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93 year old man shoots robber

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:24 am
by govnor
I like happy endings :grin:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291231,00.html

Soda Can Assault Victim Wakes to Shoot Robber

EL DORADO, Ark. — An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can later awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said.

Willie Lee Hill, 93, told police he saw the robber while in his bedroom Wednesday night. Hill confronted Douglas B. Williams Jr., 24, of El Dorado, who struck the elderly man at least 50 times, knocking him out, police said.

Hill, covered in blood from the attack, regained consciousness and pulled a .38-caliber handgun on Williams. Williams saw the gun and charged Hill, who fired one round, police said. The bullet struck Williams in the throat.

When police arrived, officers said Williams told them, "I can't feel my legs and I got what I deserved."

Paramedics took Hill and Williams to the Medical Center of South Arkansas for treatment. Doctors later sent Williams to the Louisiana State University Medical Center at Shreveport, where he was listed in critical condition Friday.

Employees at the Medical Center of South Arkansas refused to give Hill's condition or say if he'd been discharged from the hospital Friday, citing medical privacy laws.

Officers reported finding a set of keys, two hearing aids, a CD player, an MP3 player, a Craftsman drill bit set and three pocket knives inside Williams' pockets. Police plan to charge Williams with residential burglary, second-degree battery, theft of property and theft by receiving.

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:55 am
by hoss4570
What discipline, having the compound crud beat out of you, waking up and ONLY firing one shot!!! Good shot placement, too. Only thing I hate about it is now the creep is a quad and we will have to feed him for the next 50 years. :fire :fire

Re: 93 year old man shoots robber

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:40 am
by Venus Pax
govnor wrote:When police arrived, officers said Williams told them, "I can't feel my legs and I got what I deserved."
Yep.
:iagree:

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:43 pm
by stevie_d_64
Good ole rock steady .38's!!!

Got to love them!

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:27 pm
by govnor
stevie_d_64 wrote:Good ole rock steady .38's!!!

Got to love them!
I've always been a big fan. I even have my old .357 on the bedside table.

Re: 93 year old man shoots robber

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:27 pm
by carlson1
Venus Pax wrote:
govnor wrote:When police arrived, officers said Williams told them, "I can't feel my legs and I got what I deserved."
Yep.
:iagree:
:iagree: