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| 92-Year-Old WWII Vet Shoots and Kills Home Intruder: 'As Soon as He Got Inside, It was All Over'' |
| 2012-09-04 |
| A 92-year-old World War II veteran shot and killed a suspected robber who attempted to break into his Kentucky home Monday morning. Two other men believed to be involved in the botched home invasion are lucky to have escaped with their lives and are now behind bars, WLWT reports. According to police, 24-year-old Lloyd Maxwell broke into the elderly man's basement after 2 a.m. and tried to enter the first floor of the home in Verona, Ky. The homeowner, identified as Earl Jones, said he was startled awake by the noise coming from his basement and grabbed his .22 caliber rifle and steadied his aim on the basement door as he heard the sound of footsteps creeping up the basement stairs. When the intruder kicked in the door, Jones fired one fatal shot into Maxwell's chest, police said. After firing the single shot, the homeowner called his neighbor, who then contacted the police. By the time police arrived, the burglary suspect had gotten away. However, soon after arriving at Jones' home, law enforcement in a nearby county received a call about a man who had been shot close by. Kenton County police responded to the call and found Maxwell dead inside a 2011 Chevrolet Impala with two other unharmed men. The other two men were brought in for questioning by the Boone County Sheriff's Office. During the interrogation, police say both men admitted to being involved in the bungled burglary at Jones' home. Ryan Dalton, 22 and Donnie Inabnit, 20, both of Dry Ridge, Ky., are charged with second-degree burglary (complicity) and tampering with physical evidence, WLWT reports. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #19 Which is why I thank God I live in the U.S. I have some friends who voted for The One last election. They aren't this time, and it started with them buying guns for home protection after a rash of crime from newly-arrived Chicagoans. I find the irony delicious. |
| Posted by: Charles 2012-09-04 19:33 |
| #18 #13 since you raise the point. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-09-04 18:04 |
| #17 ...I blame government assistance. /sarc sort of off |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-09-04 17:33 |
| #16 That, plus we seem to be breeding genetically inferior miscreants these days. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-09-04 17:09 |
| #15 I believe .22LR fired from a rifle is a lot more powerful than most folks realize. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2012-09-04 16:45 |
| #14 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-09-04 15:27 |
| #13 In the UK, they would have arrested the home owner for murder. |
| Posted by: Shinter Javirong9154 2012-09-04 15:20 |
| #12 Besoeker, I prefer one shot PER kill. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-09-04 15:20 |
| #11 One shot, one kill. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-04 15:04 |
| #10 Yeah, a .22 might only piss someone off and not actually do any damage. Good shooting, sir. .22 long? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-09-04 14:58 |
| #9 A .22 cal in a nice choice for someone that is 92 years old. Consider the kick of a 12 gauge shotgun as some have stated. The gun might be enough to instantly incapacitate an intruder, but it could also have incapacitated the user as well. Sure enough, that's why I got my 77 year old Mom a .410. Plenty of ammo choices, and she gets a hoot out of taking it to the range. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2012-09-04 14:53 |
| #8 A .22 cal in a nice choice for someone that is 92 years old. Consider the kick of a 12 gauge shotgun as some have stated. The gun might be enough to instantly incapacitate an intruder, but it could also have incapacitated the user as well. |
| Posted by: Javilet Spawn of the Lutherans7819 2012-09-04 14:37 |
| #7 Yeah, a .22 might only piss someone off and not actually do any damage. Good shooting, sir. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2012-09-04 13:25 |
| #6 ..a 12ga. would have save the police some time searching for the body. Yes, but the cleanup from the walls and floor was avoided. Not to mention all the stuff trampled in by the |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-09-04 13:23 |
| #5 Gee I wonder how many gunners will lament his choice of fire arms? a 12ga. would have save the police some time searching for the body. Let this be a lesson...use the right tool for the job BUT when the job's got to be done use the tool at hand. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-09-04 13:03 |
| #4 My 82 year old father, WWII vet, who lived out in the country, was approached by a stranger as he sat on the front porch of his home. Someone had been trying to break in to buildings and even though his vision was bad he sensed the guy coming up to his front porch ignoring his warnings to leave the property was a bad guy. When the stranger set his foot on the front porch my father reached just inside the front door and retrieved an AR15 with a 30 round banana clip. He then informed the unwanted stranger that even though he was almost blind, he bet he could hit him with at least one of the 30 rounds in the banana clip. The stranger exited quickly and attempted break ins ceased. |
| Posted by: Crineger Phutle5998 2012-09-04 13:03 |
| #3 Too bad for Ryan and Donnie if they have a murder felony rule in KY. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2012-09-04 12:03 |
| #2 From the comments - "I wonder if he has a Gran Torino in the garage?" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-09-04 12:00 |
| #1 Nice shooting, sir! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-09-04 11:41 |