Men Attempt Robbery, Woman Shoots One Dead, Deputies Say
POSTED: 1:40 pm EDT May 23, 2008
UPDATED: 3:58 pm EDT May 23, 2008
MOUNT GILEAD, N.C. -- A woman who was awakened Friday morning to two men trying to ram a van through the front door of her business shot and killed one of the men, Montgomery County deputies said.
Deputies said the two men had robbed a motel in Troy earlier before driving to a Mount Gilead coffee shop and attempting to rob it.
That's when deputies said Bouaphan Chanthunom, 51, opened fire with an assault rifle, instantly killing Joseph Murphy McRae, 36, of Mount Gilead.
The other suspect, Jeffery Ray Liles, 36, fled from the scene but was later arrested at his residence. He was not injured and is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on charges of first-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and injury to real property.
Deputies said Chanthunom and her family own the coffee shop and also use it as a residence.
Liles and McRae had been under investigation for other crimes in the area.
No charges will be filed against Chanthunom.
Now taking bets: Was the assault rifle actually an assault rifle? Betting open, current odds 5:1 against.
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According to a little someone this woman had a better better chance of surviving had she just laid down on the floor and let them come inside.
Severely doubt that it was an actual assault rifle. Some kind of hunting rifle maybe a shotgun I'm guessing.
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ArmorPierce wrote:According to a little someone this woman had a better better chance of surviving had she just laid down on the floor and let them come inside.
Your little someone is wrong. Chances are she'd have been shot in the back of the head. That's what usually happens in cases like this.
Severely doubt that it was an actual assault rifle. Some kind of hunting rifle maybe a shotgun I'm guessing.
Going by the name, she's either Thai or Laotian. Its a good bet she knows her guns. But I may be prejudiced by friends of mine there.
Anyway, commendations to her for a job well done. I hope somebody reimburses her for the cost of the ammunition she used.
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Ugh, more "assault rifle" BS no doubt from the media.
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ArmorPierce wrote:According to a little someone this woman had a better better chance of surviving had she just laid down on the floor and let them come inside.
Are you trying to make a reference to the thread about the elderly woman who shot at a bunch of cops as they were breaking into her house? In that case, they were absolutely right: if you see a whole squad of guys with guns and tactical gear on claiming to be cops, they either really are cops or they're movie-style super-criminals who came expecting a firefight. Either way, if you start shooting at them you're probably going to end up dead.
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