This morning I had just got done showering and was getting ready to head to the post office to send my CHL paperwork. I had been loading things into my car earlier that morning so I had left the back door unlocked. While I was getting ready, I heard my door chime from my alarm system.
I'm living with my grandmother so I assumed that it was her coming home. I peeked out my bedroom door and just about had a heart attack. I saw a man walking past my hallway. I quickly grabbed my 17 from the night stand and walked down the hallway. I saw him with his back to me in the den just standing there looking around. I yelled stop and he turned around and then saw my gun pointed at him and he put his hands up. I yelled for him to get on the ground and he started speaking in Spanish. I pointed at him and then to the ground and he got down. I got my cell phone out of my pocket and called 911. I told the operator that a man had entered my house and I had him held at gunpoint. She told me the police were on the way and I told her to tell them to use the backdoor.
The police took about 3 mins to get there. (I was surprised and happy about that!) I heard my door chime again and the officer yelled out to me that he was a police officer. I told him that we were in the den. He came in with his gun drawn. He asked me to put my gun down. I set my gun down on the table and showed him my hands were empty. He had another officer behind him coming through the door. They cuffed the guy and then took a report from me.
Not sure what will happen next but my heart was going about a million miles an hour and I'm just glad I was able to contact 911 and keep everything under control.
I'm living with my grandmother so I assumed that it was her coming home. I peeked out my bedroom door and just about had a heart attack. I saw a man walking past my hallway. I quickly grabbed my 17 from the night stand and walked down the hallway. I saw him with his back to me in the den just standing there looking around. I yelled stop and he turned around and then saw my gun pointed at him and he put his hands up. I yelled for him to get on the ground and he started speaking in Spanish. I pointed at him and then to the ground and he got down. I got my cell phone out of my pocket and called 911. I told the operator that a man had entered my house and I had him held at gunpoint. She told me the police were on the way and I told her to tell them to use the backdoor.
The police took about 3 mins to get there. (I was surprised and happy about that!) I heard my door chime again and the officer yelled out to me that he was a police officer. I told him that we were in the den. He came in with his gun drawn. He asked me to put my gun down. I set my gun down on the table and showed him my hands were empty. He had another officer behind him coming through the door. They cuffed the guy and then took a report from me.
Not sure what will happen next but my heart was going about a million miles an hour and I'm just glad I was able to contact 911 and keep everything under control.
to you for grace under pressure.
Good job all around.
