Neighbors react to would-be intruder killed by homeowner(GA)

wrdw.com ^ | 29 June, 2012 | Sheli Muniz

[marktwain]

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A would-be burglar is dead after deputies say a homeowner shot at him as he tried to break into his home.

This happened off Battle Row in Harrisburg early Friday morning.

The home isn't very telling, but if you take a closer look, you'll find more than four bullet holes. This is where deputies say an armed man walked up, put on a ski mask and tried to break in. The intruder's plot got foiled when the homeowner fired his gun from inside the house.

Clarence Ingram, who lives just down the street, said his initial reaction was, "Hit the deck."

Ingram figured out that something wasn't right.

"I just heard shots, I heard the dogs barking, and then I started hearing sirens, and I knew something was going on," he said.

But Ingram would not have guessed the suspect would become a victim in his own crime.

"It's just like your parents would say, 'Nothing good happens after 12.'"

Deputies say 26-year-old Bobby Lockhart saw the intruder outside and started firing without even going outside.

"It's an awful thing, but crime is an awful thing and, you know, America is beautiful, and crime needs to be cut," Ingram said.

[wardaddy]

I think that area is actually a black area of Augusta Georgia...likely both black is my guess.

maybe a local would know

I looked it up on Google Maps

older prairie bungalow style home typical down here...

yards not landscaped much, cars in front yards

don't throw a race card at me...this is the south and I know more often than not

even by satellite

it looks like older homes built between the big wars which were common down here once and inhabited originally by working class whites who were eventually displaced by blacks streaming in from the fields as the sharecropping system collapsed due to modernization of equipment and corporate nature of larger farms by the 50s or so

on occasion these neighborhoods have held up or been re-gentrified by younger upscale whites but more often than not the decay continues till it's just wasteland eventually

this doesn't look that bad though

I could be wrong but Augusta "metro" is 60% black

[Kenny Bunk]

Jack, I grow tired of your cynicism. FYI, this innocent victim of a gun-crazy householder was on his way home from choir practice, and on his way to a tutoring session in Nuclear Thermodynamics, when he thought he heard a baby crying inside the house. He was rushing to child's aid, when the deranged gunman opened fire.

The ski mask? Jack, you know as well as I that cool night air wreaks havoc on a fresh do. The handgun? Due to vicious discrimination and the failed policies of George W. Bush, many "urban" residents have had to resort to desperate measures to put meat on the table by hunting for nocturnal protein sources.

Tonight, when I go to the 7-11 for my iced tea and Skittles treats, I am definitely NOT walking by your place.

[Jack Hydrazine]

LOL! When you go to 7-11 could you pick me up watermelon flavored Slurpee with Skittles in it? Thanks!

[Kenny Bunk]

OK. I’ll drop it off ... but no shooting!

[Jack Hydrazine]

How about my old trusty full-auto rubber band machine gun?
Or how about my spitball shooter?

Can you handle either of those?

[Kenny Bunk]

When I must enter a danger zone, I always wear two (2)Trayvon (Copyright) Hoodies and OSHA-Approved Eye Protection. So yes, I think I can handle a high-velocity rubber band barrage (above the waist), or an old-fashioned spitball made from torn and chewed IRS Notices.

[Jack Hydrazine]

ROFLMAO!!!!