Atlanta home invasion: ‘Please don’t shoot, I have a little baby’

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | August 18, 2015 | Alexis Stevens

[Perseverando]

Michael Lash knew he had a broken leg and he couldn’t feel his other foot. One bullet had gone in the front of his thigh and out the back.

While trying to protect his wife and two young children, the northwest Atlanta father was shot in both legs Sunday evening, the beginning of a few terrifying moments for the family. As Lash was recovering Tuesday, Atlanta police were investigating the home invasion, hopeful that security cameras on neighboring homes and evidence left behind would help identify the suspects.

The Lash family had just returned to their Sumter Street home from vacation Sunday night when two male teenagers approached Lash on his front porch, witnesses told police. The teens — one in a yellow shirt, the other in a red one — asked if they could borrow a jack for their car and tried to force their way inside as two other teens stood across the street, police said.

When Lash tried to close the door, he was shot by the teen in yellow, who had a short afro and tattoos and piercings on his face, Lash was able to tell witnesses and police.

Inside the home, Lash’s wife, Whitney, heard the shots, grabbed the couple’s 6-month-old daughter and ran toward the back door, her mother, Jessica Huffman, told Channel 2 Action News. Whitney Lash called 911, and in a hushed voice, told the operator her husband had been shot.

“I just ran outside with my baby,” the mother said in the 911 call.

The suspects fired two shots at the mother, but missed her as she ran out the back door and to a nearby home for help.

“He followed her and caught up with her at the gate and she turned around and said, ‘Please don’t shoot me,

[RinaseaofDs]

They should print these stories in Armed Citizen in the NRA mag, only the column should be titled “Unarmed Citizen”.

Idiot was unarmed and responsible for protecting his family. Liberalism is painful.

[Patriot Babe]

Can he be both? An Aspiring Rapper Raper =)

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Can you say “Rapier Rapper Raper” three times very quickly?

The only difference between a “Rapper” and a “Raper” is the extra letter “p”.

The only difference between “Rapier” and “Rapper” is an extra “p” and an “i”.

I have no idea where I’m going with this. Just going with the flow “rapidly” down the hole where onomatapeia words go.