One of the four home invaders who broke into a Garden City, AL-house early in the morning on Aug. 17 was shot after an exchange of gunfire with the residents, according to the Trussville Tribune. Two others were arrested by responding officers from the Hanceville Police Department and Cullman County Sheriff’s Office. A fourth suspect was caught later.
“This is a great example of citizens utilizing their Second Amendment rights and protecting themselves and their family,” Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry said in a news release on the incident “I have often stated that law enforcement can be minutes away when you only have seconds to defend yourself and your family. That’s why we at the sheriff’s office are proponents of not only having a weapon for self-defense but also being proficient in how to use it.”
Charges have yet to be leveled against the suspect hospitalized with a gunshot wound, according to AL.com, but the news outlet reports those the others face include, “…first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, trafficking of illegal drugs, unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.”
Sheriff Gentry is not the only law enforcement officer to recently state his support for law-abiding citizens using a firearm to defend themselves against a felonious attack. When a citizen shot and killed an armed home invader in Florida on Aug. 8 Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco posted a video to Facebook explaining, “He was defending himself and his family. Any loss of life is tragic, but the victim was utilizing his Second Amendment Rights to protect himself and his family…when their lives were on the line, when that door was being kicked in, they utilized their Second Amendment rights, and they’re safe because of it.”