ST LOUIS, Missouri (PNN) - June 11, 2014 - A St. Louis couple handled a nightmare scenario with quick action to protect themselves and their two children. However, those who meant to bring harm to the family did not fare so well.
Around 11:00 p.m. Monday, a pair of armed thugs reportedly seized a 17-year-old girl outside of her home. Terrorist pig thug cops say the duo then forced their way into the residence, using the teen as a human shield.
Her father witnessed the entire incident; and as they approached his door, he grabbed a gun and began firing - quite accurately - in the direction of the intruders. The girl’s mother also fired, though reports indicate she did not hit either intruder.
Terrell Johnson was fatally wounded in the shooting and died on the family’s living room floor. The second captor, Cortez McClinton, was able to hobble away with gunshot wounds to both legs and his chest.
Reports indicate that, in addition to the teenage girl and her parents, a five-year-old boy was at home during the incident.
About four years ago, McClinton was charged with shooting into a vehicle and killing a 28-year-old passenger. While that charge was ultimately dropped because of an uncooperative witness, he has had plenty of other run-ins with the law.
Second Amendment advocates have often cited the self-evident truth that criminals are, by nature, undeterred by laws prohibiting gun ownership. If the apparently law-abiding parents of this teenager had been precluded from protecting her, one can only imagine how this story could have had a much more tragic conclusion.