The Armed Citizen® November 18, 2022

An intruder attemped to breech a bedroom in a rural Texas home where a mother and her children had retreated for safety. The man persisted, but she was armed. 

by posted on November 18, 2022
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A would-be burglar broke into a rural Texas home at about 9 p.m., prompting a woman and her children to retreat to a bedroom for safety. The woman called 9-1-1, while the man attempted to access the bedroom. Ignoring her warnings that she had a gun and had called police, the man continued to try to breech the bedroom. Fearing for the lives of her family, the woman fired her gun once through the door. The intruder then fled, and was discovered by deputies about 100 yards away in an open field with a gunshot wound to his left arm. After administering medical care, the man was booked into a detention center. (ValleyCentral.com; Edinburg, Texas; 10/26/22)

Fearing for her life, a woman drew her handgun shot and wounded her boyfriend after he attempted to run her over with his vehicle. The woman then drove him to a hospital, where was treated for a gunshot wound to his hand. He was subsequently arrested, and faces charges of assault, family violence, impeding breathing/circulation and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (vehicle). The woman was not charged. (IrvingWeekly.com; Irving, Texas; 11/4/22)

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