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"I heard somebody at the back door and then around at the front door," Jones told the Decatur Daily. "I said to myself, 'Somebody's fixin' to break in.'"
Since the sexagenarian does not own a car, Jones thinks that the intruder probably thought no one was home.
The robber proceeded to remove an air-conditioning unit from a window in a back room before entering the home. When Jones walked out of her bathroom, she saw the suspect, who was holding a pen light near her bedroom. "I shot three times," Jones said, "and he ran away hollering."
Jones, who used to go target practice with her former husband, immediately dialed 911, and even though the dispatcher kept coaxing her to put the gun down, Jones was so shaken by the incident that she simply could not release her grip on the weapon. She was terrified that the robber was still lurking outside of her residence.
Police investigators cracked the case quickly and determined that a nearby neighbor, 18-year-old Michael O'Neal Bynum, had been the perpetrator. He was reportedly in stable condition after going to a nearby hospital for a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
Bynum, who was on probation for a prior burglary conviction, will go to a county jail upon his release from the hospital. He will be charged with second-degree burglary and held without bail.
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By: Sedated on 9/01/2010 5:49PM
And you idiots, (and you know who you are) are trying to take our guns away. Go figure.
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By: Little Dickie Dydoe on 9/01/2010 4:09PM
You go Granny. It's time for lawabiding citizens to take back control of their neighborhoods. Next time aim a little higher and get him right between the eyes.
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By: mswll4 on 9/01/2010 4:18PM
TO MRS JONES, WOW?
SHOUT THE THUG
HANGED THE THUG
BURNED THE THUG.
That is what i would have done.
Way to go MRS JONES.
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By: mswll4 on 9/01/2010 4:24PM
[ MISPELLING ]
SHOOT THAT THUG
HANGED THAT THUG
BURNED THAT THUG.
Much better.
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By: kacee49 on 9/02/2010 7:42PM
No...that would be misspelling.
Shoot that thug,
Hang that thug,
Burn that thug.
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By: poetrysez on 9/01/2010 6:55PM
Grandma got that dirty harry look. That perp is lucky her aim was off because if it wasn't this blog would've read "Gun Toting Granny Sent Perp To Meet His Maker...During Home Invasion".
It's a shame elderly people have to result to putting a .38 cap into someone in order to have peace in their home.
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By: walter on 9/02/2010 11:14AM
We keep our guns and crime goes down. It is a simple equayion. Let the anti-gun crowd go without guns and they would have a different out look.
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By: ukno on 9/02/2010 11:31PM
When I saw that it was a .38 caliber I said "That's My MAMA!!!!!. Madea's character don't exist for nothing. We are way past the point of even the young protecting the old b/c they are far more vulnerable. I wish for the days we could get back to THE RESPECT-THE HONOR-THE LOVE IN OUR HEARTS FOR THE FELLOW MAN. THINGS ARE GOING TO GET FAR WORSE THAN THY ARE NOW IF WE DON'T STOP AND THINK.
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By: henryKnox on 9/01/2010 10:47PM
Bless Ethel. Sorry she had to defend herself, but thank goodness she had the capability.
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By: RENEE GREENE on 9/02/2010 12:06AM
Get 'im Gran!
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