<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>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.</div> http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa...s.bfc57dff.html
Great story If there were any other state than Texas, I'd worry that the old man would get prosecuted for something like having an unregistered gun.
Wow. That's so awesome. I wish shit like this would happen more, where the victim becomes some sort of a hero, in a way. It's such a feel-good story to read stuff like this.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Feb 17 2008, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No lawyers have contacted the brothers so they can sue the old man and take his house?</div> That will be a hard case for those two brothers to win, especially since they pulled a knife at the old man. Texas is very loyal the landowner. I love Texas.
