'I just shot him out of the house': Woman who never fired her gun before wounds burglar who's now behind bars — and she tells other women to get armed, too



A North Carolina woman who had never fired her gun before took aim and pulled the trigger Tuesday morning, wounding a burglar who busted into her home — and now the crook is behind bars.

What are the details?

Tarika McAllister, 29, woke up before 6 a.m. to her dog barking and a loud bang at the back of her home on Bear Lane in Dunn, WRAL-TV reported.

Then she saw a man taking some of her belongings and trying to steal her dog — and she was all by herself, the station said.

McAllister hollered at the man to get out, to no avail, WRAL said. So she opted to let her gun do the talking.

McAllister told WRAL she had never before used the gun she stores — but that was about to change.

“All I did was turn around and grab the gun," McAllister told the station. "I was fumbling with it. It’s my first time using it.”

Despite the terror of it all, WRAL said McAllister had the presence of mind to turn off the safety and take control of the ordeal.

"I just lifted it up, and I started shooting at him, wherever he was moving to, I just shot him out of the house,” she told the station.

WRAL said Malihk Giles was found about 200 yards from the home with a gunshot wound to his right lower leg and a superficial gunshot wound to his right side.

Malihk GilesImage source: Harnett County Detention Center

Giles was taken into custody, the station said, and after his wounds were treated at a hospital, he was taken to Harnett County Detention Center under a $75,000 secured bond on charges of first-degree burglary and possession of stolen property. Giles, 20, was still in jail Friday morning.

McAllister and Giles do not know each other, WRAL said.

She says women should arm themselves for protection

McAllister added to the station that women should arm themselves for protection.

“I know a lot of women are scared of guns," she told WRAL. "I feel those are the best protectors for us because we can’t fight a man. We can’t fight an intruder off.”

McAllister said three weeks ago a man tried to steal from her house, but she was able to scare him away, the station said.

Although she admitted that she's "still shook up" and it's difficult to be by herself right now, McAllister told WRAL she feels "stronger" now — and better prepared if another home invasion occurs.

"I took action, and I'm very proud of myself that I stood up for myself, as a woman," she told the station, adding that "I did what I had to do, and I’m glad I did what I did.”

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Female homeowner shoots intruder after he refuses to obey her order to leave; sheriff calls it 'excellent example' of 2nd Amendment 'importance'



One guy sure picked the wrong Texas home to mess with.

What went down?

The Harrison County Sheriff's Office said a man forced his way into a Longview residence in the 1500 block of Juanita Road around 8 p.m. Friday.

But the problem for him was that the woman inside was armed with a gun. Authorities said she ordered the intruder to leave her home, but he refused.

Fearing for her safety, the homeowner fired one shot, striking the intruder, the sheriff's office said.

Arriving deputies found the intruder wounded by a single gunshot and determined the shooting occurred while he was committing a burglary.

What happened next?

The intruder was taken to Longview Regional Hospital, then later transported to a Tyler hospital, the sheriff's office said.

Authorities on Saturday morning secured an arrest warrant for burglary of habitation with intent to commit assault, the sheriff's office noted, adding that the suspect was arrested once he was released from the Tyler hospital.

Matthew Dillon George, 30, was booked Sunday into Smith County Jail, the Longview News-Journal reported, citing jail records, which also indicated his bond was set at $50,000.

What did the sheriff have to say?

Harrison County Sheriff Brandon Fletcher — who told the paper George would be extradited from Smith County — said “this entire incident is an excellent example of the importance of our Second Amendment. I am thankful the homeowner was unharmed but also thankful the suspect in this episode will now face his consequences through the judicial system; it could have ended a lot worse.”

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A homeowner in Vicksburg, Mississippi, defended herself and her property with a firearm Thursday morning.

What happened?

According to the Vicksburg Daily News, the woman arrived at the home just after 11 a.m. Thursday to perform a daily check when she discovered a burglary in progress at her residence.

She fired what she described as a warning shot before briefly exiting the home, alerting neighbors and telling them to call the police.

Investigators said the woman then re-entered the home and attempted to hold the burglar at gunpoint until police arrived. But when the burglar made a "threatening move," the homeowner felt compelled to open fire, striking the burglar in the arm, WAPT-TV reported.

A few minutes later, the burglar, reportedly a young man, showed up at the nearby River City Rescue Mission suffering from a gunshot wound to his forearm.

The suspect's injuries were deemed non-life-threatening. According to investigators, he was treated by paramedics before being transported to the Vicksburg Police station for processing. He will reportedly be charged with burglary.

The homeowner was also reportedly taken to the station for processing but is not expected to be charged because her actions are likely protected by the castle doctrine.

What else?

Neighbor Sharon Flowers said that she had just arrived at her home Thursday morning when she heard the woman shouting for help. Flowers told the Vicksburg Daily News that she alerted the police at the homeowner's request before witnessing the second shot being fired.

"The silence was terrifying," she recalled. "You couldn't see anything, you didn't see anyone move, it was silence."

Under Mississippi's castle doctrine — similar to "stand your ground" laws — the homeowner was legally permitted to fire upon the intruder.

According to the state's legal code, "a person who is not the initial aggressor and is not engaged in unlawful activity shall have no duty to retreat before using deadly force ... if the person is in a place where the person has a right to be, and no finder of fact shall be permitted to consider the person's failure to retreat as evidence that the person's use of force was unnecessary, excessive or unreasonable."

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