Teh One Who Knocks
06-22-2016, 11:51 AM
By Andy Fillmore - Ocala StarBanner
A report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Monday has revealed some details about a home invasion in northwest Ocala on Sunday evening in which the homeowner shot an intruder who had kicked in the front door and tried to force his way into a bedroom closet where she was hiding.
The 54 year-old woman, whose name is not being released for security concerns, was in her kitchen when Victor Alex Etherington, 27, began to knock on the window. She did not recognize him and asked him to leave, the report states.
Etherington kicked in the front door as the woman ran up the stairs into a bedroom, phoned 911 and armed herself with a .22 caliber handgun. As Etherington also headed up the stairs, she took refuge in a closet in the bedroom.
The MCSO reports states that Ehterington “forced his way into the bedroom, took off his shorts, which he had defecated in, and forced entry into the closet where the victim was hiding.”
The woman fired one shot, which hit Etherington in the abdomen “and stopped him,” the report states.
Deputies who had been dispatched for a possible “burglary in progress and shot fired” found Ehterington “naked behind the bedroom door.”
Etheington was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center, where he was in the Intensive Care Unit in stable condition on Monday, according to the MCSO.
The report states that Etherington was not known to the woman and detectives believe he “lived at the location for about 12 years before he moved." The report also noted, “it is believed the suspect was under the influence of alcohol.”
Assistant State Attorney Ric Ridgway said that although he could not comment on the case, a homeowner has had “no duty to retreat” when using deadly force if they are in fear for their life even before the laws know as “Stand Your Ground.”
A report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Monday has revealed some details about a home invasion in northwest Ocala on Sunday evening in which the homeowner shot an intruder who had kicked in the front door and tried to force his way into a bedroom closet where she was hiding.
The 54 year-old woman, whose name is not being released for security concerns, was in her kitchen when Victor Alex Etherington, 27, began to knock on the window. She did not recognize him and asked him to leave, the report states.
Etherington kicked in the front door as the woman ran up the stairs into a bedroom, phoned 911 and armed herself with a .22 caliber handgun. As Etherington also headed up the stairs, she took refuge in a closet in the bedroom.
The MCSO reports states that Ehterington “forced his way into the bedroom, took off his shorts, which he had defecated in, and forced entry into the closet where the victim was hiding.”
The woman fired one shot, which hit Etherington in the abdomen “and stopped him,” the report states.
Deputies who had been dispatched for a possible “burglary in progress and shot fired” found Ehterington “naked behind the bedroom door.”
Etheington was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center, where he was in the Intensive Care Unit in stable condition on Monday, according to the MCSO.
The report states that Etherington was not known to the woman and detectives believe he “lived at the location for about 12 years before he moved." The report also noted, “it is believed the suspect was under the influence of alcohol.”
Assistant State Attorney Ric Ridgway said that although he could not comment on the case, a homeowner has had “no duty to retreat” when using deadly force if they are in fear for their life even before the laws know as “Stand Your Ground.”