Jim Long

Posted on: Feb 29, 2024 at 3:57 PM

Tomorrow, March 1st, is the one year anniversary of the night I came home from bible study , discovered a thief in my house and shot him.
7;45 PM was a dark night. I drove up my driveway and was confronted with a car blocking the entrance to my garage. Looking inside the car I recognized some of my property- "THAT'S MY STUFF!" I looked around the corner where the backdoor is located. It was wide open and all the lights were blazing. "HE's STILL IN MY HOUSE!" I rushed back to my car and dialed 911. I was talking to 911 when the thief came out and started walking toward me. He was dressed completely in black and had a black t-shirt wrapped around his head. I couldn't see his face or his eyes. as he walked towards me I started walking backwards away from him at the same pace. Not a word was said. I had an intense feeling of being threatened to the core of my being. I have a concealed carry license, I drew my pistol and pointed it straight at him. It didn't phase him, he kept walking towards me . I pulled the trigger, orange blast , NO EFFECT! The bullet was defective, no powder just the primer. The bullet hit him but didn't penetrate. It's called a "squib round". I tried to shoot again but the pistol was jammed . I bluffed: " You take another step and I'm going to shoot you again." "You didn't have to shoot me" he said. "You didn't have to break into my house" I retorted. "I gotta call my wife " he said. He leaned against his car with his cell phone. "Honey, I've been shot. I don't know what hospital they'll take me to but I'll call you when I get there." Pause. "In the sternum" he said. The police later told me the bullet hadn't penetrated. The last time I saw him was when he was being loaded in the ambulance. I was handcuffed and taken to the sheriff's department . I was released , I was a little nervous because "Your case will be brought before a Grand Jury to rule if it was a justified use of lethal force." All's well that ends well. The thief, Edward Daughterly, stayed in jail until early November when he made bail. Last I hear he had "Been offered 11 years for him to serve 45%". All of my stuff from his car was returned to me . He was taking mostly guns and ammunition. I reloaded my pistol with a different brand- Federal HST.