Posted on 02/21/2021 9:06:57 PM PST by lowbridge
A South Carolina armed home invader who attacked a 79-year-old woman near her back door is dead after the victim’s 82-year-old Vietnam War veteran husband beat him down with the butt end of a shotgun earlier this week, according to local authorities.
Herbert Parrish snatched the firearm off a wall mount after the suspect, identified as 61-year-old Harold Runnels, broke into the home with a knife, knocked his wife to the ground and slashed her forehead Monday afternoon, Columbia, S.C.-based FOX 57 reported.
He lived in a nearby mobile home community, according to WJBF-TV, and approached by knocking on the back door and asking if the couple had seen a missing dog.
Runnels later died at a hospital due to injuries suffered in the scuffle, according to authorities.
Aiken County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Eric Abdullah, a department spokesman, said residents should call 911 immediately if they suspect their home is being broken into.
"Of course, folks have the right to defend themselves if their lives are in danger, but the best thing to do is to call for help," he told the Aiken Standard newspaper.
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Well, ammo is getting hard to come by.
Ammo is so hard to come by that ....
7 seconds.
I think it’s great that this man was able to protect his wife and himself by knocking that burglar out, but I’ll bet after it was all over, he (the homeowner) remained shaken up for a long time. I wish both of them good health and peace of mind.
Eric needs to lose his job.
Ammo is so hard to come by that ....
= = =
And the clean up was a lot easier.
And the trauma of the aftermath I would think, too.
“Of course, folks have the right to defend themselves if their lives are in danger, but the best thing to do is to call for help,”
WTF? The best thing is to call for help? Kinda hard when you’re dead. Good grief.
Abdullah is a Dem no doubt. Call 911? Yeah right
I had no idea what Eric looked like. Doesn’t matter. He’s an idiot.
Whatever works..
Idiocy does not discriminate on the basis of race. Idiots come in all colors.
“Aiken County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Eric Abdullah, a department spokesman, said residents should call 911 immediately if they suspect their home is being broken into.”
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Another idiot lefty. I’m sure he’s never heard of “when seconds count, cops are minutes away” mantra chanted on FR for the past 40 years
It always disturbs me to hear a sheriff's dept spokesperson say something that usually comes out of a big city PD. I would have preferred:
"...but the best thing to do is to call for help, if you are not able to blow the POS's head clean off..."
“Of course, folks have the right to defend themselves if their lives are in danger, but the best thing to do is to call for help,” he told the Aiken Standard newspaper.”
Homeowner:
“....Hello, is this the Sheriff’s’ office? Yeah, could yiu send a couple of deputies over to help me clean up this mess? Thanks.”
Dumbazz
As a veteran he probably is content with taking the idiot out with a buttstroke move he learned in basic without having to shoot him. Good job vet.
I guess I should work on my "backup skills". Our local Rural King store* was totally out of ammo today. Every caliber and type. I could not believe it...
*For those not familiar, RK is a Midwest farm supply store that carries many other items, including a generous selection of firearms and ammo.
Anyway, congrats to Mr. Parrish, and prayers for him and his wife.
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