A retired pastor was parked in his RV in Colorado springs in a Walmart parking lot last April. The pastor is diabetic and disabled. Inside, the pastor was sleeping when a young man jumped on the hood and ran toward the vent on top.
The pastor, wakened by the racket of heavy footsteps on top of the RV, grabbed his shotgun and yelled, "Get off the roof or I will shoot through it!" The would be robber jumped off the roof, onto the hood. Somewhere in this process, the windshield of the RV was broken.
RV whose windshield was broken. Notice handicapped symbol and large vent
As the perpetrator ran toward a confederate in a waiting car, the pastor grabbed his pants and started the RV. He was able to use the RV to pin the perpetrators car so that they could not flee the scene. He said that the perpetrators likely stayed because they were afraid they would be shot.
He shone a spotlight on the perpetrators and took down their license number. Then he backed up and they rapidly exited the area.
The pastor called the police, who came and took the report.
The perpetrators were caught, but the pastor refused to file charges, asking that punishment be given in such a way as to allow them to turn their lives around. He received restitution for the broken windshield. The perpetrators did some community service.
The pastor does not wish his name to be used, but was willing to have his picture associated with this article.
This is the type of defensive use of a firearm that is seldom reported in the old media.
This is original reporting, told to me by the pastor involved.
Dean Weingarten
©2013 by Dean Weingarten Permission to share granted as long as this notice is included.
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