City Woman's Gunfire Sends Intruder Fleeing

KFOR-TV reports that an Oklahoma City woman, identified as being associated with the National Rifle Association, fired two shots at an intruder in her garage early today.

The television station reported the woman, who identified herself as NRA legislative liaison Heather Fitzgerald, was using her computer at a desk in her garage and had opened the garage door several feet to allow cool air into the garage. She looked up to see an intruder slide under the door. She grabbed her laser-equipped Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistol and fired twice. She said she fired not to hit him, but to scare him off. The intruder, apparently not hit by the bullets, fled. Police found a piece of electronic equipment in the front yard, apparently left by the intruder in his haste to flee.

Fitzgerald said she had her laser sighted on the intruder's back, but did not fire a third shot as he fled.

Fitzgerald said she is licensed to carry a concealed firearm and always takes her pistol with her when she is working at her computer in a part of the garage she uses as a home office.

Police said that under Oklahoma law, the woman was within her rights to use deadly force against the intruder. One officer on the scene congratulated her for her quick thinking.

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