Young Boy Saves His Mother’s Life By Shooting Drunken Attacker With a BB Gun
- Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:17am by
Billy Hallowell
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It’s going to be a happy Thanksgiving for one Bellingham, Washington, family after a young boy took decisive action to save his mother from a vicious attacker.
Police say 11-year-old Kobe Sturgeon shot the man with a BB rifle after he drunkenly attacked his mother in the family’s home. Authorities are calling the young boy a hero for taking action during such a dramatic and chaotic incident.
Paul R. Newman (Image Credit: ABC News)
The man at the center of the story, Paul R. Newman, 45, rents a room in the house. After he came home inebriated on Tuesday morning, authorities say he became enraged over the fact that his room was messy. So, according to authorities, Newman kicked down a bedroom door and began to choke Kobe’s mother.
Kobe quickly intervened and hit Newman with a wooden board from a book shelf. When this didn’t work, he then shot the man in the face three or four times with a BB rifle. This freed the mother and son to escape to a neighbor’s house, where they were able to call police for help.
“He kept on hurting my mom, so I went and grabbed my BB gun and I said, ‘Get off my mom. Get off my mom,’” the young boy said in an interview with KOMO-TV. “And then I shot him with my BB gun.”
Newman was taken to the hospital and arrested for investigation of assault and making death threats. He was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
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Comments (147)
progressiveslayer
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:45amAnd Kobe says ‘here drunk have another shot’. well done Kobe!
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:34amIndeed. The boy is absolutely a hero.
Report Post »mtnhimike
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:30amThis is one great Kid and should get some kind of award for being a Hero to his Mom.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:31amI would have shot his eyes out. Good job kid! Painful force can work!
Report Post »YOUR NOT GETTING MY GUNS
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:25amYa know what’s next, Obama and Holder are going to start doing background checks on BB gun owners. According to them this is a future criminal in the making.
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:34amI thinks it’s time for Kobe to up grade… HELL YES!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 5:12pm“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid”. The Mother is probably glad she never uttered those words to her Son.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 5:15pmI‘m not sure he’s 11 years old. Did you see those side-burns?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:35pmThe sideburns are even longer than Larry the Cable Guys moms.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:07pm@YOUR NOT GETTING MY GUNS
It’s already happening…..try buying an air rifle in Michigan at a Cobellas…..background check required. I could not believe it when they told me that, but it’s true.
Report Post »crazyrightwingmom
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:47pmMonk…those aren’t sideburns…it’s just long hair….just like my grandson has. A little curly can look like sideburns!
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:48amLittle Tea Party member…
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:04amGreat; enuf of this BB gun training; here’s your AR; ‘made by Mattel; it‘s swell’………..
Report Post »VigilantGuardShark
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:02pmBuy that boy a .22.
Report Post »vnachi77
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:42amFuture NRA member and all around solid citizen. Well done Kobe, you remembered the first rule of being a man. Nobody hurts your women, mom, wife or daughter, while you can do something about it. You did and that speaks volumes.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:03amThat is exactly how it should be, well said, and thank you.
Report Post »for-what-its-worth
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:06amThe NRA should give him a membership until he is old enough to pay for it himself.
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:13amha, Well done young man! He deserved an honorary membership in NRA!
Report Post »lapua338shooter
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:25amSomebody locate his address. Let’s all kick in a few bucks and buy him a nice Marlin 60 in .22lr for him to learn on. It’s a good size for kids to learn on. I got one to teach my 5 grandkids with. Ammo is cheap… for now.
The NRA will soon have another valuable member.
Report Post »YOUR NOT GETTING MY GUNS
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:43am@LAPUA
Report Post »I’d be glad to chip in,but after looking to see what part of the state he was in I would be afraid some left wing judge would have him doing 5-10. The last thing the kid needs is a record for exercising his right to defend himself, family and home. But if you want sign me up.
Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 3:46amA single shot 20 or 12 ga is my suggestion.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:37am.
I’ll shoot your eye out!!!!!!
If I were his mom I’d buy him a 12 guage for Christmas. Good Job Kid……
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:18amA gun safety class and then buy him one………AMEN……
Report Post »TSG-01
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:02amI’ll personally train that kid.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:33amCyclops. What makes you think he has not already had good training at home? That is why you teach your kids from day one about “gun safety.“ You do not have to go to some special ”safety” class to be safe. Put a helmet on and Happy Thanksgiving.
Report Post »GodFamilyFriends
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:40amHe hit the perp 3-4 times in the face. He hit his mom 0 times. I think he is “safe” enough. Please wear your saftey helmet next time (sarc).
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:51amYou know some liberal is all worked up & wants to ban BB guns now.
/sarc
Afte rall a BB gun has been shown to be effective in at least one case. Can’t have that.
/sarc off
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:09amexactly. Great Job
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 1:50pm@ Not A Crazy,
Just making sure he is covered before the ******** say something that is out of this world………LOL!!!!!
Report Post »Marineraider
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 5:33amWhat a great gift, got my first one around that age
Report Post »ColoradoBoots
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:05amhttp://www.rvwa.com has great rifle and American Revolutionary history weekend classes. Kids are about 10 bucks for the weekend.
Report Post »muddpuddle
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:34amI am outfitting my boy’s BB guns with bayonets today…..
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:26amThat would only be useful when the bullets runs out and close hand to hand combat is needed but for now, bullets will do the job just fine…………LOL!!!!!!
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:29amWhat an idiot mom renting a room to a man and making her son unsafe as well as her. What an idiot Kobe’s dad is leaving his wife and kid so that they were unsafe and did not have enough money.
Good job Kobe.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:45amJumping to allot of conclusions without any information aren’t we? Just maybe this is a family trying to do the best they can to get by. I would hate to rent a room out in my house to a stranger but if I were desperate enough I might.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:05amYes I did jump to a lot of conclusions. The world is not safe for women. For example, when a sex crime happens, the news states that the “99 sex offenders living within 3 miles of the crime scene were interviewed.”There are many safer options than renting a room to a man especially if you have a child. I think because you are a man, you don’t understand.I am always on guard even in parking lots. But, you are right that I jumped to a lot of conclusions!!
Report Post »Lonescrapper
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:26amDear Hi,
The world is not safe, period. You walk out the door you could be hit by a car, a bus, a truck, a meteor, a tree, attacked by a vicious dog. And none of the aforementioned cares about your sex.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:15pmSome people are nice till the juice kicks in then they are monsters saw it with my Dad off the juice a nice quiet man on the juice look out and stay away.
So dont judge these people yet for renting a room out.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:20pmSome people are happy drunks some are monsters and some start out as happy drunks then two more and look out fights and nastiness happens.
Report Post »Tea Party Animal
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:22amMom needs to buy Kobe a shotgun! Good job kid!
Report Post »wtfhappend
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:37amYep time to up the firepower.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:50amAaah… A feel good story. Thank you Blaze! Sanity, not insanity was rewarded and came out on top. There are still little patches of old America left. Let’s storm the gates and make it the norm again, not the exception, shall we? Let’s put the liberal pigs on the run!
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 3:57am@Mikev5 That’s interesting how your dad was nice sober and a mean drunk. My dad was mean sober nice if he drank! Hah! Ya just never know, sometimes.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:17amOnly 11 years old and he fought off Obama’s man. Can’t get much better than that.
Report Post »JL320
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:25amUnfortunately they will probably be sued, and this guy will get a million bucks.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:16amSoon to be, added tax on BB’s and Pellets
Report Post »thunder4570
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:47amand a back ground check with a waiting period!
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:07amYour right. Some liberal is seething right now. They can’t wait until the holidays are over & they can get some legislation moving.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:56amGood job Kobe. When push comes to shove, this is what happens. Look out OWS.
Report Post »The Catbird
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:55amGood on ya Kobe!
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:53amHis mom surely must be proud! It speaks volumes about how Kobe was raised! Good goin’ kid–and good goin’ MOM!
Report Post »BowHuntingTexas
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:52amAt a much younger age I was an urban hunter – using a pump up Daisy of some sort (most of my friends had Crossmans). You pump either of those up about 10 times, load in a pellet and they’re almost as powerful as a .22.
Good job kid. Next time try a .12 gauge. That way you won’t have to shoot so many times.
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:05amI had a pump up as well. I was very good with it. At 40 yards, I could put one through the eye! Too bad the kid did not do that. The guy might think twice about battering a woman again.
Report Post »Faithful Scrivener
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:50amJust another senseless, unprovoked attack with a firearm. Kobe should have sat the attacker down and tried to understand his grievance. What are they teaching kids nowdays?
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:45am@Faithful Scrivener..What are they teaching kids nowdays? Pretty much all you have to do is, read your post.. You answer your own question.. You went to public schools , correct ?
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:32am@ Demint I think that is called Sarcasm and im never buying Paul Newman Dressing ever again.
Report Post »mule creek ridge
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:49amHoorah!!!!!!Hooray!!!!!!!GOOD JOB Kobe Sturgeon!!!!!!
Report Post »spfoam1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:48amGod job Kobe! Next time put one right in his eye. It‘s time for Mom to upgrade that gun so you don’t have to shoot more than once.
Report Post »rickbob
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:26amLike!
Report Post »SBR308
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:46amHis mother should have bought him a .22 Then they could have took him to the morgue.
Report Post »robh
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:43amNot on Kobe’s watch!
Give ‘em heck.
Report Post »Col. HawK
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:47amI would trust Kobe with a 380ACP…… Good Job! …. Good Job Kobe!
Report Post »Col. HawK
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:48amI would trust Kobe with a 380Auto….. Good Job…. Good Job Kobe.
Report Post »Cheers.
Oil_Robb
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:50amAtta boy……next time do us all a favor and use a mans gun and shoot three feet lower
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:52amI was expecting the story to be the kid was arrested! Pleasant surprise but I’ll bet the kid wished after the first shot it was something a little more powerful.
Report Post »PERSONALRESPONSIBILITY
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:39amWay to go Kobe. Probably not a future occupier.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:20amThe attacker had the mentality of the OWS protesters…my room is messy, someone else better clean it up or I’ll kill them. I‘ll bet keeping his room clean wasn’t the woman’s responsibility. I wonder if he (since he rented a room) left his stuff all over the place, or just his room?
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:38amIn other news, Debbie Wasserman Schultz calls for extensive background checks, requires BB gun owners to register them in national database…
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:45amSmall brass metal spheres will also be outlawed along with Co2 cartridges. You will have to have a gun locker to lock up the BB gun as well as a trigger lock. We cannot let men beating women get assaulted by kids with bb guns! Oh the humanity!
Way to go kid…next time aim for the retina…
Report Post »dukeofpaducah
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:55amBubbaCoop
In other news, Debbie Wasserman Schultz calls for extensive background checks, requires BB gun owners to register them in national database…
Bubba:
Wasserman Schultz is a piece of crap, and I’m glad you brought her up. If it was up to her and this socialist administration, we would ALL be defenseless.
Kobe, is a hero. Wasserman, as is her leader, is an anti- American, liberal commie.
Report Post »I Fly Low
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:37amI am glad they did not take the kid to jail on gun charges !!!!
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:01amIf he was in New York he’d be doing time.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:22am“Have another shot”…., rofl
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:27amRight, Like Berhard Goetz. First he was arrested, then tried, then the perps filed suit against him. What a wonderful place NYC is. By ‘wonderful’, of course, I mean a place where one wonders at the inversion of reason and logic, cause and effect.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:39pmIf the kid would have shot the guy’s eye or caused some other permanent injury, there are probably many lawyers in the area who would sue the mother and win.
Report Post »80mesh
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:37amits all fun and games till someone loses an eye …. then its hilarious …
great job kid … standing ovation and deafening applause !!!!!!!!!
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 4:14am@Dukeofpaduchah That Wasserman-thing is vicious (just ask Allen West) and dangerous. She whips up her audience into a mob with her hate-speech.
Report Post »Tomfang
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:35amInvestigation of assault ??
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:33amGood job Kobe!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:26amHey, see he didn’t shoot his eye out. Way to go kid!!
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:24amStand up kid looking out for his mother