Man shot multiple times, but still saves day

'He was fighting for his life'

Police in California say they are looking for several suspects in a home invasion after a 22-year-old victim grabbed a gun and engaged in a gunfight to protect his younger siblings who also were in the house.

He succeeded in killing one of apparently four men who crashed in the front door, and wounding another, and police have on video the license plate number for the van in which two suspects apparently delivered their injured comrade to a hospital.

The dead attacker’s body was found at the home.

Acting Sheriff Mike Boudreaux told KFSN Television that there were four siblings in the home – their parents, farm workers, already had left for work before the 5:30 a.m. attack.

He said a 22-year-old “became aware of the robbery or potential intruders when the front door of the home was breached.”

He grabbed a gun from a safe “to protect himself and three siblings,” ages 3, 11 and 18, authorities said.

“He was fighting for his life,” the sheriff said.

A gun battle inside the home left the 22-year-old, whose name was not immediately released, with multiple gunshot wounds and he was hospitalized and expected to recover. His siblings were uninjured, authorities said.

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According to a report in the FresnoBee, the attack happened near Orosi in Tulare County.

The injured invader was delivered to Keweah Delta Medical Center, but no details were available immediately.

But authorities said neighbors were warned about the situation, and the children in the home at the time were moved to another location.

The Visalia Times reported Boudreaux was concerned.

“It’s scary,” he said. “We are confident there is at least someone else connected to this incident still out there.”

He noted there was no marijuana being grown at the home, because several home invasions in recent years appear to have been linked to large growing operations.

At the Bearing Arms blog, commentator Bob Owens wrote, “I don’t think that the oldest sibling in this incident could have handled the shocking situation that confronted him much better than he did. He reacted … by arming himself and protecting his siblings. I don’t think it a stretch at all to think that he very likely kept this situation from becoming another home invasion massacre.”

The Guns Save Lives blog noted the suspects at large are believed to be in a gray minivan, plate number 7CHR190.
WND, May 28, 2014