**Update**Pg 3 Trouble at my neighbors house.......

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Posted: 9/13/2004 8:41:59 PM EDT

About an hour ago, I hear kids yelling outside, just thought some neighborhood kids playing around. Five minutes later there was this really loud, awful scream. I open my front door, in the front yard of a house three doors down, I see two kids crying(four of five years old), screaming and waving there arms in the air. I grab my Kimber and run over there and the kids were just crying hysterical, I look at the front door and the glass in it is broken. The kids could only say "mommy". I know that there are three kids that live in the house and I only see two. I peeked through a window and see a lady covered in blood laying on the living room floor. I grabbed the two kids and ran them over to my house, gave them to my wife and told her to call the police and an ambulance. One of the kids says Nathan, there brother is laying under his mother in the living room! I run back to the house, take out my Kimber and carefully walk over to the mother. I can see two babies feet sticking out from under the mother and the feet are not moving. As I pulled the baby out, the baby starting crying. The mother had obvious gun shot wounds to the head. I quickly checked the pulse on the mother, there was none. Then I high tailed it out of there with the other baby to my house. The police came, searched the house and did not find anyone, an ambulance came and took the children.

I knew this lady was separated from her husband, he would still come over and hang out with the kids, take them to the park, etc.. I've only lived here for two years and have talked to both the husband and wife in the past. He seemed like a real nice guy and she seemed like a real b!tch, always yelling at the husband AND kids, always running her mouth in the street, typical trash.

After talking with the police and neighbors, they say he was around the house all day today and he was seen walking out of the house and down the street a couple of minutes before the kids were screaming in the yard. Apparently they have closed off the two bridges near my house in hopes of catching him.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:44:08 PM EDT

[#1]

Yikes

Good reaction on your part.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:45:17 PM EDT

[#2]

damn...hope they get him

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:45:18 PM EDT

[#3]

Holy shit.

Now some people will say you shouldn't have gone in. But damn. SOMEONE needed to do something. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Thanks for at least acting.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:45:51 PM EDT

[#4]

Prayers out to the family. Domestic Violence is so senseless and unnacceptable.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:46:04 PM EDT

[#5]

Good job getting those kids to safety!

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:46:45 PM EDT

[#6]

Holy shit batman!

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:47:06 PM EDT

[#7]

The cops are knocking again.......be back later.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:47:12 PM EDT

[#8]

I feel terrible for the kids, no child desreves to lose both thier parents in one day. No child should ever grow up without a mother.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:47:25 PM EDT

[#9]

... It just breaks my heart to think of the trauma kids that aged have to suffer

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:47:33 PM EDT

[#10]

You done good, palmer. Hope they catch the bastard.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:47:42 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Good job getting those kids to safety!

+1

Horrible situation but you sound like a good neighbor to have. Prayers out for the children.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:47:52 PM EDT

[#12]

you didnt hear a gun shot??

I feel so sorry for those kids to have to go threw that

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:49:02 PM EDT

[#13]

holy shit, man. sorry you had to see that.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:49:02 PM EDT

[#14]

Holy flirkin shnitz. Good reaction. Hope they catch the guy, if he did it. Which he probably did.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:50:40 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Good job getting those kids to safety!

+1

Horrible situation but you sound like a good neighbor to have. Prayers out for the children.

++1

Wonder if she comitted suicide? Since he was seen leaving before you heard a gunshot/kids screaming. *shrug*

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:51:04 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
You done good, palmer. Hope they catch the bastard.

+1

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:51:18 PM EDT

[#17]

I hope they don't arrest you for something.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:56:10 PM EDT

[#18]

Well done. It has occurred to me that any human may from time to time be pressed into service as an angel. Clearly, you were.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:57:15 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
you didnt hear a gun shot??

I feel so sorry for those kids to have to go threw that

Most don't. Unless it's a hand cannon, it's really pretty quiet from home to home.

Posted: 9/13/2004 8:59:03 PM EDT

[#20]

Way to stay cool and keep your head. You reacted well.

Poor kiddies though.

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:00:22 PM EDT

[#21]

Damn.

So Sad for those poor kids. You probably saved the babies life. Good Job Man. The world needs more people to not be afraid to help those in need.

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:05:32 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
you didnt hear a gun shot??

I feel so sorry for those kids to have to go threw that

No I didn't, I had my A/C running, windows shut.

Yeah, it really sucks for the kids man

.

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:09:19 PM EDT

[#23]

Yikes - what a story! I'm glad you took charge of the situation and got the kids to safety and notified the authorities. Hopefully they catch whomever did this.

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:10:06 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Good job getting those kids to safety!

+1

Horrible situation but you sound like a good neighbor to have. Prayers out for the children.

++1

Wonder if she comitted suicide? Since he was seen leaving before you heard a gunshot/kids screaming. *shrug*

Multiple head shots, can't be suicide. If the kids were screaming in the house, I would not have heard them. He must have left the kids inside and when he left, they walked outside and started screaming.

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:10:27 PM EDT

[#25]

In NY I would expect you to get arrested for running around armed. Hope they see you as the good deed doer you are rather than an easy arrest.

Of course we arrest citizens, criminals and drug dealers are dangerous.

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:15:07 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Way to stay cool and keep your head. You reacted well.

Poor kiddies though.

yup

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:40:30 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
Good job getting those kids to safety!

+2
The rest couldn't be helped (crime scene, exposure to possible threat, etc etc).

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:46:05 PM EDT

[#28]

That's absolutely horrible. My thoughts and prayers go out to the children and family.

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:48:09 PM EDT

[#29]

that is terrifying.

Posted: 9/13/2004 9:53:05 PM EDT

[#30]

Damn dude!! what a shame!! How were the Cops toward you and what you did?

Posted: 9/13/2004 10:03:16 PM EDT

[#31]

tagged.........

Posted: 9/13/2004 10:03:52 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
Damn dude!! what a shame!! How were the Cops toward you and what you did?

There were fine, I'm retired LEO. I just explained everything and showed my ID and CCW.

BTW, the body is still in the house. One of the detectives told me the baby has a fractured arm, I guess from mom falling on him

.

Posted: 9/13/2004 10:08:52 PM EDT

[#33]

Stuff like that sux. Regardless of which parent did what or why they hated each other, the #1 priority was the kids. But this jackass had to go off the deep end and not only kill her, but mess up those kid's lives forever.

So often cases like this involve kids. You gotta wonder what people are thinking when they do this. Now the mom is dead and the dad is gone to prison. Now who's gonna care for the kids? Fucking idiots like that make me sick.

BTW, you did well. Most would have just have let whatever happened happen.

-CH

Posted: 9/13/2004 10:14:17 PM EDT

[#34]

That sucks..poor kids, now they lose both parents

Posted: 9/13/2004 10:16:01 PM EDT

[#35]

You did good. Real good. I'm glad that you took a chance. Most wouldn't.

Posted: 9/14/2004 3:15:37 AM EDT

[#36]

Damn. Just damn.

Those poor children.

You Sir, are an outstanding of a human being, a person and a gun owner.
I salute you!

Posted: 9/14/2004 3:33:06 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
About an hour ago, I hear kids yelling outside, just thought some neighborhood kids playing around. Five minutes later there was this really loud, awful scream. I open my front door, in the front yard of a house three doors down, I see two kids crying(four of five years old), screaming and waving there arms in the air. I grab my Kimber and run over there and the kids were just crying hysterical, I look at the front door and the glass in it is broken. The kids could only say "mommy". I know that there are three kids that live in the house and I only see two. I peeked through a window and see a lady covered in blood laying on the living room floor. I grabbed the two kids and ran them over to my house, gave them to my wife and told her to call the police and an ambulance. One of the kids says Nathan, there brother is laying under his mother in the living room! I run back to the house, take out my Kimber and carefully walk over to the mother. I can see two babies feet sticking out from under the mother and the feet are not moving. As I pulled the baby out, the baby starting crying. The mother had obvious gun shot wounds to the head. I quickly checked the pulse on the mother, there was none. Then I high tailed it out of there with the other baby to my house. The police came, searched the house and did not find anyone, an ambulance came and took the children.

I knew this lady was separated from her husband, he would still come over and hang out with the kids, take them to the park, etc.. I've only lived here for two years and have talked to both the husband and wife in the past. He seemed like a real nice guy and she seemed like a real b!tch, always yelling at the husband AND kids, always running her mouth in the street, typical trash.

After talking with the police and neighbors, they say he was around the house all day today and he was seen walking out of the house and down the street a couple of minutes before the kids were screaming in the yard. Apparently they have closed off the two bridges near my house in hopes of catching him.

Geez man. That's a sucky thing to have to deal with. Good luck....

Well, if you are a retired LEO, then you have probably seen this sort of thing before.

This is why marriage and divorce are such problems in our country. People get married without real deep thought about who they are marrying, and they end up in situations like this. Of course, some people are just plain psycho and you don't find it out until after they are in your house...

Any case, I hope they catch the sucker and deliver serious justice.

Good job in going in to get those kids out. That was an extremely dangerous situation.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:08:50 AM EDT

[#38]

the kids trrauma wount be that bad- they have their caring father to look after them now...oh wait...

glad he did not decide to "take the kids with him" - or their mom in this case.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:23:30 AM EDT

[#39]

Sad very sad.

Thank you palmer for doing what you did. I hope the children will be allright from now on with good family.

Edited to say: Your quick action is life saving...Thank you.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:23:38 AM EDT

[#40]

Great job on getting the kids to safety. Can't imagine something like that happening, much less a couple of doors down. Hopefully the children have a close relative to care for them. Let us know how the investigation turns out, interesting to see if it was the ex or not........

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:26:08 AM EDT

[#41]

Sounds to me like you need to move to a better neighborhood.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:27:58 AM EDT

[#42]

Good job Palmer.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:29:58 AM EDT

[#43]

You saved the babie's life.....good call.

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:40:10 AM EDT

[#44]

damn......

Posted: 9/14/2004 4:40:19 AM EDT

[#45]

Awesome action on your part, and I'm glad the dude didn't shoot the kids too, which happens way too often.

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:32:48 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Good job getting those kids to safety!

+1

Horrible situation but you sound like a good neighbor to have. Prayers out for the children.

+1

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:43:22 AM EDT

[#47]

Oh...damn!

That really sucks...

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:46:21 AM EDT

[#48]

I hope the children can recover from this experience.

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:48:11 AM EDT

[#49]

Man that sounds horrible but you did the right thing. I feel very sorry for those kids...

Posted: 9/14/2004 5:52:22 AM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Good job getting those kids to safety!

+1

Horrible situation but you sound like a good neighbor to have. Prayers out for the children.

+1

+2

Prayers sent

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