week that residents were turned away when asked for an investigation into a series of early morning break-ins over the past year.”

What are the chances that Chandra Johnson
is the evil spawn of Carolyn Johnson ?

[Jack Hydrazine]

How many Johnsons, Smiths and Jones are there in the US?

[Wizdum]

What if the Sheriff's family has lived here for over four hundred years ?

The Romero family goes back to the conquistadors. Romero is my cousin, although we have disagreements on politics, he is still a good sheriff, and supports CCW.

[Uri’el-2012]

How many Johnsons, Smiths and Jones are there in the US?

I don't know what you are talking about
but I'm talking about Taos county.

I find 80 in the Taos county phone book.

You seem to be off topic.

[Uri’el-2012]

U-2012>What if the Sheriff's family has lived here for over four hundred years ?

The Romero family goes back to the conquistadors. Romero is my cousin, although we have disagreements on politics, he is still a good sheriff, and supports CCW.

Yes, I know !

So does the Under-Sheriff.

[Jack Hydrazine]

You just proved my point. There are 80 listed Johnsons alone not including those unlisted. You’ll be digging a while to find an familial connection.

[Uri’el-2012]

What a schmuck.

What do you know about Taos county ?

[Erasmus]

Pumping all of his rounds through the door not knowing exactly the where the target is seems like a perfectly sane thing to do after seeing a gun pointed into your home.

By the same token, it would make it a miracle for the homeowner to get 6 center-of-mass shots on the perp.

On the other hand, maybe the homeowner used the hole from the first shot as a peephole, improving his odds.

≤}B^)

[Kenny Bunk]

Amigo, piedad de mí con esta fábula de los conquistadores de esta región, quizás mejor describida como un vertido de conversos y moriscos en los cuales no se confiaron de ninguna manera los españoles.

Pero apreciado el punto que este Romero, quienquisiera sea, sería un verdadero hijo del territorio, como yo del mío. Que se vaya bién. ¿Tratando de conversos, porqué sería imposible convertirlo a este tipo tan estimable al partido republicano?

¿No me ha prometido Sr. Karl Rove que los mexicanos se pongan los republicanos del nuestro avenir?

[Kenny Bunk]

Jack, apparently the only thing wrong with Romero is that he ain't a Republican. Maybe after he becomes a judge (a shoo-in) and he isn't pressured to pretend to be politically correct for all the fruity Anglos infesting this region, he'll see the light and convert to the true faith.

I am personally doing penance at el Santuario de Chimayo for what I said about him.

[SaraJohnson]

He did alright given he was shooting him through the dogie door where the thug fool knelt down and stuck his gun inside when the homeowner refused to let him in...after already robbing the home earlier the in day! The thug must have thought the homeowner did not have a gun.

What a mess!

[Kenny Bunk]

He did alright given he was shooting him through the doggie door

Really Sara, now you're going to get PETA involved in this mess. It is illegal to discharge a weapon within 500 yards of a school or doggie door.

CC
Eric Holder

[SaraJohnson]

Well eeexcuuuuse me! :)

[Jack Hydrazine]

All I am saying about the Johnsons is that the name is so common, like Smith and Jones, that asking if this and that Johnson is related is laughable unless you absolutely know for sure. It’s possible they could be but not as probable as you think.

I’ve visited Taos by bicycle during my 4,600 mile bicycle trip some years ago. Nice place! I’d actually like to go back and visit the place again.