Teen Mom Sarah McKinley Shoots Attacker in Face after 911 Call
A stalker broke into her home. Cowering and alone with her infant child in the corner, 18-year-old Sarah McKinley bravely spoke to a 911 operator in a hushed tone. When the operator heard the dire nature of the situation, that a stalker was in the home and intended to hurt the mother and child, extreme force was ordered by the operator.
Lumbering in the home was the stalker, sloppy breathing and clumsy toppling of objects indicating that his mind was warped. The predator held a big, metalic hunting knife in hand. He lapped his lips and desired to hurt McKinley and her child.
McKinley’s mind must have been racing with the worst thoughts, the young teen mother losing her husband to cancer only a week before.
Several days after McKinley’s husband’s funeral, a mysterious man showed up to her door. The man’s name was Justin Martin and claimed to just be a neighbor who wanted to say hello. Trusting her instincts, McKinley denied Martin entry into her home.
But then, only days later, horror.
On December 31st, Martin and an accomplice returned and try to force their way into McKinley’s home. Flustered yet focused, McKinley immediately called 911 and grabeed her 12 gauge shotgun and a pistol.
To keep her hiding space quiet, McKinley fed her three-month-old son a bottle. “I’ve got two guns in my hand — Is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door?” This was McKinley question to the 911 operator she had on the phone.
“I can’t tell you that you can do that, but you do what you have to do to protect your baby,” said the dispatcher. As the call went on for nearly 30 minutes, the two monster continued trying to break into McKinley’s home bedroom. Finally enraged, Justin Martin managed to kick through McKinley’s door and lunged at her with a knife.
With no other choice, McKinley fired a gun.
Police arrived, finding Martin’s body slumped over a couch. There is no word yet on the well-being of the other suspect. Police ruled that McKinley’s use of force was well justified.
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8:02 pm
I have loaded gun in the foyer just in case this happens. And one in the Jeep. And a few other just in case.
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3:09 am
I have one in case those occupy fascists kick down my door and it’s where they’ll never look for it, right next to my soap.
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3:12 am
What if you mistakenly grab the soap? I’m sure the attacker would laugh.
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8:20 pm
That sounds pretty badass
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8:48 pm
Damn! That shit be crazy.
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11:16 pm
I have a crossbow and a sniper rifle in the closet.
if shit goes down, kill it with fire.
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11:43 pm
I’m making an electromagnet powered railgun. If shit gets real, I’ll be able to pop the hood of my car and make shit go back to where it came from.
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11:47 pm
Ive got shitloads of homemade airsoft guns
Or i can just use my sniper.
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11:50 pm
Good point. Looking threatening is usually better than actual lethality, though. If you can make the attacker(s) wet themselves before they actually attack, you don’t have to waste ammunition and money. And court dates.
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2:08 am
I can kill someone with my bare hands. I’m not overly strong. I just know the squishy parts that don’t take well to trauma.
and I’m fast.
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2:06 am
this is not ridiculously stupid!
Pow Shoot that motherfucker in the face! that’ll teach em to mess with you, or it would if they weren’t dead. damn my life is so boring in comparison.
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9:13 am
Thinking about shooting someone and actually doing it are two different things. I wonder if she hadn’t been on the phone and got psyched up for the kill shot if this situation could have been different.
It seems that the issue no one is addressing is why was she on the phone for an hour waiting for police to arrive? What each and every one of the news reports (most of them copied directly from the original report) conveys is a Wild West mentality that police protection is going to be phoned in from now on, due to budget cuts. The applause for this young mother is deafening, but one must really examine what is being praised.
What I think this says is 1) Households need guns, because police aren’t there to protect you 2) Call your local police if you need some courage to shoot an intruder.
This situation could have just as easily gone in a different direction, with the young mother and child as victims. The police department in this instance needs to be investigated.
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