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| Home Invader Shot 4 Times In Head, Condition 'Serious' |
| 2008-10-17 |
| Tift County authorities say a homeowner shot a man after he attempted to force his way into a rural mobile home off Highway 125. Sheriff's department spokesman David Haire says the homeowner, 33-year-old John Henry Howard Jr., was not hurt during the home invasion. It happened early Wednesday at about 2:30 a.m. Haire did not identify the suspected burglar, but said his injuries appeared to be serious. The intruder was shot 4 times in the head. He's hospitalized at Tift Regional Medical Center. No charges were immediately filed. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #18 Chris, I wasn't smirking about his living in a mobile home. I was saying that he chose a weapon that would not endanger his neighbors. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-10-17 18:59 |
| #17 Barbara__ headshots can sometimes have little effect - in SF, two labor leaders were both shot in the head (years apart), one with a .22 and one with a .32. No noticeable effect. That either says something about small calibers vis-a-vis the headshot or the state of SF labor - your call. on the other hand, 4 rounds of anything to the head ought to have some impact... |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Phailet9771 2008-10-17 16:26 |
| #16 Here in Seattle a homeowner shot a guy trying to boost his car stereo, "aiming for the legs" and kilt him deader than hell with a head shot. Police have not filed charges,...yet. apologist police spokesperson said that the (dead) perp had a record, but not in King County ( don't know if that is a backhanded way to say they are looking for a way to book the homeowner or not) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-10-17 15:03 |
| #15 How about the woman with the 10% brain?: Earlier this year, there was this article here about that french guy who led a normal life, married with children and all, whose brain was actually a big watery blob surrounded by a thin layer of brain. But, he was a civil servant in the south of France, so he really didn't need any kind of brain activity whatsoever to go through the days, just an heartbeat. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-17 11:18 |
| #14 Yes, 'moose, Phineas is one of those examples I've read about over the years, this one is amazing (even before his radical personality shifts resulting from the brain damage) in that the trauma really was massive, with a big loss of brain matter, yet he survived physically unchanged (lost vision in one eye IIRC). |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-17 11:16 |
| #13 When's the lawsuit? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-17 10:27 |
| #12 If you want a great example of traumatic brain injury survival, check out Phineas Gage, whose skull is preserved in the Smithsonian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage The brain is bizarre. How about the woman with the 10% brain?: http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/misc/mysterious-brain.html |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-10-17 10:25 |
| #11 From the same newsite: GA woman with 5 dead spouses leaves jail.. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-17 09:55 |
| #10 oh about the smirk about going through another mobile home. he made have lived in a mobile home in but at least he had enough balls too take care of himself and his family.Even though you think everyone in GA lives in mobile home prior too common beliefs they don't. And he just may have been in the dark and wanted too make sure he finished him off |
| Posted by: chris 2008-10-17 08:23 |
| #9 Condition 'serious'. Not serious enough, apparently. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-10-17 08:00 |
| #8 The caliber and style of bullet has a lot to do with its performance. A .25, .32 or .38 fully jacketed round, or a round without a lot of powder behind it, could conceivably do little damage. 12 gauge with OO buck is just the thing for home defense. If the spray is wide enough, it essentially damages enough parts to insure instant lack of ambulation, and most likely death. However, anon is right about how tough some creatures can be. I've seen deer shot with high powered rifles through the neck but missing the spine go half a mile before expiring. Animals are indeed resilient. Perhaps even thieving ones. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-10-17 06:10 |
| #7 4 times. Wow. I guess if there are no brains to spatter about... |
| Posted by: Betty 2008-10-17 06:04 |
| #6 Reminds me of that US soldier and that UK teen who were stabbed through the skull, with the blade stuck deep in, and who not only lived to tell the tale, but were conscious and ambulatory and in fact not impaired while they had an handle protudering out of their head. Always amazes me to see how living creatures can be resilient, sometimes. Anyway, after being shot four times in the head (face?), even if he survives, I'm sure the would-be home-invader will have a reminder of what he attempted to do for the rest of his life, in whatever disability or disfigurement this brings, idiot. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-17 03:25 |
| #5 Eric, That's why the shotgun is the preferred weapon for home defense. Ranges are short and deadly, but penetration is extremely limited. |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-10-17 00:59 |
| #4 2 words, Eric: Safety Slugs. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-17 00:22 |
| #3 A larger caliber weapon might shoot through the walls into another mobile home, Barbara. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-10-17 00:19 |
| #2 "Home Invader Shot 4 Times In Head, Condition 'Serious'" Either Mr. Howard needs a bigger gun, or more target practice. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-17 00:17 |
| #1 Crime should be a high-risk endeavor. Good for the homeowner. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-10-17 00:11 |