911 Tells Mom 'Do What You Have To Do': Okla. Mom Sarah McKinley Kills Intruder Justin Martin

[Tony_FLADEM]

A teenage mother shot and killed an intruder after a 911 operator said she was allowed to defend her infant son and herself with force.

Sarah McKinley, 18, killed Justin Martin with a single gunshot wound on New Year's Eve when he forced his way into her Blanchard, Okla. home and came at her with a long hunting knife, ABC News reports.

The deadly encounter occurred about a week after the young mom's husband died of cancer, according to TV station KOCO. Martin darkened McKinley's door on the day of her husband's funeral, several days before the shooting. He claimed he was a neighbor who wanted to say hello, but she didn't open the door.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/mom-kills-intruder_n_1183336.html

[TheWraith]

1. Good.

This is why breaking into someone's home is, and should be, a risk to the intruder's life--you really don't know what their motivations are.

[Lisa D]

2. How terrifying for her.

I hope she's able to recover from this horrible incident and the loss of her husband.

[HipChick]

4. she was 16,,,,and her husband was in his fifties when they married

[octothorpe]

5. Ohhh... I watched a clip about this last night and they showed a picture of a guy in what looked

to be somewhere in his 20's. I was thinking how sad it was for someone so young to die of cancer. They must have shown an older picture of him.

[virgogal]

3. Good for her. She sure has had some tough luck. I hope things get better for her.