Ind: Woman shoots attacker with his own gun
“But the women resisted, and by doing so probably saved their lives, according to police.”
Funny, The anti self defense crowd tells us it’s better not to resist, better for who?…. the Bad guy?
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http://www.thestarpress.com/Local_News/0629shooting.html
Woman shoots attacker with his own gun
By T.J. WILHAM
MUNCIE – Confronted by an armed robber in her home early Thursday
morning, a Muncie woman managed to shoot her attacker with his own gun,
seriously wounding him.
Joel Williams Jr., 35, 301 E. First St. – whom police identified as the
attacker – was listed in critical condition at Ball Memorial Hospital
late Thursday.
Williams was shot in the torso, leg, arm and head by his intended
victim, who was able to grab Williams’s handgun while he tried to tie
her up.
The woman (whose name is being withheld) had stopped at her house in the
1900 block of South Macedonia Avenue around 12:45 a.m. Thursday with her
friend, Leah Lopez. Intending only to change shirts, fix their hair and
put on makeup, the 18-year-olds left the car running and the back door
unlocked while they were inside.
Minutes later, Williams entered the house, police said.
For 20 minutes, Williams forced the women to go through the house
looking for money. He instructed Lopez to go to her car twice, first to
turn off the engine and then to retrieve a purse. But the women
resisted, and by doing so probably saved their lives, according to
police.
Lopez’s friend kept insisting she had to go to the bathroom for
“personal” reasons, she offered fake jewelry and she even faked a
seizure as if she had epilepsy.
During one forced trip to her car, Lopez grabbed a cell phone, hid it in
her pants and was eventually able to call 911, even though her hands and
feet were tied. Police dispatchers didn’t believe her when she told them
she was being robbed. Lopez said they told her, “Ma’am, we don’t have
time to play games like this.”
“They showed extreme calm, given the dangerous situation they were in,”
said Muncie police Sgt. Roc Barrett. “I’d say these girls were very
lucky. We normally tell people to cooperate, but what they did worked
for them.”
While Williams was tying up Lopez’s friend, he laid down his gun,
Barrett said.
The woman, whose hands were tied in front of her, grabbed the weapon and
ran into the bedroom where Lopez was already tied up with telephone
cord.
Williams followed her, and the woman fired at him six times. Williams
fell on a television set and a lamp, police said. ” It was so dark,”
Lopez said. “When we got the light on, there was blood everywhere.”
Police said Williams was able to drive himself home. A friend then took
him to the Ball Memorial Hospital emergency room, where police – alerted
by Lopez – were waiting.
Williams – who police say is active in a gang – was released from prison
on parole in January.
He had been incarcerated after an armed robbery conviction, according to
records provided by the Indiana Department of Corrections.
According to DOC records, Williams had been convicted of armed robbery
in Lake County three times. He had been in prison since
1985.
If Williams survives his gunshot wounds, Barrett said, he could be
charged with burglary, robbery and criminal confinement.
When the Thursday morning attack began, Lopez thought at first the
masked man was a friend playing a joke on her, but she quickly realized
the danger was real.
“When he tied me up, that was when I realized that this guy could kill
us,” Lopez said hours after the attack. “I hate to say this, but I have
no feeling about this. I am just in shock.
“If that ever happened to me again, I know that I might not have the
chance to grab a phone or there might not be a gun lying there,” the
2001 Southside High School graduate said. “My mom always told me to lock
my doors and nothing good happens after 11 o’clock. I realize now, she’s
right.”
