Make my day: Sarah McKinley shot and killed an intruder on New Year's Eve to save her three-month-old son, as reenacted for Good Morning America On Christmas Day, 18-year-old Sarah McKinley lost her husband to lung cancer, leaving her the sole caregiver to their three-month-old son.
On New Year’s Eve, the Oklahoma mother proved she was anything but defenceless after she shot and killed an intruder breaking into her home.
Two men tried breaking into Ms McKinley’s house, one armed with a 12-inch hunting knife. While on the phone with 911, the young mother shot and killed one of the intruders with a 12-gauge shotgun after he passed the threshold.
Mother on the edge: Sarah McKinley said it was either the intruder or her son, 'and it wasn't going to be my son'After her husband’s funeral the previous week, a man named Justin Martin stopped by Ms McKinley’s house, claiming he was a neighbour and only wanted to introduce himself.
Ms McKinley, 18, was suspicious. She said he was calling late at night, when it was ‘pitch black outside.’
Tragic loss: She lost her husband (pictured) to lung cancer on ChristmasMartin returned on New Year’s Eve, this time in the middle of the day and armed with a hunting knife and an accomplice – a man identified as 29-year-old Dustin Stewart.
The new mother told KOCO News that the men started knocking aggressively on her door, Martin in front and Stewart in the back.
Smaller family: Sarah McKinley proved that she could still manager herself, her family, and her homeShe described to the Oklahoma station what she did: ‘I walked over and got the 12-gauge, went in the bedroom and got the pistol, put the bottle in his mouth, and then I called 911.’
She also barricaded the front door with a sofa.
Ms McKinley asked the 911 dispatcher what to do should the two men break in.
‘I’ve got two guns in my hand – is it okay to shoot him if he comes in the door?’ she said.
‘I’m in here by myself with my infant baby, can I please get a dispatcher out here immediately?’
Once the 911 dispatcher confirmed with the young mother that her doors were indeed locked, Ms McKinley asked again if she could shoot the intruders.
Bloodied: Police found Justin Martin, 24, slumped over this couch. He was pronounced dead at the scene. McKinley said he was brandishing a hunting knife‘I can’t tell you that you can do that but you do what you have to do to protect your baby,’ the dispatcher told her.
Ms McKinley was on the phone with two dispatchers - which represented two neighbouring counties - for a total of 21 minutes.
Around 2pm, Martin kicked in the door and Ms McKinley shot him once in the torso. Since police said the shooting was in self-defence, she will not be charged.
Guilty conscience: Martin's accomplice Dustin Stewart (pictured) turned himself in after Martin was shot
A moment of calm: Grady County dispatcher Diane Graham kept McKinley calm throughout the ordeal‘I can’t tell you that you can do that but you do what you have to do to protect your baby,’ the dispatcher told her.
Ms McKinley was on the phone with two dispatchers - which represented two neighbouring counties - for a total of 21 minutes.
Around 2pm, Martin kicked in the door and Ms McKinley shot him once in the torso. Since police said the shooting was in self-defence, she will not be charged.
Police found Martin, 24, slumped over a floral-print sofa with a single gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kindness from strangers: Those wishing to help have given Ms McKinley bags of clothes for her son‘The simple fact that you’re unauthorised in the home is enough that allows the homeowner to use deadly force.’
She said that though the shooting was justified, it was by no means an easy decision to make.
‘It was either going to be him or my son. And it wasn’t going to be my son,’ she said. She added: ‘There’s nothing more dangerous than a woman with a child.’
source: dailymail
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