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Shotgun-Packing Elderly Couple Ruins Dangerous Fugitive’s Escape Plans with Deadly Shot
http://www.theblaze.com ^ | august 21, 2013 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 08/21/2013 4:01:56 PM PDT by lowbridge

An escaped inmate was shot and killed Monday by an elderly couple he had been holding at gunpoint for around four hours.

Rodney Eugene Long, a dangerous prison escapee suspected of shooting and injuring a Taylor County deputy, broke into a couple’s home in Bedford, Iowa, at around 10:15 p.m. Monday night and held them for four hours, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Mitch Mortvedt said during a news conference.

Jerome and Carolyn Mauderly said Long was armed with a semi-automatic handgun. Long, 38, also disabled the phones in the Maulderlys’ home as he apparently gathered supplies to aid his escape.

At around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning, Jerome, 71, was somehow able to retrieve his shotgun and shoot the fugitive dead. The couple immediately called 911 and police responded to their home.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; guns; iowa; secondamendment
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To: ErnBatavia

What movie is that from?


21 posted on 08/21/2013 4:23:03 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Mr. K

“I need to go to the bathroom”seems like a reasonable request- and a good place for hidden self defense.”

Toilet tank, stainless revolver, Pelican case.


22 posted on 08/21/2013 4:24:09 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I'm so conservative I won't even wear progressive bifocals.)
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To: Lurker

Actually, it’s a Swiffer duster TV commercial...


23 posted on 08/21/2013 4:24:46 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Carlos Danger for mayor....NYC deserves him)
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To: brewcrew

Thanks, that makes sense.


24 posted on 08/21/2013 4:27:03 PM PDT by elpinta (Jer. 10:23 - It really holds true!)
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To: knarf
And at 2:30 AM, I'd be really grumpy and ready to put a stop to the nonsense so I could get some sleep. ;)

/johnny

25 posted on 08/21/2013 4:31:06 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: ErnBatavia
I LOVE those two .. !!!

There y'go .. Morty sums it all up.

26 posted on 08/21/2013 4:37:42 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: lowbridge

As a taxpaying citizen of this rapidly evolving turd-world hell hole, I’d like to express my thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Mauderly for killing this son of a bitch. They saved me and others thousands of dollars.


27 posted on 08/21/2013 5:00:29 PM PDT by upchuck (My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that!)
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To: Beowulf9

Well it was long overdue.


28 posted on 08/21/2013 5:12:51 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
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To: SkyDancer

How about “If his Mother had a Son?”


29 posted on 08/21/2013 5:14:53 PM PDT by BilLies (I despise The Progressive Liberal American Press, its corporations, management, reporters, readers.)
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To: CrazyIvan
Toilet tank, stainless revolver, Pelican case.

Even better - there's a wooden magazine rack that's got a hidden handgun compartment.

It'd look perfectly innocent on the bathroom wall. Around $130 plus S&H. Or, a weekend project for DIY types (looks simple enough).

30 posted on 08/21/2013 5:17:19 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: elpinta

Apparently there’s this new fangled device called a cellular phone.


31 posted on 08/21/2013 5:23:50 PM PDT by rabidralph (Gray State Movie)
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To: lowbridge

One less vermin.


32 posted on 08/21/2013 5:42:46 PM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: lowbridge

Thank you, folks! You did great!


33 posted on 08/21/2013 6:08:24 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: Charles Martel

Very cool! I just might build one. Need a place to put the Shotgun News anyway!


34 posted on 08/21/2013 6:23:11 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I'm so conservative I won't even wear progressive bifocals.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Oh Yeah! Plenty of time to know that this guy is dead set in his mind to make crazy around me and just give me a chance to get my hands on something lethal. If you hadn’t of gotten the jump on me and pissed me off you might have had a slim chance, but your ticket is about to be punched.


35 posted on 08/21/2013 6:45:21 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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To: Delta 21
At 2:30 AM, I'm mostly about "Just make it stop so I can get some sleep". If that involves ventilating escaped felons, ok.

/johnny

36 posted on 08/21/2013 6:50:53 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: SkyDancer

>> “Well now, Obama can’t claim that if he had a son” <<

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Sure he can!

If Obama had a son he would have held up at least ten banks by now, and died in the shoot-out at the eleventh.


37 posted on 08/21/2013 6:57:09 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: elpinta

Just a guess, but disabled the landline and they phoned for help on their mobile phone. But that’s just an uneducated guess.

Either that or the guy’s McGyver and repaired the phone line with some surplus belly button lint.


38 posted on 08/21/2013 7:52:49 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

A cut phoneline can be repaired in a minute or two.

It doesn’t take a McGyver, it just takes an older person who is familiar with repairing things.


39 posted on 08/21/2013 8:02:23 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (When America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: Old Sarge

IMHO one of the best movies.


40 posted on 08/21/2013 8:22:10 PM PDT by glyptol
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