80 Year Old Granbury Man Defends Himself In Home Invasion

[FirefightnRick]

Mr Pickett, a retired Fort Worth Firefighter still has family in our department. There's a video on channell 8's website that was shown on Sunday about what happened to him, but it takes forever to load to watch it. I couldn't find the story in the startlegram or the Hood County news but I finally found a transcript copy from channel 8's website. If you do a web search of home invasions it's shocking how often it's occuring all over the country. As I said before, people are desparate. At least this story below turned out pretty good. Could have been better had the scum who bloodied him up had eventually assumed room temperature as a result of his aim, but at least they got caught.

Rick

North Texas - Investigators say they were definitely going to rob him - possibly even kill him.

But an 80-year-old North Texan wasn’t about to let that happen, so he took action.

One of the suspects is in the hospital and both are facing charges.

Two men obviously thought James Pickett, 80, was an easy target when they showed up at his home on Saturday with a knife.

“He just came through that door, stabbing and beating,” said Pickett.

Captain Clint Pullin said it looked as though the men wanted to kill him.

But before you worry too much about Pickett, learn a bit more about him.

He’s a WWII veteran, former firefighter and lifelong John Wayne devotee.

In short, even at 80, he is someone you just don’t mess with.

What the men didn’t know is Picket had taken a pistol and put it in his pocket before opening the door.

“He jumped and turned and I shot him,” Picket said.

The two brothers, Paul and Holden Perry, ran but didn’t get far before calling an ambulance.

A bullet just missed Paul Perry’s spine.

“The only problem was I run out of bullets,” Picket said.

A neighbor describes Picket as a “hero.”

Worried about retribution, friends are sticking close.

Both brothers face assault, burglary and robbery charges.

Deputies assure James Pickett they aren’t likely to get out of jail anytime soon but he isn’t worried.

“I think I’m a ten times better shot than and he is… But they best not come back,” he said.

source: wfaa.com

Edited February 21, 2008 by FirefightnRick

[UNTLifer]

I saw this on the news in Houston. I'm just waiting for folks to complain that he shouldn't have shot the two low lifes.

The only sad part to the story is when he explains that he shot his picture of John Wayne.

Edited February 21, 2008 by UNTLifer