Exercising the Right
Surveillance Cameras Record Shooting
Dave Gibbons installed surveillance cameras in his business, Gibbons Auto Service, after he was the victim of two break-ins in the past year. The La Crosse Tribune in Holmen, Wisconsin, reported on October 10 that Gibbons, who lives in an apartment above his business, was jarred awake by the sounds of car doors slamming in the middle of the night. Gibbons checked his security cameras and saw images of an intruder breaking in through the front door with a crow bar and then rummaging through his office. Gibbons grabbed his pistol and told his wife to dial 911 while he went downstairs to investigate. Gibbons confronted the intruder, who was wearing a ski mask and a hooded sweatshirt. Gibbons yelled for the burglar to halt, but the intruder didn’t respond and moved toward Gibbons, who backed up a bit and then fired. The intruder, who turned out to be female, appeared shocked and disoriented and asked whether Gibbons would shoot her. “And I told her, ‘I think I just did.’”
The intruder was later identified by law enforcement as a “serial burglar,” 37-year-old Amy Zielke. Gibbons also recognized her as a former customer. Zielke was treated for her gunshot wound at a nearby medical facility and booked into the county jail on a burglary charge. Zielke has a string of prior arrests for similar crimes and was even charged earlier this year with burglary. Court records show that some of her earlier break-ins were attempts to get drug money. Zielke was ordered to complete drug compliance in June, but the attempt to get clean and sober obviously was unsuccessful, as evidenced by her latest break-in. Zielke would later confess to the burglary and tell authorities she had been using methamphetamine and alcohol at the time of the crime.
4 Thugs vs. 1 AK-47
A jewelry-store owner in Conroe, Texas, in the Houston metropolitan area, recently defended his business from armed robbers with an AK-47 rifle. The Conroe Courier reported on October 3 that the owner, Jeffrey Turner, Jr., was in the store with customers and employees when four armed men dressed all in black barged in and demanded money, jewelry, and other items. Turner, who stored an AK-47 under his counter, ran to retrieve it. One of the armed men saw Turner trying to grab the firearm and started shooting first. Turner pulled out his AK-47 and returned fire. The Montgomery County Police reported that two other employees also fired at the gun-firing suspect. A gunfight ensued, with multiple rounds being fired. Several windows in the store were shot out. Conroe Police Lt. Dorcy McGinnis told the Courier, “There was a lot of gunfire.” The suspect who made the mistake of shooting was hit multiple times.
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