Fearless Mom Ignores Gun-Wielding Home Intruder, Retrieves Her Shotgun and Fires Three Blasts

A mother in Mandeville, La. woke up in the middle of the night to find an armed home intruder standing in her bedroom doorway. The intruder pointed the gun at the woman, likely expecting her to cower in fear and obey his every command.

That didn't happen.

The fearless mother instead screamed at the armed criminal, seemingly startling the man and sending him retreating from the bedroom, The Times-Picayune reports. The woman then retrieved her shotgun from her closet.

Shotgun in hand, the mom first went to check on her children to make sure they were safe. Then she went after the man who broke into her home, who has been identified as Joseph Hall Rogers.

Joseph Hall Rogers (Nola.com)

When she got to the doorway, the woman fired three rounds at Rogers as he scrambled to escape with his life.  Luckily for the home intruder, all three rounds missed their target.

Police and a K-9 unit later searched the neighborhood and eventually located the drunk man. Rogers reportedly resisted arrest and was tased prior to being taken into police custody.

Rogers has been charged with home invasion and resisting an officer. His bond had not been set as of Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

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