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Old 09-29-2010, 10:57 PM
 
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"Neighbors said an elderly woman was fed up with constant harassment from a 12-year-old boy, so she took a gun and shot the child after he and his friends threw bricks into her home. Now, the boy is charged with a crime, while the 68-year-old woman is not........."

"....Numerous neighbors have been speaking in her defense. They sympathize with the woman, and say she wasn't the only victim, she was just the first to take action......."

"....Neighbors said the boy was the ringleader of a group of kids, and had been holding his own little reign of terror on the block – especially targeting Matthews......"

".....Neighbors say they would often call police about the "bad boys", and they would come and take the boys into custody. But after they were released, they would go back to the neighborhood and terrorize it all over again....."

Elderly Woman Shoots 12-Year-Old Boy In South Shore - cbs2chicago.com (http://cbs2chicago.com/local/elderly.woman.shoots.2.1936778.html - broken link)
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:05 PM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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good for her
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:14 PM
 
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Maybe she should put her glasses on before not trying to 'shoot to wound'.

I do not believe for even a half second that those boys were 'just walking by and she started shooting'. Hogwash.

All's well that ends well. Those boys will think twice from now on. Maybe.
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:15 PM
 
Location: Reality
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It's too bad she wasn't a better shot, you throw a brick into my family's home and your parents will be identifying you in a bag. A 12 year old who's old enough to throw bricks at someone is old enough to pay for their actions.
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:15 PM
 
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Earlier this year an 80 year old Chicago man shot and killed an intruder. Don't mess with these old timers. I don't condone shooting kids, but this kid sounds like a SOB. If she was going to shoot anyone, she probably should have shot the kid's so called parents. 10 bucks says that they are on drugs and haven't worked in 10 years, maybe their entire lives.
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:18 PM
 
Location: Geneva, IL
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Maybe she had just read about this story in the news:

Arrests made in beating of 94-year-old WWII vet *| ajc.com
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:26 PM
 
Location: The High Seas
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Grandmother of bad kid makes this response: "He and his friend were walking down the street, and they saw a window broken at a woman's house, and as they passed by, they said she came out shooting," said the boy's grandmother, Donna Virges.
Witness the creation of a psychopath....
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:30 PM
 
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Witness the creation of a psychopath....
That's always the case. Just walkin' down the street, lookin' for good deeds to do, mindin' they own business and BOOM.
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:42 PM
 
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Beats the pants off of this...
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'You're killing me Thomas, you're killing me'," said Morris
Teenager Sentenced To 40-Year Prison Term - West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio (http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=38389 - broken link)
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:58 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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Can't say that i blame the poor women. But what is wrong with these parents, they are probably the type that thinks their little johnny is an Angel NOT! I would say this is more then kids gone wild.
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