Every once in a while, an instance where someone successfully defends him or herself with a gun actually makes the national news (see previous post). It requires some highly unusual circumstances to get that kind of attention, as for instance when the person defending himself is 93 years old and had been brutally knocked out before awakening and drawing his weapon.

An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can later awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said.

Willie Lee Hill, 93, told police he saw the robber while in his bedroom Wednesday night. Hill confronted Douglas B. Williams Jr., 24, of El Dorado, who struck the elderly man at least 50 times, knocking him out, police said.

Hill, covered in blood from the attack, regained consciousness and pulled a .38-caliber handgun on Williams. Williams saw the gun and charged Hill, who fired one round, police said. The bullet struck Williams in the throat.

When police arrived, officers said Williams told them, “I can’t feel my legs and I got what I deserved.”

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