I'm Gunby Dammit!
Posted on 08/17/2010 4:45:45 AM PDT by marktwain
A Martinez man remains in critical but stable condition at the Medical College of Georgia after being shot during a confrontation on the 2000 block of Westfield Drive in Augusta. Authorities say 19-year old Milo Hayes III was shot by Brete Anthony Gunby after Gunby spotted Hayes allegedly attempting to break into a neighbor's truck.
The 39-year-old says he watched Hayes enter his neighbor's truck and that's when he called 9-1-1. He then went outside with a pistol and told Hayes to stay put until the police arrived. Hayes pulled out an object from his pockets and that's when Gunby fired at him, according to the police report. Investigators say the shooting was self-defense.
The shooting has gotten the attention of many in the neighborhood. Mrs. Ruby Underwood says in her eyes, Gunby is a hero. The almost 90 years-old mother and grandmother says if someone tries to come in her home uninvited she'll be ready too.
"I'd shoot up in the air a couple of times and I might come to another window and take another shot at them," said Gunby."I do have a gun and I know how to use it. I was taught how to use a gun when I was 12 years old."
Another neighbor,Fred Taylor, also says Hayes may have had it coming.
"He shouldn't have been over here in the first place," said Taylor. "He doesn't live over here and he shouldn't have been here."
Mrs. Underwood also adds that in her eyes, Gunby is a hero and a good Samaritan. She calls him a good neighbor.
"When they start thieving on other people's property,that's not neighborly," said Hayes."He was trying to be neighborly and take care of the neighborhood and I respect him for it."
Underwood's daughter and son-in-law also live nearby so she is not alone. Investigators say that Hayes is in critical but stable condition at MCG. He will be charged with entering an automobile once he is released. Investigators also believe he may be connected to at least two other car break-ins. No charges are expected to be filed against Gunby.
Would have been a happier ending if a larger caliber had been used .....but a happy ending nonetheless
Well done Mr Gunby
I love a happy ending.
Any caliber is better than no caliber.
“I’m Gunby damnit!” Dang Pokie thieves!
It may not be a happy ending, as after this perp is out of the hospital he’ll undoubtedly find a scumbag lawyer that will help him sue. If you shoot, shoot to kill.
I'm Gunby Dammit!
Until the trial begins, you don’t know which lawyer to shoot
Well done. It’s always nice when neighbors are observant and look out for one another. There isn’t as much of that now a days as there used to be.
Hostile thief pulling something out of his pocket... That’s straight-up self-defense.
You don’t shoot somebody for breaking into a truck (I know, I know...) but self-defense is another matter.
The Perp
made a furtive
Move toward his waistband
If you are packing heat,
Don't miss a beat
When you repeat, this mantra to the cops, the da, and judge.
Or anyone else at hand.
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