Atlanta, Georgia



From Atlanta's WXIA11.com of January 16, 2004

Woman Pulls Weapon on Home Intruders



Armed with a 9mm handgun, a 44-year-old woman turned the tables on two would-be home invaders Thursday evening.



Morrow police Chief Kenny Smith said Vanhxay Khottavong had left her home at 1028 Skylark Drive after 6 p.m. to make a financial transaction. At some point, two men – only described as Asian – deduced where Khottavong lived and that she was going to retrieve money.



Police say they decided to return to Khottavong's home and wait for her. The men knocked on the door and were let in by the woman’s 25-year-old son. They assaulted the son and his father, who had been injured in a car accident and was in bed.



Police said people had been visiting the father at this home since the accident and the son assumed the two suspects had come to see his father.



The suspects restrained the father and son and met Khottavong when she walked into the home, police said. Realizing the situation, the woman pulled out her gun and exchanged gunfire with the suspects.



Police say Khottavong and her son were struck while the two suspects escaped. She was later taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. The conditions of Khottavong and her son have not been released, but they were considered non-life threatening.



No descriptions of the suspects have been released.