Sorry snowflakes, there are no “safe spaces” in Chicago. For example, in a decent neighborhood just east of O’Hare International Airport, an 80-year-old man who was recovering from recent surgery came face-to-face with a home invasion team this past week. After the initial attack, the homeowner retreated to his bedroom, grabbed his gun and began meting out some ballistic dissuasion.
His first shot cheated Darwin by grazing the head of the female half of the home invasion dynamic duo, Tabitha Hemphill. From there, the spry old guy went after the male half, Mansfield Wallace, who police say had been released on parole from prison not even two months earlier.
The two struggled for control of the pistol and the old man shot the career felon in the chest.
The wounded couple still managed to wrest control of the gun from the old man and promptly fled, both them leaking from their respective gunshot wounds.
Cops caught up with Wallace at a local hospital where he remains in critical condition. Police found the photogenic Hemphill nearby with a bag of heroin tucked in her vajayjay. They tracked her down thanks to surveillance cameras that captured her dumping her wounded partner at the ER entrance of the hospital.
From CWB Chicago . . .
The victim was in his recliner, recuperating from surgery, when someone knocked on his front door in the 8500 block of West Catherine around 10:30 Monday morning. The elderly man opened the door, thinking it was a neighbor who had been checking on him since his surgery, only to find 51-year-old parolee Mansfield Wallace on the other side, according to prosecutors.
Wallace allegedly forced his way in, pushed the victim to the ground, and physically fought him on the ground and then on their feet. The victim, a licensed gun owner, broke free and retrieved a pistol from his bedroom.
As he did, he noticed Tabitha Hemphill, 31, near a dresser where he kept his money, prosecutors said. The victim fired a shot at Hemphill, grazing her head.
He returned to the living room, fought with Wallace again, and fell to the ground as they struggled to control the pistol.
Prosecutors said the gun fired two times during the fight, striking Wallace in the chest.
Wallace allegedly took the gun away, stole a watch from the victim’s arm, and fled in a stolen car with Hemphill.
CBS Chicago caught up with a couple of the neighbors in the aftermath of the incident. Strangely, none of them had any sympathy for the home invasion duo.
Many in the neighborhood were rattled by the attack, but relieved that the victim defended himself. One woman who spoke to CBS 2 asked to remain anonymous.
“I am really heartbroken for him and the family, because he was at home alone and he must’ve been really scared when it happened,” she said. “You never know if someone’s going to come to help you in time, so this could’ve ended really badly.”
Kenny Vierneisel, another nearby resident, said, “I’m glad that he protected himself. If someone breaks into my apartment, I’m going to do the same thing. Right?”
Imagine that…real Americans who understand that the only thing that stops bad people with evil in their hearts is a good guy (or gal) with a gun. Even an octogenarian can stand up to a couple of much younger and stronger attackers when equipped with a good personal defense tool.
