Self defense. Woman shoots and kills intruder. 911 audio

usamamasan1

Feel bad for this poor lady but she did what I would do. Always shoot to kill someone who breaks into your home. No question. Multiple gun safety courses and instructors have told me so.

REDDING, Calif. -- On Oct., 21 Donna Hopper's life changed forever. She was scared by a man trying to break into her Redding home so she got her gun and when the intruder started coming in she shot and killed him.
After several requests to law enforcement KRCR News Channel 7 got Hopper's 9-1-1 call. It paints an audio picture of a woman extremely frightened and, in the end, distraught by what she felt she had to do.
Sixty-six year-old Hopper was inside her home on Branstetter Lane in Redding around 4 a.m. when the intruder first tried to get in. As Hopper talks to the 9-1-1 operator she goes from calm to crying and back again while the sure and steady 9-1-1 operator tries to keep her on the line.
DH: I got a gun. I'm gonna get my gun out. Oh (bleep) !
911: Ma'am, what are you arming yourself with?
DH: Oh God, I just bought it. It's a .38.
Hopper was alone in her Redding home. She goes through highs and lows on the call, as she grabs her gun and watches a strange man trying to get in through her bedroom window.
Hearing Hopper sobbing and shaken, the operator works to keep her calm, as Redding Police rush to the house. Hopper fired two shots, but it was not enough to scare him off.
DH: He's coming back. I can see his shadow.
911: Okay. Where is he at?
Dh: (Sobs)
911: Donna?
DH: Just a minute. He's coming in to my front yard.
Oh God. He's coming through the window. I'm gonna shoot him again!
911: No. Uh, ma'am. Don't.
DH: There he is right there. I'm gonna shoot him. (Noise)
911: Ma'am. listen, listen. The officers are in the area. I don't want you to fire your gun.
DH: He's coming through the window. (Bleep) you, (bleep)!
911: (Typing)
DH: He's coming in! He's coming in!
911: Is he coming in to the house?
DH: (Noise) I got him.
911: You shot him again? DH: Yes.
911: Or you shot at him?
DH: No, I shot him this time. He's coming in through the (bleep) window! (noise)
I shot him. Two shots. Oh my God, he's on the ground. He's on the ground.
The suspect she shot was 37 year- old Jesse Theis. With police on the way, the operator tried to reassure her, telling her to put the gun down and go to the front of her house and wait. However, when Hopper sees Theis' body again she becomes overwhelmed with emotion.
DH: Yes, I'm standing the front and I see lights coming.
911: Can you.. can you walk to the front door?
DH: Yes. Oh God (crying).. I hope it's nobody I know!
The Shasta County Coroner's Office said Theis died of a single gunshot wound to the chest and his toxicology test came back negative for any drugs.
Hopper has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting, she recently said the night of the shooting was the first time she ever fired her gun.
Full 911 Recording Of Donna Hopper's Home Invasion

Sorry, I don't have audio here but search it...poor lady

CAVSTARR313

What a tragedy..
How horrible that must feel, to take a life..
But my opinion does not change and it is actually re-affirmed..

"it is better to have a gun and not need it.. than to need a gun and not have it"

usamamasan1

I think audio here
Sad.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?secti ... id=8459092

Chip McFlennigan

Senseless, heartless, cold-blooded murder.

Hope she gets life in prison.

MayDay Malone

Nice shot, Grandma!!!!

This is why every American citizen should arm themselves.

Freedom is a loaded gun.

pandora

"Hopper fired two shots, but it was not enough to scare him off."

2 warning shots didn't scare him away :? :wtf:

crazy son of a bitch must have had a death wish

g under p

MayDay Malone wrote:

Nice shot, Grandma!!!!

This is why every American citizen should arm themselves.

Freedom is a loaded gun.

...and this would be for the betterman for EVERY American?

Peace

Godfather.

Cavstarr313 wrote:

What a tragedy..
How horrible that must feel, to take a life..
But my opinion does not change and it is actually re-affirmed..

"it is better to have a gun and not need it.. than to need a gun and not have it"

dumb basterd should have left after the first shot, this woman did the right thing because if this guy came back after the first shot then he had intentions to kill her in my opinion..."click bang what a hang"

Godfather.

Godfather.

Jamuel El Saxophone wrote:

Senseless, heartless, cold-blooded murder.

Hope she gets life in prison.

really ? :wtf:

Godfather.

BinauralJam

I was watching Bernie Getz on Aftermath with William Shatner, he said (this is from memory, not a quote) If someone intends to harm an innocent person, whatever happens to the attacker is his fault, i agree.

JonnyPistachio

Godfather. wrote:

Cavstarr313 wrote:

What a tragedy..
How horrible that must feel, to take a life..
But my opinion does not change and it is actually re-affirmed..

"it is better to have a gun and not need it.. than to need a gun and not have it"

dumb basterd should have left after the first shot, this woman did the right thing because if this guy came back after the first shot then he had intentions to kill her in my opinion..."click bang what a hang"

Godfather.

I agree Godfather, and also like Pandora said..this guy seems to have had a death wish. Who the hell keeps coming after shots are fired at them? Something not right with that guy. But it matters not anymore.

Monster Rain

What a nightmare that must have been for her. The guy obviously had intentions on physically harming the woman if he was trying to get in through her bedroom window and still tried to get in after she shot at him. He probalby figured that if she missed the first time she must not be a very good shot. In a way, he was right since she had never fired a gun before but even a bad shooter will hit somewhere on the target if given enough chances.

unlost dogs

Good for her.

What else was she supposed to do, just sit there and cry while he did who knows what to her?

pandora

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

Cavstarr313 wrote:

What a tragedy..
How horrible that must feel, to take a life..
But my opinion does not change and it is actually re-affirmed..

"it is better to have a gun and not need it.. than to need a gun and not have it"

dumb basterd should have left after the first shot, this woman did the right thing because if this guy came back after the first shot then he had intentions to kill her in my opinion..."click bang what a hang"

Godfather.

I agree Godfather, and also like Pandora said..this guy seems to have had a death wish. Who the hell keeps coming after shots are fired at them? Something not right with that guy. But it matters not anymore.

They mentioned no drugs I thought perhaps a mental illness ... one that separates from reality.
It seems very strange to try to continue into a home when someone is shooting at you.

There has been a horrible very violent murder and sexual assault of a 7 year old girl
here in a northern suburb.

The family of the accused seems to be really in shock ...
says no way could their son, brother ever do anything like this.
He just moved to that area from a town up north, a young man of 20,
very excited about the new job as a maintenance man at a pretty nice
apartment complex.
The crime so violent after no previous trouble I thought maybe schizophrenia,
he is vehement of his innocence. The killing was extremely angry and seemed to be planned.

Perhaps a break from reality. I am not being understanding just wondering...
how.... how and why.

I wonder why in this case as well ... why continue into the house.
Bulletproof?

usamamasan1

unrelated, but this is a perfect example of why it is so fucked that I can't carry my firearm, but the criminal can. This just happened a mile away from where I work but I have to keep my firearm at home? Fucking California....

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... -head.html

pandora

the students here at Georgia Tech in downtown Atlanta
are rallying to carry firearms on campus

crime is definitely on the rise around the school

Chip McFlennigan

Godfather. wrote:

Jamuel El Saxophone wrote:

Senseless, heartless, cold-blooded murder.

Hope she gets life in prison.

really ? :wtf:

Godfather.

She didn't have to kill the guy. Her motives were clearly sinister. She should have shot him in a non-lethal spot, or just let him take what he wanted, as he probably needed it more than she did.

Godfather.

Jamuel El Saxophone wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

Jamuel El Saxophone wrote:

Senseless, heartless, cold-blooded murder.

Hope she gets life in prison.

really ? :wtf:

Godfather.

She didn't have to kill the guy. Her motives were clearly sinister. She should have shot him in a non-lethal spot, or just let him take what he wanted, as he probably needed it more than she did.

under the circumstances I would say she did the right thing.

Godfather.

usamamasan1

Sorry, always always always shoot to kill in the event of a home invasion. Your remarks do not represent what ANY cop will tell you or any gun safety course.

Godfather.

usamamasan1 wrote:

Sorry, always always always shoot to kill in the event of a home invasion. Your remarks do not represent what ANY cop will tell you or any gun safety course.

dead bad guys can't sue you either.

Godfather.

WaveCameCrashin

Jamuel El Saxophone wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

Jamuel El Saxophone wrote:

Senseless, heartless, cold-blooded murder.

Hope she gets life in prison.

really ? :wtf:

Godfather.

She didn't have to kill the guy. Her motives were clearly sinister. She should have shot him in a non-lethal spot, or just let him take what he wanted, as he probably needed it more than she did.

:roll:


No.. Her motives were survival, she felt her life was in danger ,it was her house and she had every godadamn right to protect herself. And just bcos you think that he needed it more than her that makes it ok to break in and steal shit? :x :roll: I would love to know what you would have done if that had been you. Would you just say " come on in man take what you want I could care less, while your at it you can bang my wife.. I mean hey after all you probably need it more than I do."