Posted on 08/11/2010 4:53:46 AM PDT by marktwain
A Tulsa homeowner shot a man who attempted to break into his house early Monday after the homeowner called police and told the man to leave.
The suspected burglar, Michael Brian Crawford, 36, was hit once in the left shoulder. He was treated and released from a hospital before being arrested on one count of first-degree burglary.
The homeowner, who works out of his home in the 2300 block of South 121st East Avenue, said the man rang his doorbell about 3:30 a.m., which woke him up, and asked for help. He called 911 and told the man the police were coming but didn’t open the door, the homeowner said.
“I don’t open the door that time of morning,” said the homeowner, 51, who asked not to be identified by name.
The man waited several minutes by the mailbox before he returned to the front window and yelled, “You’re the man of the house. You come talk to me,” at the homeowner who was staying awake watching TV.
The homeowner said he told the man that he already called 911 and he should go back and wait on the sidewalk.
A few moments later the light on the front porch went out, and he went and got his pistol, the homeowner said.
As he secured his house, he saw a shadowy figure against his back porch blinds and the back door began to jiggle.
“Get away from my house,” he said he yelled at the person on his porch.
That’s when the back porch light went out, he said.
The homeowner then let out a shot and the man fled.
“Apparently, I hit him,” he said Monday afternoon.
Crawford’s bond is set at $20,000, jail records show.
Neighbors talked Monday afternoon about buffing up their neighborhood watch, which they said already works pretty well.
Several neighbors said crime is low in their neighborhood, because they keep an eye out for problems.
Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/content/2010/crimesite/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20100809_450_0_ATlahm637790
“Apparently, I hit him,”
He should win a gift card or something.
I’m sure he did the right thing and that this is all a good outcome but I can’t help wishing he had waiting until the scumbag had actually gained entrance and then taken more careful (and terminal) aim.
By the way, where the h* were the police? Sounds like lots of time went by after that first 911 call.
The perp sounds pretty dumb (or drugged) to have stayed at the site with an awake homeowner who told him he’d called 911 on his behalf.
“A Tulsa homeowner shot a man who attempted to break into his house early Monday after the homeowner called police and told the man to leave. “
So why did he call the police to ask the man to leave.
Just minutes away.
“Tulsa homeowner shoots would-be burglar(OK) “
OK by me
Homeowner needs range time.
Man, one does not just shoot thru the door not knowing for sure who is on the other side. Let him come in first.
Shoot .45 and stay alive.
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