When seconds count…
\nThis is not a slam on our LEOs, who will be first to admit they can’t possibly be everywhere all the time. This highlights why being equipped and trained to defend yourself and others is so important.<\/p>\n
Dial 9-1-1 and Wait…<\/strong><\/p>\n by Robert A. Waters The call lasts for 12 minutes. During that time, the dispatcher continually assures the resident that officers will be there soon. At the four-minute mark, as officers are \u201cstill on their way,\u201d a barrage of gunfire is heard. The following is a partial transcript of the call.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: 9-1-1. What are you reporting?<\/p>\n Homeowner: (Labored breathing.) My house is getting robbed\u2026(Inaudible.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: What address are you at?<\/p>\n Homeowner: (Gives address, later redacted.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Do you see someone inside?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Yeah, he\u2019s inside right now.<\/p>\n (Crashing sounds.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay, where are you?<\/p>\n Homeowner: In the bedroom.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Are you armed?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Yeah, I have a gun.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: You\u2019re at the house. Correct?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Yeah.<\/p>\n (Continued crashing sounds.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay, is that crashing I hear behind you\u2014is that them?<\/p>\n Homeowner: What\u2019s that?<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Is that crashing I hear behind you? Is that them?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Yeah. (Inaudible.)<\/p>\n (More crashing.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay. And you\u2019re upstairs?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Please hurry!<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Do you have any further description on\u2026(inaudible), correct?<\/p>\n Homeowner: I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: What color is your house?<\/p>\n Homeowner: It\u2019s green.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: How many stories?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Two.<\/p>\n (The homeowner seems to be getting more nervous as the crashing sounds move closer. His breathing seems shallower, and his voice is close to a whisper.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay. How many vehicles should be in front?<\/p>\n Homeowner: I don\u2019t know. I\u2026<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay. What\u2019s the color of your vehicle?<\/p>\n Homeowner: It\u2019s a red truck.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay. You have any other vehicles there, right?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Hyundai. Silver Hyundai.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay. You\u2019re sure there\u2019s no other vehicles there, right?<\/p>\n Homeowner: (Inaudible.) Silver Hyundai.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Bear with me. Got officers on the way. Okay? Do you live with anyone else?<\/p>\n Homeowner: No. I\u2019m by myself.<\/p>\n (Crashing sounds are getting much closer.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Are you able\u2026Do they know you\u2019re there?<\/p>\n Homeowner: (Whispering. Unintelligible.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay. Stay quiet, okay? Keep yourself safe.<\/p>\n (All is silent for more than 30 seconds, except for the dispatcher typing and the crashing sounds. Officers still have not arrived after nearly three minutes. The homeowner seems reluctant to speak as he senses the intruder getting closer.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: (Inaudible\u2026) Stay with me.<\/p>\n Homeowner: (Whispering. Inaudible.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: He just broke out a window? (Pause.) Okay. We\u2019ve got officers on the way, okay? Can you tell how many people are there?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Two.<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay. Can you still hear them?<\/p>\n (Long pause.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Is your door locked?<\/p>\n (Silence.)<\/p>\n (Four minutes into the call, cops have not arrived.)<\/p>\n (Suddenly, five loud, echoing gunshots ring out. These are followed by a moment of silence, then three more shots.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Oh my God!<\/p>\n (A man is moaning.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Can you hear me?<\/p>\n (For nearly two minutes the homeowner is silent. There are moans. The dispatcher continues to try to contact the resident.)<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Can you hear me?<\/p>\n Homeowner: Where are you?<\/p>\n Dispatcher: Okay. We\u2019ve got officers coming\u2026 What\u2019s going on? What happened? Hello\u2026 If you can hear me, I need you to talk to me. I need to know what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n Homeowner: He came after me. I had to shoot him. I\u2019m hiding in my closet in the bedroom. Please hurry, I\u2019m all alone\u2026<\/p>\n The call lasts for another seven minutes as the dispatcher and the homeowner sort out what happened. Later in the call, the resident is instructed on what to do when law enforcement officers arrive. The homeowner is told to unload his gun and put it in a safe place. He is told that when he hears police to go out the \u201cwest\u201d (front) door and let the officers see his hands. The resident agrees.<\/p>\n The suspect, identified as Joseph L. Anderson, died at the scene of multiple gunshot wounds. No other suspects were found.<\/p>\n The homeowner was not charged with any crime.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 1 \/ 0 \/ 0 Cops tried to buy Jet Skis from OfferUp. The \u2018seller\u2019 turned out to be an armed robber<\/strong><\/p>\n By Carli Teproff But when they showed up to an agreed upon location in Wildwood in Central Florida, the \u201cseller\u201d turned out to be an armed robber, the Sumter County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n But the buyers were hiding something, too. They happened to be off-duty Hernando County Sheriff\u2019s deputies.<\/p>\n According to the Sumter County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the department was called to a shots fired complaint at around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n When deputies arrived they learned that the two victims ?\u2014 the off-duty deputies ?\u2014 had made \u201cprior arrangements for the purchase\u201d of the Jet Skis.<\/p>\n When they showed up, they were approached by a man with a semi-automatic pistol.<\/p>\n \u201cThe black male subject demanded the victims get on the ground while he pointed the firearm at them,\u201d the department said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n The deputies then \u201cdrew their firearms in self-defense,\u201d according to the Sumter County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 0 \/ 1 \/ 1 Homeowner shoots, kills bear in Vallecito<\/strong> By Jonathan Romeo CPW spokesman Joe Lewandowski said the bear killed was the same one that was trapped and tagged at the Lake Haviland campground on June 29 after breaking into coolers and food left unsecured by people. At that time, the bear was not displaying aggressive behavior, he said, so it was trapped and moved north of Pagosa Springs.<\/p>\n When the bear showed up at Vallecito last week, it was showing aggressive behavior \u2013 killing chickens, turkeys and approaching people, Lewandowski said.<\/p>\n On Saturday, the bear came back and was spotted by the property owner. Lewandowski said the bear appeared to be stalking a 5-year-old boy in the yard. The property owner chased the animal off, but it showed little fear of people and came back later that night and killed more chickens.<\/p>\n Local wildlife officers set a trap at the property Sunday evening.<\/p>\n \u201cShortly after (the wildlife officer) drove off, the bear showed up again while the residents were doing some yard work,\u201d Lewandowski said. \u201cIt came within 10 yards of them and was showing no fear of being near people.\u201d<\/p>\n Around 8 p.m., the property owner shot and killed the bear. Lewandowski said he was \u201cprotecting his property so it was legal for him to kill the bear.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 1 \/ 0 \/ 0 “There’s no legitimate use for a gun like this.” –Chicago Police Superintendent Philip Cline, brandishing a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at a news conference (Chicago Tribune, “Special unit hauling in guns, drugs” by Glenn Jeffers, January 29, 2004)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nIt’s 2:20 A. M., on April 22, 2019. A 38-year-old homeowner dials the King County, Washington emergency services. The resident, never identified by cops, has called to report that someone broke out a window and entered his home. He tells the dispatcher he\u2019s hiding in his upstairs bedroom closet with a handgun. During much of the conversation, the terrified homeowner speaks in a near-whisper. In the background, loud crashing noises can be heard as the intruder overturns furniture and empties drawers.<\/p>\n
\nRead the article here: Call 911 and Wait<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThey made a plan to buy Jet Skis from a \u201cseller\u201d on Offerup.<\/p>\n
\nThe rest of the article may be viewed here: Miami Herald<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWildlife officials say bruin was displaying aggressive behavior<\/em><\/p>\n
\nA homeowner in Vallecito on Sunday shot a bear displaying aggressive behavior and little fear of people, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.<\/p>\n
\nPity the bear, but read the article here: Pine River Times<\/a><\/p>\n