Mississippi mother shoots burglar to protect 3 children
CARROLL CO., Miss. (WLBT) - A mother heroically protected her three children from a man who broke into her home wielding a knife.
Monday, Carroll County deputies received a call for help from the mother’s husband, who was at work in Greenwood.
He told deputies that a knife-wielding man was attempting to enter his home in the Gravel Hill area of the county while his wife and three children were hiding in a closet.
The father then described the man and the vehicle he was in.
A press release says that when deputies arrived at the home, the suspect, Steve Lamar Goss, Jr., 44, had already driven away. They learned that before Goss left, he drove his 2500 GMC pickup truck into the home’s dining room after he could not kick the front door down.
While all of this was happening, a press release says the mother prayed, and her three children recited scripture while hiding in a closet designated as the family’s safe room.
When Goss found them, a press release says the mother shot him in the arm as he entered the closet still holding a knife.
Other deputies responding to the scene found a vehicle matching the description given by the husband.
A press release says they attempted a felony traffic stop in the parking lot of Acy’s Store. However, Goss ran into the business.
Deputies then chased and arrested him inside the store. He was taken to Greenwood Leflore Hospital to be treated for the gunshot wound in his arm.
He was then booked into Carroll Montgomery Regional Correctional Facility on four counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary. Goss was already out on felony bond for possession of a weapon by a felon, a press release says.
Carroll County Sheriff Clint Walker says, “We can all learn a lot from this family about the importance of having an emergency plan in place in our homes and, most importantly, the power of prayer. I thank the Lord for this father’s preparation; the bravery shown by the mother and children, and that what could have been a tragedy was transformed into a testimony of their faith in God.”
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