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Woman’s Fast Actions Scare Home Invaders

A Bellevue woman’s fast reactions may have saved her life and the life
of her young child after two gunmen kicked in her front door early
Saturday morning.

“Within a matter of seconds they were coming to me and I really had no
time to think. Myself and my child. Protect myself and my kid. That’s
it,” said the woman, who asked to remain anonymous.

She was sharing a bed with her 18-month-old daughter.

“I heard the loudest noise — like someone had driven a car through the
front door.”

The front door was kicked in, the lock shattered.

“I get up out of bed and looked over the steps and there are two men
coming up the steps with guns.”

She said the men were hooded, faces covered, and each carried a gun.

The woman screamed and then reacted. “My husband leaves a gun by the
nightstand for me. I picked it up and started firing.”

She fired the .22 caliber pistol twice and the intruders turned to run.

One bullet ended up in the wall. “I think I hit one with the second shot
over the steps as they were leaving.”

Metro police used a canine unit to track the men. The dogs tracked the
suspect across the yard and up a hill but lost the scent.

Police said the woman acted appropriately. “I fired out of panic. I wish
I had aimed directly at the chest or heads. I know that may sound harsh
to someone watching, but when you have to protect your child and
yourself.I wish that I knew I had two dead intruders than two people
out my front door.”

The woman said she is concerned because the two suspects remain at
large.

Nothing was taken and neither her nor her daughter was injured.

The family is now moving from the home.

Police were investigating the crime. Police said they hope someone with
information about the crime will come forward.

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