Posted on 11/09/2005 5:14:39 PM PST by tuffydoodle
Pistol-Packing Grandmother Shoots Intruder
ARLINGTON, Texas -- A woman found evidence on her porch that someone might have broken into her house when she let her dogs out for a walk early Wednesday morning. The woman's granddaughter also said she heard noises from inside the house.
Susan Gaylord Buxton, 66, retrieved her .38 caliber handgun and searched her house. She found a man hiding in a closet, covered by a coat.
The man, 22-year-old Christopher Lessner, lunged for the gun, and, police said, Buxton shot him once in the leg. She fired a second shot, which missed, according to police.
"She had let her dogs out to go to the bathroom and noticed there were muddy footprints leading into her house," said Doug Depoma, with the Arlington Police Department. The woman "searched her house and located him inside a closet near the front door."
Buxton, who was a license for the weapon, said she feared for her safety and that of her 28-year-old granddaughter.
"He was 6 feet tall," she said. "He could have done something horrible my granddaughter and me. That's exactly the reason you need to learn how to handle (a firearm) and keep it with you."
Arlington police attempted to pull over Lessner near Interstate 30 and Fielder Road in briefly after 11 p.m. Tuesday. Lessner drove the car to a dead-end road and fled into a nearby neighborhood.
Police began canvassing the neighborhood near the 1700 block of Northhaven Court on foot as well as by air.
At about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a 911 call of a shooting at a residence. The homeowner told police she found someone hiding in her house and shot him in the leg.
Lessner ran from the woman's house and was found at about 3 a.m. a few houses away hiding underneath a patio deck, police said.
He was arrested and transported to an area hospital, where he is being treated for a gunshot wound.
Buxton was not injured in the incident.
Arlington police said Lessner is expected to be charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, evading arrest, criminal mischief and criminal trespass. Buxton was not expected to face charges.
I call bulls!t. Texas does not require a license or permit to own a weapon. She may have had CHL, but it would not matter in her home.
I saw this story on the news, the grandmother is really funny. She said after she shot the intruder, he said, "you shot me!" She replied, "I TOLD you I was gonna shoot you!"
"He was 6 feet tall," she said. "He could have done something horrible my granddaughter and me. That's exactly the reason you need to learn how to handle (a firearm) and keep it with you."
YOU GO GIRL!
Good effort, but a .38 and a leg shot with two rounds expended?
"Keep it with you" B+, "learn how to handle it" C. I give a B+ because she accessed it. I give a C because some people couldn't handle the situation at all.
Great outcome anyway and I am so glad that she made a better effort than most folks!!
I wish she had killed him.
We need to eliminate these vermin when possible.
I have mine...goes with me everywhere I go! .44 special with Gold Dot ammo!
"...Susan Buxton, 66, was not expected to face charges..."
Why does this inane narration even need to be provided? An innocent and peaceful woman in her own house shoots a dangerous intruder fleeing the police and we need to be told that she isn't expected to face charges? Give me a break already!
~ Blue Jays ~
Amen, Brother.
And San Franfreakshow, Ca. just voted for a ban on citizens to own firearms. Granny might not have fared as well living in that liberal fools' city.
Thanks for the Granny ping!
Wish see would run for kennedy's office. Take heart teddie, you could just sit back and let the booze run down your throat and stay drunk all the time.
Wish she would run for kennedy's office. Take heart teddie, you could just sit back and let the booze run down your throat and stay drunk all the time.
It's your funeral.
Just joking!!
My people won't let me reload much less melt my own rounds. Please FReepmail me the info on this as it may come in handy someday.
Thanks!
bttt!!!
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