A Chicago woman is being praised by her neighbors after fending off a would-be intruder trying to enter her home through her daughter’s window.
Police were initially called to the home on a report of a shooting around 10:45 Saturday evening, and found a man with a gunshot wound to his leg. It didn’t take long for officers to learn that the man wasn’t an innocent victim, but had been shot after allegedly trying to make his way inside the home.
“I’m just super shaken up. I’m a single mom. I live here with my children, so that’s the last thing I expect, for someone to try and come in on my daughter,” the woman, who did not want to be identified, told WGN News. “It’s just like a nightmare that came true.”
The woman told WGN News she had come home from celebrating her birthday with her family. Not long after, everything took a turn for the worst as her daughter was in the bathroom. “
While she was showering, a guy like put his hand through the window and she ran out, ‘Mom, somebody’s coming through my room, coming through my window,’” said the woman. “I just went into action and when I actually saw the guy, he was still hanging on her window and he just looked at me and I said, ‘I’ve got a gun, I’m going to shoot.’ I just fired a shot. I didn’t even know he was hit ’til the police came.”
The armed citizen told WGN that this was the first time she’s had to use her gun in defense of herself or her kids, but wasn’t about to stand idly by while her daughter was at risk. […]
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