" Los Angeles Daily News,
Woodland Hills, CA, 10/19/06
A California woman was playing the role of getaway driver
as her gang-member son looked for a home to burglarize,
according to police. When the suspect found a target, he broke the lock on the screen door
and began yelling at the female occupant. The burglar gave chase as the woman fled
to the backyard, but
she halted his advance with three rounds from a .38-caliber revolver.
The intruder ran back to his mother,
and the homeowner phoned police.
When the suspects failed to locate a hospital, the "mother of the year"
flagged down a sheriff's deputy. The deputy, however, was responding to
the victim's 9-1-1 call and apprehended mother and son." [emfasis added by David]
She 'd have halted him MORE, with a .44.
David