Posted on 07/27/2007 9:11:25 PM PDT by monkeycard
Elderly man awakens from beating, fires gun and hits alleged assailant The Associated Press Updated: 5:15 p.m. CT July 27, 2007 EL DORADO, Ark. - An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said.
Willie Lee Hill, 93, told police he saw the robber while in his bedroom Wednesday night. Hill confronted the man and was struck at least 50 times, police said. He was knocked unconscious.
Covered in blood, Hill regained consciousness a short time later and pulled a .38-caliber handgun on his attacker. The suspect, Douglas B. Williams Jr., saw the gun and charged the man, who fired a bullet that struck Williams in the throat, police said.
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“He hates these cans!”
Never bring a soda can to a gunfight.
Empty the gun.
He’s lucky he DIDN’T get what he deserved. He’s still breathing (out of a second mouth, apparently)....
He should get an award for shooting that scum.
just damn - one tough geezer!
Some guys just don’t know when to quit.
It is better quit and run away, to live and rob another day
“...and theft by receiving.”
Darn straight. He stole that mans bullet by receiving it in his neck!
Another one!!!
Ain’t that tough enough!
Well, poor Mr. Hill was covered in blood. He’d been severely beaten before he got the gun. Williams probably didn’t expect him to have either a steady hand or sufficient time given the beating. Poor Mr. Hill.
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