Homeowner: No time to think, only time to shoot

Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 11/12/7 | Don Jacobs

[SmithL]

2 interlopers arrested after one wounded in neck in South Knoxville --

Horace Garland didn't have time to think when two men claiming to be police officers tried to force their way into his South Knoxville home.

He didn't have time to consider why cops would be screaming and yelling on his front porch about midnight Sunday. He didn't have time to be scared. The 63-year-old man only had time to react with the .38-caliber Police Special he kept at his bedside.

Garland, a Vietnam veteran, said he started shooting at "anything I could hit."

"I'm glad he did," said Garland's live-in girlfriend, Kay Cupp. "I believe those guys would have killed us in bed if they could have gotten in."

One of the men, Jeremy Johnson, did get in the house. Garland, who stands 5 feet-9 inches tall and weighs 122 pounds, shot the 21-year-old Johnson through the neck.

Garland and Cupp said they moved to the Chestnut Street house less than two months ago. Garland has relatives in the community, so the couple had no trouble settling into their new neighborhood.

The couple had been in bed about an hour Sunday night, but weren't yet asleep when they heard a commotion on their porch.

"A boy just came up on the porch, hollering and yelling he was KPD," Garland said. "I told 'em I had a pistol."

[IIntense]

...and if he had a video camera in his hand instead of a gun, he and the woman might now be dead.

I go with the gun. It worked for him.

Oh, you were joking!

[matthew fuller]

I meant like a mounted security cam, AND the gun. A bigger gun, if he can handle it.

[Caipirabob]

The Judge Video - got to get me one of them!

[cva66snipe]

They were lucky they didn’t break into Lumpy’s house... LOL

[ReignOfError]

[ReignOfError]

Well, that dude Shaft *was* a bad mother...

Shut your mouth!

[Gilbo_3]

Blood still marks the spot on the front porch where Johnson hit when he was shoved through the broken window. Then Sellers opened the front door and walked out.

Still LMAO at the vision of this...

"He was sticking the gun through the window and shot at me.

Attempted murder, wanton endangerment, criminal misuse of firearm, felony possesion etc etc etc... and dont forget 'tampering with physical evidence' for the above 'disposal' of the shot accomplice...

[wastedyears]

That’s a very nice toy to have.

[ctdonath2]

He had a potato stuck on the end of his as a silencer."

Giggle!

[woollyone]

as it should be!

[Old Mountain man]

A true Tennessee Gentleman.

[Osage Orange]

Good Shootin’ ........

Not really.......1 out of 3 at 4-5 feet..ain't very good.

[Osage Orange]

How about attempted murder????

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Good. No government can take this right away from us.
Hillary will try.

[tioga]

LOL.........I wondered how long it would take for someone to catch that.

[Cobra64]

He had a potato stuck on the end of his as a silencer.

There was a thread over on a Glock forum of people doing this.

[B4Ranch]

Garland and Cupp need to pick up a used 12 gauge. Then they need to do some close range practice.

[monkeycard]

Excellent work!

[bajabaja]

No, you are right, I am not a lawyer, but even I could spot a few charges that were not filed. It may become a new game on these threads: how many legitimate charges can be filed against the burglar/assailant/almost murderer that were not filed. The homeowner/self-defender was quoted as worrying about charges being filed against himself. Not in a just world.