Posted on 07/28/2007 3:19:08 PM PDT by DancesWithCats
EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) -- 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. Williams saw the gun and charged the man, who fired a bullet that struck Williams in the throat, police said.
"I got what I deserved," the suspect, Douglas B. Williams Jr., 24, told police when they arrived, officers said. Investigators reported finding, among other items, a Craftsman drill bit set, three pocket knives and two hearing aids inside his pockets.
Paramedics took Hill and Williams to the Medical Center of South Arkansas for treatment. Doctors sent Williams to the Louisiana State University Medical Center at Shreveport, where he was listed in critical condition Friday.
Employees at the Medical Center of South Arkansas refused to give Hill's condition or say if he'd been discharged from the hospital Friday, citing medical privacy laws.
Police plan to charge Williams with residential burglary, second-degree battery, theft of property and theft by receiving.
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Hard to keep those Arkansans down.....
Good for him!!!
There is anything severe enough we can do to a young man who would attack and beat an old man 50 times. Shootin’ is too good for him.
But the way things go these days I just hope the 93 year old doesn’t get sued.
They should of made him walk to the hospital.
That's just WRONG!! Glad the perp agrees that he's gonna get what he deserves.
Yuppers! Real low-life creep.
MAN this guy is tough!!
B U M P
Good article to add to your ping list, Dave.
No Doug you didn't. You deserved at least a .45 caliber.
No, you didn't, you worthless punk. What you deserve is to have me beat on you for a while. I guarantee that after 50 hits, you won't be waking up, and you won't be assaulting any more innocent nonagenarians ever again.
I guess the gun-controllers and the criminal-rights people arent happy about this....
Too bad.
The Second Amendment saves the day again
... to the belly. No! Right between the eyes.
My favorite, sweet, loving and wonderful uncle was assaulted in his home at 3am and the robber got away with a fabulous collection of coin and WWII and WWI swords ... sigh. But not before beating him so badly he nearly lost one eye. I'D like to have taken a .45 to that one.
“Police plan to charge Williams with residential burglary, second-degree battery, theft of property and theft by receiving.”
I would consider beating a 93 year old to be attempted murder.
51.
ROFLOL!!! (loved that series ... very funny - the ‘Cone of Silence’ LOL)
I would agree with that assessment 100%.
There is supposedly a movie version of “Get Smart” in the works
Animal right people, too.
I think the problem is that he beat the guy with a SOFT drink. Only a hard drink can get you first degree.
Really?! Oh joy! But, I hope they don’t ruin it with smutty scenes and obscenities. That was NEVER Maxwell Smart OR 99!
Heh, Heh. That must be the bullet he "stole" from the old guy's gun.
“93-year-old Arkansas man shoots robber after being beaten unconscious”
I’ve heard of sleepwalking, but shooting while unconscious?
“93-year-old Arkansas man shoots robber after being beaten unconscious”
I’ve heard of sleepwalking, but shooting while unconscious?
I would have volunteered to get the bullet out of the guys throat with my Bowie knife.
Initial entry-point his anus?
Me too. Exept I don’t have a bowie knife. Id have to use a pair of scissors and a pair of plyers.
Chuck Norris wants to be Willie Lee Hill when he grows up.
I hate to be nit picker, but if the old guy had gotten proper training he would have popped two rounds into the perp’s chest.
‘course, being 93 years old and having been beaten might have affected his aim.
No, you didn't. You're still talking, which indicates you're still alive.
Disgusting! When will we get around to teaching our old folks to shoot straight? The perp was only wounded.
Also, he should be charged with attempted murder, not “second-degree battery.”
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