Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Jackson, Mississippi



From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger of June 23, 2004

Homeowner thwarts break-in try with 3 shots



A man who attempted to break into a south Jackson home on Tuesday left the car he was driving running in the homeowner's driveway as he fled.



But that wasn't the only error in his bungled attempted burglary at 1789 Shady Lane Drive. The first was trying to break in as the family was watching television, only to be stopped at the door by the homeowner.



"His eyes got mighty big when he saw what was waiting on him," said homeowner Edward Blair, a security guard with Wright's Security Service, who grabbed his .38-caliber revolver and stood patiently in the kitchen near the front door after hearing a racket about 1 p.m.



The door cracked, from the impact of the kicks, and the man stuck his head through to peer at what he could loot.



Blair fired three shots at the skinny man wearing a blue shirt, but didn't wound him. Blair tried to open the door and chase the man — who bolted toward Raymond Road and left the still-running older-model blue Cadillac Deville in the carport — but the door was jammed.



"I wanted to see if I could catch him and take him down," Blair said. "But he was running for his life."

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