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Woman Shoots, Kills Intruder: 911 Operators Say Its OK To Shoot

4:30 pm - 01/04/2012
By KEVIN DOLAK and RYAN OWENS | Good Morning America – 4 hours ago

A young Oklahoma mother shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby on New Year's Eve, less than a week after the baby's father died of cancer.

Sarah McKinley says that a week earlier a man named Justin Martin dropped by on the day of her husband's funeral, claiming that he was a neighbor who wanted to say hello. The 18-year-old Oklahoma City area woman did not let him into her home that day.

On New Year's Eve Martin returned with another man, Dustin Stewart, and this time was armed with a 12-inch hunting knife. The two soon began trying to break into McKinley's home.

As one of the men was going from door to door outside her home trying to gain entry, McKinley called 911 and grabbed her 12-gauge shotgun.

McKinley told ABC News Oklahoma City affiliate KOCO that she quickly got her 12 gauge, went into her bedroom and got a pistol, put the bottle in the baby's mouth and called 911.

"I've got two guns in my hand -- is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door?" the young mother asked the 911 dispatcher. "I'm here by myself with my infant baby, can I please get a dispatcher out here immediately?"

The 911 dispatcher confirmed with McKinley that the doors to her home were locked as she asked again if it was okay to shoot the intruder if he were to come through her door.

"I can't tell you that you can do that but you do what you have to do to protect your baby," the dispatcher told her. McKinley was on the phone with 911 for a total of 21 minutes.

When Martin kicked in the door and came after her with the knife, the teen mom shot and killed the 24-year-old. Police are calling the shooting justified.

"You're allowed to shoot an unauthorized person that is in your home. The law provides you the remedy, and sanctions the use of deadly force," Det. Dan Huff of the Blanchard police said.

Stewart soon turned himself in to police.

McKinley said that she was at home alone with her newborn that night because her husband just died of cancer on Christmas Day.

"I wouldn't have done it, but it was my son," McKinley told ABC News Oklahoma City affiliate KOCO. "It's not an easy decision to make, but it was either going to be him or my son. And it wasn't going to be my son. There's nothing more dangerous than a woman with a child."

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A great story. Good job to this woman! Glad her child is safe.

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anolinde 5th-Jan-2012 03:06 am (UTC)
Um... When it's an armed perpetrator attacking a woman and a child? I'd say their death is pretty fucking great.
homasse 5th-Jan-2012 03:34 am (UTC)
You seem to miss the key words of "ENDS with." This includes everything that happened up until that point.
anolinde 5th-Jan-2012 04:16 am (UTC)
Huh? The fact that it ends in their death is what makes it great.
vehemencet_t 5th-Jan-2012 12:52 pm (UTC)
THANK YOU! That was my thought as well if people would just stop assuming and raging.
nikoel 6th-Jan-2012 04:51 am (UTC)
Why can't you just say, "You're right, I should have phrased it differently." Why is that so damn hard? Why do you have to be so defensive and obtuse about your lack of clarification?
vehemencet_t 6th-Jan-2012 11:45 am (UTC)
Alright, but several times in this thread I DID say, "I apologize for how the phrase came out and was offensive towards some". Haven't you understood that nobody truly cares yet though?

I could castrate myself, kiss the feet of Barack Obama, turn vegan and start writing for the worst of the liberal magazines, and it still wouldn't change the fact that my other views have dared transgress the laws of conformity.
nikoel 6th-Jan-2012 03:28 pm (UTC)
Whenever you use the word (actual or the equivalent of) "but", it makes everything you said before it bullshit. I saw you issue exactly one real apology and it was only after the other person apologized for mis-characterizing you. Every other time you've added a qualifier of some kind or a mass of hyperbole (like what you included for me here) turning everything you said before it into bullshit. If your "apology" was sincere, you wouldn't need to add anything to it. A real apology goes like this, "I'm sorry for that thing I said. That wasn't my intent. I won't do it again." The End.

But, instead of learning from this, I'm sure you'll just continue to say ridiculous things like castrate myself and continue to piss people off and incite merciless mocking, which you rightfully deserve.
vehemencet_t 6th-Jan-2012 09:06 pm (UTC)
If you dig a bit there have been other ''real'' apologies as well. (Also, if I wasn't sincere, I wouldn't be apologizing).

I'm sorry for that thing I said. That wasn't my intent. I will try not to inadvertently do it again.
nikoel 6th-Jan-2012 09:11 pm (UTC)
See, you had to throw the "inadvertently" in there. You're not taking responsibility for the shitty things you say. You're pushing the problem back on to your detractors even though we have very reasonable and realistic reasons behind our criticism. You obviously think you already know everything there is to know and have the hubris to believe your opinion is always correct. THAT is why everyone thinks you're a teenager. The vast majority of adults grow up to realize we don't know nearly as much as we thought we did and we spend as much time, if not more, listening to the experiences and knowledge of others to enhance our own.

I really do think you'd be a lot happier and better received in talk_politics than in ontd_political. You don't seem to like anything we have to say here and I can guarantee you're going to continue to get called out for every shitty thing you say. If you have no willingness to listen, learn or grow, you should really think about leaving.
vehemencet_t 6th-Jan-2012 09:17 pm (UTC)
By inadvertently, all I meant was that it was unintentionally offensive. Really.

Also, I have commented several times with just, "I agree--great article. Thanks for posting" or something to that effect whereby I agree with whatever was expressed.

I know that I don't know everything.

Talk_politics has its own set of shitty problems.
nikoel 6th-Jan-2012 09:22 pm (UTC)
And we've already told you what NOT to say on all of those various topics. If you're talking about a future topic for which you haven't had a shitty comment yet, then wait until you're called out THEN apologize. Apologizing in advance to me isn't going to cut it.

If you're talking about topics you've already been schooled in, JUST DON'T SAY THAT SHITTY THING YOU SAID GOING FORWARD.

Apologizing when you're called out really will get you a lot further. You've fucked up so many times already that people are going to have very short patience with you and that's just a consequence you'll have to live with until you've proven yourself to be a better listener and actually learn from your mistakes.

Everyone makes mistakes. The way to handle those is to apologize and don't do it again.

Have I made myself entirely clear yet?
vehemencet_t 6th-Jan-2012 09:25 pm (UTC)
Yes perfectly clear. And I think that's fair enough.
nikoel 6th-Jan-2012 09:30 pm (UTC)
THANK YOU.

I hope you're having a better day today than you did yesterday. I did want to say it made me sad to hear your mom left you when you were little. I'm sorry that happened to you.
vehemencet_t 6th-Jan-2012 09:33 pm (UTC)
Thanks.

I'm amazed at how it subtly affects my life even now, despite the fact that I don't even feel an emotional connection towards her memory.
nikoel 6th-Jan-2012 09:35 pm (UTC)
I've never met my bio-dad, so I can somewhat relate. I have no interest in finding him, but his absence did have an effect on me none-the-less. It has gotten less and less over time, but it's always there. All you can do is do your best to deal.
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