Woman Who Shot Intruder 3 Times Talks To KNBC

[jaeger45]

Woman Who Shot Intruder 3 Times Talks To KNBC

http://video.knbc.com/player/?id=194792

POSTED: 6:28 pm PST December 12, 2007
UPDATED: 6:54 pm PST December 12, 2007

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- A female homeowner who shot a male intruder in her back yard in October 2006 spoke to KNBC's Laurel Erickson on Wednesday, one day after a jury found the man guilty of all charges.

Nadine Teter shot Michael Lugo twice in the stomach and once in the leg after he broke into her Canyon Country home.

Lugo broke the lock on Teter's door and barged in. She fled to the back yard with her gun, according to police.

"He was coming at me. He was yelling. I shot him to stop him," Teter said. "He went down. He got back up. Came back at me. I shot him again. I shot him again, and he turned around and jumped back over the fence. (He) disappeared."

Teter testified against Lugo and his mother, Cynthia Brandon, who drove the getaway car during the Oct. 18, 2006, attack. Both were convicted Tuesday.

While Teter talked to law enforcement that night, Brandon flagged down a deputy heading to Teter. She told him her son was bleeding to death.

"It was terrifying, absolutely terrifying," Teter said.

"Did you have any second thoughts about testifying against him out of fear for yourself?" Erickson asked.

"A little bit, but I knew I had to do it. We needed to get him locked up, put away," Teter said.

Teter said she thinks that every woman should carry a gun.

"Never in a million years, did I think I would use (the gun) -- never. And whatever higher power, whatever gave me the strength to pull that trigger ... You're looking at him or me. My life or his life. I was not going to get raped. I was not going to get murdered. There was no way -- and I didn't," Teter said.

Teter said she was grateful to all the people who helped convict Lugo.

"You know, for something as horrible as this to happen, it could not have ended up any better," Teter said.

Lugo and his mother face sentencing on Feb. 29.

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[Tbag]

God bless her for being able to protect herself. And she has the right attitude.

[Bullseye]

This type of thing happens everyday but the media does not report it. A lot of attention has been drawn to the issue since the woman in Colorado stopped a mass murder by confronting the attacker with a gun.

R,
Bullseye

[jaeger45]

Didn't read about that Colorado incident.

I wonder if you can give the link? I'd like to publicize it in a couple of other boards. Thanks...

[bearandoldman]

This type of thing happens everyday but the media does not report it. A lot of attention has been drawn to the issue since the woman in Colorado stopped a mass murder by confronting the attacker with a gun.

R,
Bullseye

Good people that do a good deed with a gun is not news, Now a bad person, especially if he has some type of semi auto rifle that they can call an ASSAULT RIFLE doe something bad, now that is NEWS.

[Bullseye]

Jaeger,

I'm surprised you hadn't heard this one, it's been all over the news. The woman (Jeanne Assam) was a volunteer security guard at a church near Denver, Colorado, shot and killed a man who was intent on committing mass murder. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14 ... etail.html You can run her name on Google and find many other articles describing the incident. If not for her swift action, many more victims would have been created by that nut job. Unfortunately two did die in that incident but it could have been much worse.

R,
Bullseye

[bearandoldman]

Jaeger,

I'm surprised you hadn't heard this one, it's been all over the news. The woman (Jeanne Assam) was a volunteer security guard at a church near Denver, Colorado, shot and killed a man who was intent on committing mass murder. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14 ... etail.html You can run her name on Google and find many other articles describing the incident. If not for her swift action, many more victims would have been created by that nut job. Unfortunately two did die in that incident but it could have been much worse.

R,
Bullseye

Yes, I have seen the news on that one. She shot the guy, I believe 3 times but according to the autopsy the fatal shot came from his own gun, but her actions may have forced him to decide to kill himself, if no for her many more would most likely have died. And yes, I do carry at least one firearm at any time I leave my home. Primary carry i s.45ACP and secondary is .380ACP. Under the same condition I believe that I would have done the same thing, that is a question none of us can really answer until the decision is forced upon us.

[jaeger45]

Thanks, Bullseye.

No wonder I missed it: I was in the East Bay Area in NorCal last weekend for the 45th wedding anniversary of my favorite cousin.

I posted it, with due credits.

[Bullseye]

By the news accounts, there were other armed guards at the church who were incapable of acting when the excrement hit the fan. It was this woman who undoubtedly stopped the shooter. He may have ultimately taken his own life, but that was likely his plan all along - to go out in a blaze of glory. He was intent on causing mass casualties, based on the arms and ammunition he brought to the church. This brave woman responded with deadly force, under fire, and stopped the shooter from causing any more harm. This was a brave and selfless act in my book.

R,
Bullseye

[bearandoldman]

By the news accounts, there were other armed guards at the church who were incapable of acting when the excrement hit the fan. It was this woman who undoubtedly stopped the shooter. He may have ultimately taken his own life, but that was likely his plan all along - to go out in a blaze of glory. He was intent on causing mass casualties, based on the arms and ammunition he brought to the church. This brave woman responded with deadly force, under fire, and stopped the shooter from causing any more harm. This was a brave and selfless act in my book.

R,
Bullseye

She undoubtedly caused him to change his plans and finish the job ear;y. Yes, one of the news casts I saw described as how someone else with a gun did not shoot and another person asked for it to use it and he was refused.
My self defense trainer and mentor has me attuned to the fact that after you pull it the perp has that short time from when he sees the gun until it fires to drop his gun and give up. He has taught me that you do not warn him as that will just result in your death or injury. Guess that is what got him by for 20 years as a Detroit homicide detective Sergeant and a trainer of their SRT squad and training the DOE guys who guard the nukes in transit and also air marshals and other various police agencies.

[Blindpig]

I had not heard that there were other guards involved in the Colorado incident that failed to respond to the situation. As far as I'm concerned, any armed security guard that is unwilling to fire his weapon in a circumstance like this is almost as culpable for the deaths of the victims as the shooter himself. Thank God that the woman was not afraid to do her duty.

[Bullseye]

They were not professional security guards but a were a volunteer force made up of regular church members. There were some good explanations by the church leader as to why the church feared an attack and even were wary of one perpetrated by the very individual who assaulted the congregation. It seems the shooter was expelled by them a few years earlier and was regularly sending them threats of violence. It is a shame that some people today feel that they have the right to terrorize a place because of a basic disagreement. Talk about holding a grudge - jeeeze!

R,
Bullseye

[cadillo]

As I recall, she is a former police officer. She has likely seen the elephant before. God Bless her!

[Rmart30]

Good going for that gal !

[PISTOLERO]

February 1992--"We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is OK as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber. It is the responsibility of the victim to turn the tables and demolish the robber. Street crime will cease only when the perpetrator becomes convinced that his operations will almost surely result in his death

January 1975--"One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure--and in some cases I have--that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy."