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68 Year Old Woman Shoots Young, Harassing Hoodlum
A brief excerpt:The woman, identified by neighbors as Margaret Matthews, was released from police custody without being charged, on the grounds that she acted in self defense, police said. "Everybody in the neighborhood calls them the bad boys, the rock-throwers, 'cause every day it's a problem," said one woman who did not want to be identified. Damage from the alleged vandalism was apparent in the form of a boarded-up window at the home of the woman. Neighbors say when the boy threw the bricks and broke Matthews' windows, she simply hit the breaking point. "They threw a brick through her window," neighbor Rafael Ramirez said Wednesday. "I think she gave them as much warning as I think she could." She called police and they came, but after officers left, the boy came back. That was when Matthews responded with gunfire. Former police detective Gerald Hamilton lives across the street, and heard the gunshots. He thought the boy had been the victim of a drive-by shooting. He'd been hit in the shoulder. Hamilton says he grabbed the bleeding child, put him in his car and tried to find out what happened. "He told me they were throwing rocks and the old lady came out the house and started shooting," said Hamilton. "They were doing some devilment." But the boy's own family has a completely different story. "He and his friend were walking down the street, and they saw a window broken at a woman's house, and as they passed by, they said she came out shooting," said the boy's grandmother, Donna Virges. Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-09-30 |
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