Transcript: Double Shooting in Tucson (RKBA)

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TONIGHT WITH THE HOMEOWNER WHO SHOT AND KILLED TWO MEN WHOM HE SAYS TRIED TO ROB AND KILL HIM.

AS DEANNE DONNELLY REPORTS, THAT'S WHEN IT TURNED DEADLY FOR THE INTRUDERS. Return to index of stories...

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Wesley Stevens says,"I thought I needed deadly force to stop them because they were trying to kill me hitting me over the head inside my living room."

WESLEY STEVENS IS DESCRIBING WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE HIS TUCSON HOME SATURDAY NIGHT.

BUT THIS AMATEAUR VIDEO SHOWS SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS SWARMING STEVENS' HOUSE ON NORTH STREET, NEAR GRANT AND ALVERNON.

ONE MAN HAD A SCISSOR JACK, THAT'S WHAT YOU USE TO JACK-UP A CAR.HE USED IT TO BASH-IN STEVENS' HEAD.

Wesley Stevens says,"I grabbed my gun and shot the one guy like this and then the other guy kept hitting me over the head in the front and I shot him."

ARIZONA LAW ALLOWS YOU TO USE DEADLY FORCE TO DEFEND YOURSELF, IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

Wesley Stevens says,"If I hadn't had a gun I would be down at the morgue and they would be scott free because I didn't know who they were and couldn't identify them."

STEVENS IS CONVINCED DETECTIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING *HIS* DEATH INSTEAD OF THE INTRUDERS'.

Wesley Stevens says,"It's the armed citizen that prevents the crime. I prevented them from robbing and killing me because I was armed."

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HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS CASE. Return to index of stories...

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Late breaking, all that is available so far is this transcript from the web page (as is, before anyone jumps on me about the caps). As this retired Marine was being interviewed, he had blood running down the side of his head. In the background was a bumper sticker on one of his house windows that said, "What part of MARINE don't you understand?"

I was shocked that one of our local news stations presented they story in a fair and balanced, RKBA manner. I know it's hard to believe, but they really did.

You know them Marines, they got some really hard heads. I think I would have started shooting before they hit me with the jack. Like, about the time they caved my door in. But, you have to give him credit, he made really, REALLY sure they intended to do harm. It also amazes me the second idiot continued the attack after his buddy was shot. They must have been out of their minds on something. Crack or PCP. I imagine the full story will be in the newspapers early this week.

Here's the Red Star's take.

Two fatally shot in altercation

By Bob Purvis

ARIZONA DAILY STAR

A Midtown homeowner shot and killed two men who attacked him in his home late Saturday night, police said.

Wesley Stevens, 58, grabbed his revolver during an altercation with his attackers, firing several shots at them, said Sgt. Marco Borboa, Tucson Police Department spokesman.

The two men, in their mid-20s, entered Stevens' home, in the 4100 block of East North Street, through his open front door shortly after the arrival of a female acquaintance of Stevens', believed to be in her late teens or early 20s.

The men were friends with the young woman, but it is unclear what prompted the attack, Borboa said.

Police responding to a 911 call coming from the home at 10 p.m. found one of the attackers lying dead on the walkway in front of the home.

The uninjured woman fled from the home with the other man, who had been shot. She crashed her car into a concrete pylon near North Alvernon Way and East Grant Road as she sped from the scene, police said.

She ran to a nearby Fry's Food and Drug store and called 911 roughly around the time the police arrived at the scene of the shooting.

The man in the car was taken to University Medical Center, where he later died of gunshot wounds, Borboa said.

Stevens was treated and released from UMC for injuries he received during the fight. He had not been arrested Sunday. The incident is being reviewed by the Pima County Attorney's Office.

Borboa was unable to identify the woman. The identities of the dead men were being withheld pending notification of their families.

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