Exercising the Right
A Mother’s Love
The CBS affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina, reported on January 23 that a mother put her life on the line to save her children from a dangerous intruder. The incident unfolded when 32-year-old Phuc Hong Doan allegedly tried breaking in to a southwest Charlotte house. A woman who lived in a neighboring house saw Doan attempting to gain entry to the house and inadvertently got his attention. When Doan saw the woman watching him, he allegedly approached her and attacked her. The woman, Kim Badger, fought back, but Doan was able to overpower her. “We wrestled on the front porch. I tried keeping him from going into the house. Evidently I lost, he got in the house,” Badger told WBTV. Doan forced his way into Badger’s house and grabbed a knife from the kitchen. Badger tried to get the knife away but was unsuccessful.
Badger kept a loaded pistol in her house and was able to retrieve it in time to fire at Doan before he could hurt her with the knife. The shot would prove fatal, as Doan collapsed to the ground. He was later declared dead at the scene by medics. Badger was shaken from the encounter, but she said the one thing that kept her fighting was the thought of her two sons who were also in the house at the time of the shooting. “Didn’t think anything but keeping the kids safe. I was keeping my sons safe,” Badger told WBTV. Law enforcement is still investigating the crime, and Doan’s motives remain unknown at this time.
Hot Spot for Drugs and Gang Activity
A neighborhood that recently experienced an uptick in crime in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was the scene of a shooting on January 21. The Albuquerque Journal reported on January 23 that an Albuquerque residence was broken in to by two masked burglars. Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Simon Drobik issued a press release that explained that the homeowner was alerted to their presence and armed himself. The armed man confronted the two masked intruders, who were dressed all in black, and ordered them to halt. When the man observed what appeared to be a “blunt object or edged weapon,” he feared for his life and fired at the suspects. He injured one of the men, who collapsed in his yard, but the other suspect was able to flee the scene. The man called 911, and authorities soon arrived to discover the lifeless body of a masked man lying in front of the house. The Albuquerque Journal interviewed neighbors, who claimed that the area “had recently deteriorated and that nearby vacant homes had become hot spots for drug and gang activity.” Some claimed that drug activity had always plagued the neighborhood, but the problem had gotten worse recently causing crime rates to skyrocket. “They’re running out of stuff on the outside (of the houses) to take,” the neighbor, who wished to remain nameless, said. “I’m just scared for my family,” the man added.
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