"The homeowner is very likely to shoot you"

[JoeWilliams]

Gun control and law enforcement at it's finest

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/CountyB...rty_owner.html

[dc dalton]

Gun control and law enforcement at it's finest

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/CountyB...rty_owner.html

Too bad in PA the property owner would have been charged for murder since he 'could have' run away.

It's a sad statement when a person can't protect what is rightfully his from the lowlifes of the world.

[granuale]

POLK COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- A Polk County man shot at two robbery suspects Tuesday morning when he thought they were going to run him down.

One of the suspects was hit in the head and died, and the other is still at large.

The incident happened near a citrus grove on Rifle Range Road in the Wahneta area of Winter Haven.

Property owner Jamie Jones heard a commotion outside while working inside his shed just before dawn.

Jones told detectives a man and woman were driving away in his Land Rover. He said after they saw him, they tried to run him over.

Fearing for his life, Jones pulled the trigger.

One of the bullets hit 21-year-old Nikki McCormick in the head. While she lay bleeding in the passenger seat, the male suspect fled on foot.

McCormick was rushed to the hospital where she later died.

Detectives aren't sure if the male suspect was hit. The property owner last saw him limping down a nearby street.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office searched for him by air and ground for hours but did not locate him. The sheriff's office hasn't been able to identify him.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says Jones likely won't face charges, and he offers a warning to other would-be robbers.

"The word to the criminal is first -- quit being a criminal, quit stealing," Judd said. "But if you're breaking into someone's house, the homeowner is very likely to shoot you."

[MostlyHarmless]

Too bad in PA the property owner would have been charged for murder since he 'could have' run away.

You would try to outrun a Land Rover and turn your back towards thieves that try to run you over and eventually may have more up their sleeve?


Jan

[dc dalton]

You would try to outrun a Land Rover and turn your back towards thieves that try to run you over and eventually may have more up their sleeve?


Jan

Read the PA laws ... maybe then you will get what I am saying

[Warners Surplus]

POLK COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- A Polk County man shot at two robbery suspects Tuesday morning when he thought they were going to run him down.

One of the suspects was hit in the head and died, and the other is still at large.

The incident happened near a citrus grove on Rifle Range Road in the Wahneta area of Winter Haven.

Property owner Jamie Jones heard a commotion outside while working inside his shed just before dawn.

Jones told detectives a man and woman were driving away in his Land Rover. He said after they saw him, they tried to run him over.

Fearing for his life, Jones pulled the trigger.

One of the bullets hit 21-year-old Nikki McCormick in the head. While she lay bleeding in the passenger seat, the male suspect fled on foot.

McCormick was rushed to the hospital where she later died.

Detectives aren't sure if the male suspect was hit. The property owner last saw him limping down a nearby street.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office searched for him by air and ground for hours but did not locate him. The sheriff's office hasn't been able to identify him.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says Jones likely won't face charges, and he offers a warning to other would-be robbers.

"The word to the criminal is first -- quit being a criminal, quit stealing," Judd said. "But if you're breaking into someone's house, the homeowner is very likely to shoot you."

I hope the homeowner is handleing it well. I FULLY understand what he is probably going thru. The driver would have been one thing but with the fatality being the 21 year old passenger, I can imagine what he is thinking right now.

[johnnyquest]

...The incident happened near a citrus grove on Rifle Range Road...

Kindof ironic eh

[LittleRedToyota]

if i were a criminal, i think i might find some other street to target rather than "Rifle Range Road"...

[Stooperzero]

HMMMMM


Where Am I going to run to if I live in a 2 story house???


Jump out the window 20 feet down????


I'll let Mr. UZI or Mr. Kalashnikov answer that.

[The_Game]

What a waste of a windshield.