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http://www.dallasnews.com/localnews/city/collin/stories/091102dnplamcshoot.e42.html
McKinney: Couple unharmed in armed attack
Doctor says wife’s cool head saved their lives; man, accomplice sought
09/11/2002
By MANOLO BARCO / The Dallas Morning News

Dr. David Avery didn’t know what would happen next as he lay face down
on his driveway with an assailant’s submachine gun aimed at the back of
his head.

But within seconds, his 70-year-old wife, Patricia, had retrieved a .38
caliber revolver from the couple’s pickup and opened fire. Her five
shots forced the gunman to flee.

Collin County sheriff’s deputies continued Tuesday to look for the man
and an accomplice in the holdup, which took place Sunday evening near
McKinney. Meanwhile, Dr. Avery said his wife’s quick thinking probably
saved their lives.
“If it wasn’t for her being so cool-headed, we would’ve been in
trouble,” Dr. Avery said.

Neither Mr. Avery nor his wife was injured, but police said Mrs. Avery
might have wounded the masked gunman.

According to police, the incident took place as the Averys were
returning to their home in a rural area north of McKinney after
attending a gun show in Mesquite. Dr. Avery said that as he backed his
1997 GMC truck into his driveway, he noticed a small green car pull in
front of him.
Then a man wearing a mask and blue clothing and brandishing an AK-47
jumped from the vehicle and ordered the 70-year-old man to get on the
ground.

“My wife carries a .38 revolver and started shooting,” Dr. Avery said.

Positioning herself behind the passenger side door of the couple’s
truck, Mrs. Avery squeezed off five shots, Dr. Avery said. Fleeing
toward the green car, the suspect returned fire, striking the couple’s
car several times, Dr. Avery said.

Police said they believe the incident was a robbery, but they could not
say what the man might have been targeting. The man never demanded that
the couple turn over any possessions, police said. The couple’s truck
had a trailer hitched to it when the incident happened. Police could not
say what, if anything, was inside the trailer.

A few hours after the incident, Allen police were dispatched to a
suspicious call on Stacy Road just east of Central Expressway, officials
said.
According to police, they received a report of a man who was bleeding in
his car on the side of the road. When police arrived, the car was gone,
but some blood was found on the side of the road. Lt. Norton said it was
unclear if that incident was related to the shooting.

Monday morning, sheriff’s deputies recovered an abandoned green 1997
Honda behind a building on FM543 north of McKinney with what appeared to
be a bullet hole in the rear window, officials said. Lt. Norton said the
vehicle is believed to be the one used in Sunday night’s incident at Dr.
Avery’s home.

The vehicle was reported stolen in McKinney on Saturday, officials said.
Police said they have recovered some physical evidence from the vehicle,
but declined to say what evidence they had found.

“We will continue to investigate,” Lt. Norton said.

Dr. Avery said he is ” admittedly somewhat angry” about the incident,
but was thankful he and his wife of 51 years were OK.

“I told her she was a hero,” he said.

Anyone with information about the incident or where the suspects might
be is asked to call the Collin County sheriff’s office at 972-424-4797.
E-mail [email protected]
or call 214-977-6947

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