Tuesday, April 20, 2010

89 year old woman shoots at house intruder

An 89-year-old woman from Iowa shot a single shot at a man who bashed in her front door on Tuesday, reports the Star Tribune.  The woman, Beatrice Turner, grabbed her handgun and threatened the man who was knocking on her front door.  She told him, 37-year-old Nelson McAlpine, that he had the wrong house and to leave, but he then started breaking through the door.

Turner shot at McAlpine after he entered her home.

Police found McAlpine in Turner's front yard.  He was unharmed and was arrested on the charges of second-degree burglary.

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