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Cops: Ore. Mom Shoots, Kills Intruder in Child's Bedroom
CBS News ^ | 6/27/2016

Posted on 06/27/2016 12:30:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An Oregon mother shot and killed a home intruder she found in her child's bedroom early Sunday, reports CBS affiliate KOIN.

Police say the 33-year-old woman returned home with her two children, 5 and 10, and found the unidentified intruder, 59. KOIN reports the woman shot the man, a stranger, with her personal handgun after a confrontation.

Police tell the station the woman and her children are victims in the situation. They say the family is traumatized. They were reportedly not hurt in the incident.

The woman cooperated with investigators and the case is being sent to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office for review, according to the station.

Neighbor Amber Murray told the station the home was vacant for a while before the woman and her children moved in recently.

"I know when the previous renters were there, there was a lot of mischief," Murray said. "After they moved out I think there were a few squatters in and out of there."

Investigators are working to determine why the man was in the home. An autopsy is planned for Monday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
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To: HiTech RedNeck
One has to know how to choose battles while the stars are not totally in one’s favor.

If there's an intruder in your home, better to assume a mortal threat to you and your loved ones than to try to play Hamlet.

21 posted on 06/27/2016 1:20:27 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: sparklite2

I think you are probably right that it might have been a derelict coming back to their former squatting location. It struck me that most people quit doing burglaries and home invasions before the age of 59.


22 posted on 06/27/2016 1:24:55 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: Sarah Barracuda

If the robber and rapist is a muslim, she will be charged with a hate crime by Looney Lynch who won’t charge Hillary with treason.


23 posted on 06/27/2016 1:30:30 PM PDT by Kozy
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To: nickcarraway

:: Investigators are working to determine why the man was in the home ::

Well, heck, just ask him!
Wait...


24 posted on 06/27/2016 1:34:09 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: sparklite2

From the article - ::shot the man, a stranger, with her personal handgun ^after a confrontation^ ::

Seems she acted appropriately to me.
But, I’m in Texas.


25 posted on 06/27/2016 1:36:14 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: nickcarraway

Quick, somebody alert Charlie Rangel!


26 posted on 06/27/2016 1:42:49 PM PDT by sevlex
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To: nickcarraway

“Investigators are working to determine why the man was in the home.”
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Doesn’t matter. It wasn’t his home. Case closed. Next case.


27 posted on 06/27/2016 3:06:08 PM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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To: nickcarraway
Another report described the invader as "hiding" in her child's room.

...she shot and killed 59-year-old man hiding in her child’s room.

My reply was:
He was only hiding. She's in BIG trouble unless he did something to make her fear for her life or the lives of her children!

Liberal infested grand jury...indict.
Conservative dominated grand jury...no bill.

28 posted on 06/27/2016 3:06:11 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m sure the libs are not to happy about this.


29 posted on 06/27/2016 3:20:48 PM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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To: nickcarraway

I live about a mile from her house. There is an old railway right-of-way between us that has been turned into a bike path. within the past few years there’s been a huge increase in the ‘homeless’ population and many of them are camped out along the bike trail. In my own neighborhood we’ve seen a marked increase of petty theft and prowling.

It’s entirely possible the victim was simply returning to a house that had been abandoned the last time he was there. Of course, it’s equally possible he was planning a rape-murder-robbery. He really screwed up by silencing his own side of the story.

He’ll be more careful next time. /s


30 posted on 06/27/2016 4:52:57 PM PDT by oldfart
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To: sparklite2

Would it be justified in your home?


31 posted on 06/27/2016 5:01:03 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: 1FreeAmerican

We don’t know what the confrontation was, if there was one. And, no, I don’t think I’d open fire on someone for just being in my house.


32 posted on 06/27/2016 5:58:12 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: sparklite2
Apparently the intruder was alone in the house when the mother and kids walked in. The house had been vacant a while before she moved in, with squatters being a nuisance. This may be a case of simple trespassing or a cracked-out derelict going into a (unlocked?) dwelling looking to crash. Is that a justified homicide? We’ll see I guess.

Anything is possible, you sort it out in your child's room, I'll shoot him in mine.

33 posted on 06/27/2016 6:34:08 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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To: sappy

Now goodnight honey, remember that mommy will shoot all the monsters that come inside :)


34 posted on 06/27/2016 8:11:09 PM PDT by George Washington Axe
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