Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 911 tells young mother, "do what you have to do to protect your baby" [View all]Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Stewart later confessed to police that he and Martin "devised a plan to burglarize the residence" because Martin knew that "a resident of the home had recently died of cancer" and he "suspected narcotics may be located inside the residence," according to an affidavit. Stewart also told police that he and Martin took the drug hydrocodone about 30 minutes before the planned break-in, according to the court records.
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McKinley told NewsOK that she tried to hold off as long as she could, waiting for police to arrive, while Martin kept pounding on the front door. At one point, she gave her son a bottle to keep him from crying too loud -- and possibly alerting the intruders to her specific location.
"I didn't want to give away my position in the house, I wanted to see him first," she said of the intruders during this video interview with NewsOK.
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She said she feels bad -- but has no regrets.
"I felt like what I did was the best decision for my son and I. Obviously when someone breaks into your house with a deadly weapon, they're not here for anything good. But I am very sorry and it's not something I ever wanted to do."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/oklahoma-mom-intruder.html