A Birmingham mother-to-be sent a would-be intruder to the hospital Friday morning.
(WVTM)- Officers from Birmingham’s west precinct were dispatched to a home on Ethel Avenue around 2:20 a.m. Friday. Marquita Turner said she’s lived there for seven months, and her house has already been broken into three times.
Now five months pregnant, she said she was taking matters into her own hands when she shot a man who police say was trying to break into her house overnight.
“I thank God that I had protection ’cause if I didn’t, you never know what could have happened,” Turner said. “This was my first time pointing and shooting. I never been to a gun range. I never went to target practice or anything. I was just, at the time, protecting myself.”
She said she got the pink Millennium 9 pistol two years ago for protection.
Two days ago, Turner said she heard somebody breaking into her house at the same spot. Early Friday morning, she said she heard somebody take the air conditioner out of her window and climb inside.