86 Year Old Woman Shoots Attacker with Violent Criminal History

Date:	May 17, 2013	Time:	Unreported	Location:	Lakeland, FL
Crime Prevented:		Assault, Murder
Description of Bad Guy(s):		William Pennypacker, 64, the son of the homeowner, was drinking and became abusive toward his mother and started punching her in the face before pulling out a gun
Description of Good Guy(s):		Nancy Pennypacker, 86, the mother of William Pennypacker. When her son began punching her in the face repeatedly and pulled out a gun, she withdrew a nearby gun and shot him
Type of Gun Used:		Handgun
Outcome:		William was killed, but not before he shot his mother once in the shoulder. She was treated for her injuries. No one else was injured by the gunfire. Authorities do not believe Nancy will face any charges.
Source(s):		WTSP

Don't get me wrong; it's horrible for a mother to have to kill her own son in self-defense. However, William was already arrested in July 2011 for battery on his mother and again in July 2012 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against her. Were it not for a gun, Nancy could very well be dead. A homicide still gets tossed into the statistics, but at least it's a bad guy that died and not a good guy.

Homeowner Returns Home to Catch Two Burglars in His Home; Forced to Shoot One When He Lunges for His Gun

Date:	May 18, 2013	Time:	4:00 pm	Location:	Walnut Hill, FL
Crime Prevented:		Burglary, Home Invasion
Description of Bad Guy(s):		Ricky Dewayne Taylor, 33, and Teresa Dianne Sunday, 35, broke into a residence while the owner was not there
Description of Good Guy(s):		Unnamed homeowner, who returned home to find the two burglars in his house. He pulled out his revolver and held them at gunpoint while calling for police. While on the phone, Taylor lunged for the gun and the homeowner shot him once in the leg.
Type of Gun Used:		Handgun
Outcome:		Both burglars were arrested. Sunday had a minor injury to her cheek from a ricochet  No innocent person was injured by the gunshot. The homeowner has not been charged with any crime.
Source(s):		North Escambria News

Armed Son of Homeowner Kills Burglar After He Breaks into Home and Starts Pepper-Spraying Everyone

Date:	May 16, 2013	Time:	8:50 am	Location:	Jacksonville, FL
Crime Prevented:		Burglary, Home Invasion
Description of Bad Guy(s):		Unnamed burglar, 24, who broke into a home with a backpack and then started pepper spraying everyone in the house
Description of Good Guy(s):		Unnamed son of the homeowner who caught the burglar inside the home, feared for his life, secured a firearm, and shot the intruder
Type of Gun Used:		Unreported
Outcome:		The intruder was killed. No one else was injured by the gunfire. The homeowner's son has not been charged with any crime
Source(s):		Jacksonville Times-Union     First Coast News

Two Potential Murders Prevented by an Armed Citizen

Date:	May 13, 2013	Time:	Midnight	Location:	Oak Grove, KY
Crime Prevented:		Armed Burglary, Robbery, Home Invasion, Assault, Murder
Description of Bad Guy(s):		Unnamed armed man who broke through the front door. When he saw the occupants, he began to raise his pistol to point it at them
Description of Good Guy(s):		Christopher Kelley, who heard the intruder come in and at first thought the intruder was there to see his roommate. But when he noticed that the intruder had a mask on, was carrying a pistol and started to raise it to point at him, he grabbed his own gun and fired five shots
Type of Gun Used:		Handgun
Outcome:		Kelley hit the intruder three out of five times. Even then, the intruder tried to raise the pistol again and Kelley ordered him to drop it. The intruder dropped his gun and then left as fast as he could to his getaway car. Two other men inside drove him to the hospital, where he was arrested. No one else was injured by the gunfire. Kelley was not charged with any crime
Source(s):		Kentucky News Channel 5

Concealed Carry Holder Prevents Assault, Murder, and Aggravated Vehicular Theft by Shooting Attacker Brandishing a Pistol

 

Date:	May 12, 2013	Time:	Morning	Location:	Winter Haven, FL
Crime Prevented:		Assault, Murder, Auto Theft
Description of Bad Guy(s):		Brian Dickey II, who ran up to a car pointing his pistol at the occupants after already firing an undisclosed number of shots
Description of Good Guy(s):		Doug Romeo, a legal concealed handgun license holder, who was carrying that day while escorting his girlfriend, Tiffany Simo, on her newspaper route. He warned Dickey to back off and leave multiple times before quickly pulling out his own handgun and shooting at Dickey three times, hitting him all three times.
Type of Gun Used:		Handgun
Outcome:		Dickey ran to his own car and quickly drove off, calling for an ambulance from his home. He was treated, will survive, and will go directly to jail after his discharge from the hospital. No one else was injured by the gunfire. Romeo has not been charged with any crime
Source(s):		ABC Action News

Here's the funny part: Dickey's brother, Robert, tried to cover up his brother's actions by saying that the two of them had been fighting and his brother was "really drunk and confused," one, as if that is a good excuse for firing your gun in public and running up to a car and pointing it at people; and two, ignoring the fact that even while drunk and confused, he jumped into his car and drove away. Yeah, because that sounds better than attempted vehicular theft, assault, and murder. Well, yeah, I guess it does.

Three Armed Intruders Lock Resident in a Closet... Where He Keeps His Guns. Guess What Happens Next!

Date:	May 14, 2013	Time:	2:00 pm	Location:	Houston, TX
Crime Prevented:		Armed Burglary, Assault, Murder
Description of Bad Guy(s):		Three armed men in their 20s stormed into a home, assaulted the homeowner, and forced him into a closet while they robbed the house; unfortunately for them, that closet was exactly where the homeowner stored his guns
Description of Good Guy(s):		A resident, age unknown, who lived at the home with his parents, grabbed a gun for protection and left the closet after he thought the burglars were gone. He encountered one, however, when he went downstairs. Shots were exchanged. The resident fired two shots and hit the burglar in his shoulder and leg
Type of Gun Used:		Handgun
Outcome:		The other two burglars took off, driving away in a dark Chevrolet Tahoe so fast they abandoned their friend bleeding on the pavement. No one else was injured by the gunfire. The resident has not been charged with any crime.
Source(s):		Houston Chronicle      KTRK

49 Year Old Armed Caregiver Protects 98 Year Old Grandmother from Murderous Intruder

Date:	May 12, 2013	Time:	4:00 am	Location:	Buena Vista, MI
Crime Prevented:		Burglary, Assault, Murder
Description of Bad Guy(s):		Unnamed suspect, who was a fugitive parole, broke into the home of a 98 year old woman and stole items, one of which was a computer that allowed her 49 year old grandson to monitor her
Description of Good Guy(s):		49 Year Old Grandson who served as the homeowner's caregiver. When he noticed the monitor had been disconnected, he went to investigate, noticed the burglary, and reported it to police. He then retrieved a rifle and chose to spend the rest of the night. At 4 am, the intruder returned and forced his way through a back door. The grandson shot at him but missed. He then ran to the front of the house and saw the car with a female passenger. He was attempting to get the license plate number when the suspect jumped into the driver's seat and attempted to run him over
Type of Gun Used:		Rifle
Outcome:		The grandson fired several shots at the driver as he retreated, in fear for his life. He hit the driver, who drove to a local hospital where he was arrested by the police. No one else was injured by the gunfire. The grandson has not been charged with any crime
Source(s):		WNEM