what would you have done
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:11 pm
Really curious about what you guys would have done in this situation that happened to me Friday night/Saturday morning.
My street was a pretty rough area for our town (which has very little crime) with some rental houses and being close to the university campus. But it had really calmed down the last few months. During the pandemic I've had a couple weapons in different rooms just in case, and I have had them out three times the last year.
3:30 am Saturday I wake up to a sound that makes me think I left a window open and the blinds are blowing. As I get out of bed I realize the sound is coming from my front door and I can see the handle is turning. The dead bolt keeps the door locked. Then, someone starts knocking on the door and turning the handle. I grab and load a shotgun and go to the door. There's a heavy door and a screen/storm door. When they stop turning the handle I unlock and open the door and point my shotgun right at the individual.
It's a young woman, maybe early 20's. Years ago she would have been a "person of interest" as we single guys used to say. She has nothing in her hands, no shoes on her feet. She's saying nothing. She reaches for the handle of the storm door but I grab and hold it shut while holding my weapon on her. She doesn't even blink, just stares right at me like she doesn't see the weapon aimed at her chest. I holler, "You have the wrong house. Go home." She says she wants to come in. I repeat, "Go home!" I shut and lock the heavy door and call the police. I got some adrenalin going at this point. She begins ringing the doorbell continuously.
Less than a minute I got a police car and a deputy sheriff outside so I unload my weapon and go outside. She seems pretty out of it. About 6 blocks from where she says she lives. They get her in a car and talk to her then take her away.
What would you guys have done? Call police before you open the door. Not open the door? Ask her if she needs help?
Yesterday I start feeling kind of bad about not doing more for her. I tell my sister-in-law that the young woman seemed a bit lost. No shoes, no phone. She's out of it. I didn't even ask her if she was hurt or trying to get away from someone. My sister-in-law spoke to a couple officers and they got the report on the gal. It includes a second report stating the next day the police were back at her place because her 4-year-old was walking around in the street and nobody else was home.
Now, what would you do if someone is at your door at 3:30 am? Honest guys. This really happened. And, here in South Dakota, so many people never use their locks. It's amazing.
My street was a pretty rough area for our town (which has very little crime) with some rental houses and being close to the university campus. But it had really calmed down the last few months. During the pandemic I've had a couple weapons in different rooms just in case, and I have had them out three times the last year.
3:30 am Saturday I wake up to a sound that makes me think I left a window open and the blinds are blowing. As I get out of bed I realize the sound is coming from my front door and I can see the handle is turning. The dead bolt keeps the door locked. Then, someone starts knocking on the door and turning the handle. I grab and load a shotgun and go to the door. There's a heavy door and a screen/storm door. When they stop turning the handle I unlock and open the door and point my shotgun right at the individual.
It's a young woman, maybe early 20's. Years ago she would have been a "person of interest" as we single guys used to say. She has nothing in her hands, no shoes on her feet. She's saying nothing. She reaches for the handle of the storm door but I grab and hold it shut while holding my weapon on her. She doesn't even blink, just stares right at me like she doesn't see the weapon aimed at her chest. I holler, "You have the wrong house. Go home." She says she wants to come in. I repeat, "Go home!" I shut and lock the heavy door and call the police. I got some adrenalin going at this point. She begins ringing the doorbell continuously.
Less than a minute I got a police car and a deputy sheriff outside so I unload my weapon and go outside. She seems pretty out of it. About 6 blocks from where she says she lives. They get her in a car and talk to her then take her away.
What would you guys have done? Call police before you open the door. Not open the door? Ask her if she needs help?
Yesterday I start feeling kind of bad about not doing more for her. I tell my sister-in-law that the young woman seemed a bit lost. No shoes, no phone. She's out of it. I didn't even ask her if she was hurt or trying to get away from someone. My sister-in-law spoke to a couple officers and they got the report on the gal. It includes a second report stating the next day the police were back at her place because her 4-year-old was walking around in the street and nobody else was home.
Now, what would you do if someone is at your door at 3:30 am? Honest guys. This really happened. And, here in South Dakota, so many people never use their locks. It's amazing.